What GM’s layoffs could mean for Alabama’s auto industry
Al.com – Nov. 27
The auto industry is still trying to process the effect of yesterday’s planned layoffs by GM … There are some dangers though. Bharat Balasubramanian, a professor of mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering at the University of Alabama, said the strategy could prove dangerous if fuel prices increase or autonomous technology outpaces pickup trucks. Balasubramanian was formerly vice president of group research and advanced engineering at Mercedes-Benz.
A holiday home run for Sprayberry students
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 27
Members of the University of Alabama baseball team pitched in Tuesday to help students in the Sprayberry Education Center program get in the Christmas spirit with a party. UA players helped the students design ornaments and hang their creations on a Christmas tree. Students in the special needs program attend classes at the Lloyd Wood Education Center in Northport.
What Could Manafort Gain By Lying to Mueller?
The Weekly Standard – Nov. 27
A little more than a year after his arrest, this may be the end of the line for Paul Manafort … For some Russiagate true believers, the answer seems obvious: Manafort has continued to be untruthful with prosecutors because the alternative would be even worse. “Everybody who lies to Mueller gets called on it, so he had to know that Mueller would catch him,” University of Alabama law professor Joyce Vance told the New York Times Monday. “So the question is, what was he hiding that is worse than going to jail for the rest of your life?”
UA Law professor Joyce Vance comments on document that claims Jerome Corsi lied to prosecutors (live interview)
MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – Nov. 27
Leading off our discussion of this breaking news, Jill Wine-Banks, former assistant Watergate special prosecutor, Joyce Vance, professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, both NBC legal contributors, and John Heilman, of NBC News, and MSNBC.
UA’s music school presents concerts
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 27
The University of Alabama’s School of Music will present some concerts this week to end the semester. Each performance will be held in the concert hall at the Moody Music Building, 810 Second Ave., and tickets cost $10 for general admission, $5 for seniors and $3 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at www.music.ua.edu.
Awards & Events: IPR Slates Awards Dinner with Mark Weiner as Main Course; Hugh Hefner Foundation wants Nominations for First Amendment Awards
O-Dwyers – Nov. 27
The Institute for Public Relations will hold its Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner on Nov. 28 at New York’s Roosevelt Hotel … Yulan Qin of the University of Florida will receive the Makovsky Best Master’s Thesis of the Year Award, and Jeyoung Oh of the University of Alabama will take home the Don Bartholomew Award for Excellence in Public Relations Research.
Swann Room photo studio opens its doors
Newton Daily News (Iowa) – Nov. 27
The morning of the Swann Room’s grand opening Saturday, photographer Katherine McClure did something she could not have done before debuting the elegant photo studio in downtown Prairie City: arrange portrait shots for large extended families after holiday get-togethers … Pointing to the piece, McClure said, “My dad is a concert organist and this is the concert organ at the University of Alabama. I heard him play this when I was seven.”
HHS graduate part of UA Homecoming Court
Hoover Sun – Nov. 27
Jordan Watkins, a 2015 Hoover High School graduate, was part of the University of Alabama’s homecoming court in October 2018. She and other court members were guests of honor at the homecoming parade, bonfire and halftime of the university’s homecoming game.