The University of Alabama honors Tyner for Academic Achievement
Union Springs Herald – April 10
Tamyiah Tyner was honored at the 2019 Black Scholars Honors Day Program March 24, 2019 for outstanding academic achievement. Tamyiah earned and maintained a high grade point average for the academic school year. The award was presented by The Black Faculty and Staff Association of the University of Alabama.
Hindu guest chaplain, at your service — but does he speak for all Hindus?
Religion News Service – April 10
As with Islam and Buddhism, Hinduism’s decentralized structure often means that the loudest voices are often taken to be authoritative. One of Americans’ first visions of Hinduism came when Swami Vivekananda, a Hindu monk, spoke at the World Parliament of Religions in 1893. Vivekananda was one of several swamis — Paramhansa Yogananda, Swami Satchidananda and Srila Prabhupada are others — who traveled to the West to spread their spirituality in the early 20th century. Vivekananda’s sermons were also primarily aimed at fundraising for social welfare programs back in India, said Michael J. Altman, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Alabama who has written about the history of Hinduism in the U.S.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR’S DAUGHTER VISITS UA, RECOUNTS STORIES OF THE PAST
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 10
A second-generation Holocaust survivor shared her father’s stories this week at an event observing the tragedy.Ann Mollengarden’s father, Robert May, was born in Camberg, Germany, but had to flee with his family when Adolf Hitler came into power. Mollengarden spoke on her father’s behalf this week in the Ferguson Student Center ballroom on the University of Alabama campus.
Crimson White – April 11
City of Helena announces dedication date for Cahaba Blueway access site
Shelby County Reporter – April 10
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development and the city of Helena have announced the dedication of the Helena Cahaba Blueway access site located along Buck Creek at Helena Amphitheater Park on Tuesday, April 16 at 10 a.m. Buck Creek, which flows through the Helena Amphitheater Park in Old Town Helena, is one of 15 Cahaba River accesses that are officially being designated as Cahaba Blueway access sites during the month of April.
What Policies Should an Organisation Have in Place to Support Mental Health?
Undercover Recruiter – April 10 (Web link unavailable)
Lee Keyes Improving access to mental health care is about removing barriers and promoting communication without forcing or “outing” employees. Common barriers include lack of insurance coverage, distance to providers (thus causing interruptions to life and work routines), limiting or discouraging leave time, working parent programs, etc. Dr. Lee Keyes, is a Psychologist and Emeritus Director at the University of Alabama.
School news
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette – April 10
Nearly 500 students at the University of Alabama highlighted their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference on March 27. Among the participants and presentations were: Elizabeth Bury of Bentonville — Presentation: “Mechanical Properties of Dispersions of Galinstan into Thermoset and Thermoplastic Polymers” in the Engineering, Transportation and Energy category. Ariana Rivera of Bentonville — Presentation: “Optimization of Electronic Chemical Sensors” in the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Water category. The 12th annual conference is hosted by UA’s Office for Undergraduate Research and the Office for Research and Economic Development.
UA holds rural health conference
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – April 10
One of the topics the group discussed included helping rural hospitals during hard times. John Higginbotham, director of the institute of rural health at the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, says rural hospitals in Alabama and around the country are struggling. The conference included about three dozen health care experts and first responders familiar with rural medical care. Higginbotham says overall, the state is in bad shape when it comes to the number of doctors.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 10
Long Beach named one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.
Long Beach Post – April 10
While falling back from the days when USA Today proclaimed Long Beach to be the most diverse city in the nation, a new list ranking the diversity of cities across the U.S. has ranked it No. 10. . . . “America is undergoing an extreme makeover, thanks to rapid demographic diversification,” wrote Hilary Green, one of the study’s authors as well as Assistant Professor of History in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama. “By 2050, many shifts will happen. For example, while non-Hispanic whites are expected to remain the largest ethnic group, they will no longer make up a majority of the population. But America’s transformation is more than skin-deep—it’s economic, too. Not only have waves of immigration changed the face of the nation, they’ve also brought in fresh perspectives, skills and technologies to help the U.S. develop a strong adaptability to change.”
Portland Tribune – April 10
Opinion: How the media — including me — unwittingly helped create a Columbine narrative that has inspired murderers ever since
Colorado Sun – April 10
In 2015, researchers at Arizona State University and Northeastern Illinois University published a paper finding “significant evidence of contagion in mass killings and school shootings.” A 2016 study reached a similar conclusion. A 2017 study, led by a professor at the University of Alabama named Adam Lankford, disputed these conclusions, finding no evidence of short-term contagion for mass shootings. But Lankford noted that, the deadlier the attack, the more likely it is to receive outsized media attention, which could prolong its inspirational value to would-be killers.
Secretary-General’s press encounter at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York
United Nations – March 22
As salaam alaikum. I am honoured to be here on this holy day to pay my respects and show my solidarity with the Muslim community from New York to New Zealand and beyond … And the media has an important role to play. A recent study by researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Alabama found that over roughly the last decade, attacks in the US by those claiming to be Muslim received 357 percent more coverage than attacks carried out by others. We need, at all costs, to avoid this kind of discrimination.
How News Media Talk About Terrorism: What the Evidence Shows
Just Security – April 8
After major extremist attacks, public discussion often becomes dominated by the question of whether white attackers are talked about differently and treated differently than non-white attackers. We inevitably see the famous “terrorism or mental illness” chart from a Family Guy episode, frequent references to media hypocrisy, and exhortations from activists to “imagine if this guy was a Muslim.”