Grant money helps support assault victims at the University of Alabama
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Jan. 9
Victims of domestic and sexual violence don’t want to be seen or identified for a reason, but those survivors and others know they can talk to someone from the Women and Gender Resource Center at the University of Alabama for help.
WSFA-NBC (Montgomery) – Jan. 9
UA law professor comments on Rosenstein’s resignation (live interview)
MSNBC Live with Ali Velshi (national) – Jan. 9
Rosenstein says he will stay on until Robert Mueller submits a report to the Justice Department on the Russian meddling investigation. That means Rosenstein could remain until early march. Joining me now to discuss this is Joyce Vance, former U.S. District Attorney for Northern Alabama, and a law professor from the University of Alabama.
Finding one repeating fast radio burst was unusual. Now there are 2
Daily News Heralds – Jan. 9
Astronomers have spotted a second repeating fast radio burst, and it looks a lot like the first. The existence of a second repeating burst suggests there could be many more of the mysterious signals in the cosmos … Astronomers may have already caught a third repeating burst, too. FRB 110523, discovered in 2015, has some similar features to the first known repeating FRB, so it was worth checking to see if it also repeats, said astronomer Allison McCarthy of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
F3 News – Jan. 9
News Live – Jan. 9
Science News – Jan. 9
Tuscaloosa author writes children’s book about biracial daughter
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 9
Monique Fields remembers when she got inspiration for “Honeysmoke.” It was when her eldest daughter began asking questions about herself, namely about the color of her skin. They were questions that took her by surprise because Simone was only 3 years old … Fields, who is the manager of communications at the University of Alabama Law School, did what comes naturally as a journalist — she began writing about the conversation she and her husband, Ken Roberts, had with Simone.
Clear Path will be part of national effort to understand, stop veteran suicide
Syracuse.com – Jan. 9
Clear Path for Veterans, which began as a small effort to help veterans in Central New York, has been selected as one of seven sites to help with a nationwide military veterans suicide prevention study … The veterans services organization was recently selected to be part of Operation Dee Dive, a community-based veteran suicide prevention study led by America’s Warrior Partnership and the University of Alabama. The effort is being funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.
Greenville Journal (South Carolina) – Jan. 9
The Lonely Giant: Milky Way-Sized Galaxy Lacking Galactic Neighbors
Scienmag – Jan. 9
Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, fewer galaxies were born than expected–and that could create new questions for galaxy physics, according to a new University of Michigan study. The study examined the satellite galaxies of Messier 94, or M94, a galaxy similar in size to our Milky Way. Researchers have long known the Milky Way has about 10 smaller, satellite galaxies surrounding it, each with at least a million stars, and up to more than a billion, such as the Magellanic Clouds …Smercina’s co-authors include U-M astronomers Eric Bell and Richard D’Souza … Jeremy Ballin of the University of Alabama.
Space Daily – Jan. 10
EurekAlert – Jan. 9
Hartselle students earning high school, college credit in same classroom
Decatur Daily – Jan. 9
Dual enrollment is opening doors for students at Hartselle High that seemed locked shut a decade ago. School officials said students have access to 22 college classes, and 100 of the 244 seniors will have completed at least one college class when they graduate in May … Hartselle also has dual enrollment agreements with the University of Alabama, the University of North Alabama and Wallace State Community College for its aviation program. Jones said the school system is in the final stages of a dual-enrollment agreement with Jacksonville State University.
SGA starts semester by hosting health event
Crimson White – Jan. 10
Student Government Association (SGA) Sen. Jason Rothfarb spoke to an Auburn University senator during Better Relations Day, an event held in October that hosted Auburn students at the University to improve the relationship between the two schools. Their conversation sparked an idea.
University makes further developments over winter break
Crimson White – Jan. 10
Students officially began winter break on Friday, Dec. 15, but several different events happened on campus during the month of December.
OnlineCollegePlan Ranks Online Child Development Programs
New Kerala – Jan. 9
Children are our future, and they begin their lives full of potential that needs to be fostered by an entire environment of support; it truly does take a village … You can read the full list of schools in descending order below: … 8. University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) 7. University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) 6. Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego, CA).