App study to help dementia caregivers and loved ones
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 10
A dementia app will be studied at UAB and in Miami thanks to a University of Alabama professor. The app was first designed at Florida International. Now, the university is partnering with the University of Alabama to study “Care Heroes,” a web mobile application for dementia care and caregivers.
Shared Storage Is Crucial to Productivity, But Flash May Not Be Worth It
Studio Daily – Dec. 10
A team of eight creatives can lose $100,000 a year in productivity just searching for files, according to Chris Collum, president of systems integrator 1303 Systems … John Lassiter, director of broadcast production at the University of Alabama, agreed, noting that production became many times more efficient after his operations moved media to a shared server.
Slavery pop-up museum examines Reconstruction in Tuscaloosa
Crimson White – Dec. 7
Students all over the country learn about American History. They learn about America’s groundbreaking historical moments such as the American Revolution, the Civil War and the Great Depression … The BUI 300 course at the University is working to put an end to the silencing of the realities of slavery.
It’s Hard to Get Cities to Share Services. States Can Help.
Governing.com – Dec. 11
Leslie Knope had it right. The local government official at the heart of the TV show “Parks and Recreation” captured the challenge of local citizen engagement when she said, “What I hear when I’m being yelled at is people caring really loudly at me.” … Fortunately, new research from Sungho Park of the University of Alabama and Craig Maher and Carol Ebdon of the University of Nebraska sheds some light on the issue.
The crack in the glass ceiling? Denmark and Italy do not have one female CEO
Express Business (Germany) – Dec. 10
In the United States, Great Britain and Europe, less than 5 percent of all mandates as chief executives are still filled by women … Research by scientists at the University of Alabama, on the other hand, showed that female chief executives in their position are often less safe than their male colleagues. After all, women would be targeted more quickly by activist investors.
Alabama’s Jobs Finally Exceed Pre-Recession High, UA Research Shows
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 10
The University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research says in a recent report that there’s been a gap in how long it has taken to get the number of jobs back after the recession. It has taken about 10 years to get the amount of jobs that we had in the state of Alabama before the recession. The big question is why has it taken so long to get back on track? Researchers say there are several factors that go into why.
Newly Released Documents Detail Sandy Hook Shooter’s Troubled State of Mind
WEW News – Dec. 10
He spent much of his time in his mother’s basement and in his bedroom with blacked-out windows, essentially turning into the “homebound recluse” a psychiatrist who had evaluated him feared he could become … “Don’t turn these people into celebrities,” said Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who studies mass shootings. Photos, videos and social media posts by a gunman, he said, “can inspire celebrity worship.”
Ex-prosecutors doubt Trump’s spin on hush money to porn actress, Playboy model
Missoula Current – Dec. 10
Dogged by insinuations of criminal liability, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that the hush-money payments he is accused of having directed from attorney Michael Cohen were “simple private transactions.” … University of Alabama law professor Joyce White Vance, an ex-prosecutor with 25 years of experience, said that prosecutors could also consider bank fraud. “All sorts of possibilities along the inchoate crime spectrum,” she said.
Courthouse News – Dec. 10
America’s Warrior Partnership and United Way Worldwide Collaborate to Improve Military Veteran Support Services
CBS 25 (Victoria, Texas) – Dec. 10
America’s Warrior Partnership and United Way Worldwide announced today they are partnering to improve support services for military veterans, their families and caregivers … key component of the partnership will be a data-sharing initiative to support Operation Deep Dive, a four-year study currently being conducted by America’s Warrior Partnership and University of Alabama researchers with support from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.
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The Sharp Game
The Ringer – Dec. 10
I was down on my knees before the chess set. Not out of deference, though I did feel a bit of that … Stuart Rachels, a philosophy professor at the University of Alabama and former U.S. national chess champion, no longer plays competitively, but he still follows the game and has written extensively about its place in our culture.