University of Alabama team look at untreated sewage issue
Tuscaloosa News – April 14
How much untreated sewage gets dumped in Alabama’s Black Belt? That’s the question a team of students and professors at the University of Alabama is trying to determine.
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Drones of the future
KSBW 8 (Monterey, California) – April 14
Most of us have seen a drone before, but probably not one like this. Students at the University of Alabama are controlling drones with their minds. “It’s pretty cool. It’s pretty awesome. Like, you can get that with a couple other clubs on campus, but like, this is just something that’s so futuristic. You know, you don’t see this unless it’s, like, on TV,” student Jonathan Jandura said.
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Read and Romp event to feature activities for young readers
Tuscaloosa News – April 12
Saturday’s Read and Romp will provide children and families an opportunity to have fun while promoting literacy. The third annual event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Government Plaza, 2106 Sixth St. in downtown Tuscaloosa. Admission is free. Around 1,000 people are expected to attend this year, according to Amy Crosby, a child development specialist with Alabama Project LAUNCH, which is part of the University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences.
Tristate Veterans Community Alliance hosting ‘Operation Deep Dive’ on suicide among veterans
Northern Kentucky Tribune – April 15
Tristate Veterans Community Alliance (TVCA) is hosting a public meeting to brief community leaders on Operation Deep Dive, a new study examining the factors related to suicide and self-harm among military veterans … Led nationally by America’s Warrior Partnership, University of Alabama researchers and the Bristol Myers-Squibb Foundation, the goal of the project is to guide the development of more effective community programs to help prevent and reduce suicide and self-harm among veterans.
COLLEGE NEWS: April 14, 2019
Tuscaloosa News – April 14
The National Alumni Association of the University of Alabama honors one male and one female in the senior class to receive the Alumni Student Award. . . . Down the road comes the Hear Here Alabama mobile audiology clinic. Stocked with equipment and staffed with eager undergrads and professionals, the clinic heads out several times a year from UA to health fairs, county health departments and other places in West and South Alabama to offer hearing screenings and do research in areas where audiology resources are limited. . . . Capstone Men and Women serve as official ambassadors of UA. They assist the University president’s office, admissions and alumni during functions held on campus and in other locations, as well as host daily tours of the campus for prospective students and other visitors.
Alabama has most tornado deaths of any state
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 13
Doctor Myers from the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety confirms the state has the most tornado death in the nation.
REVIEW: ‘Gnit’ a long journey of a self-obsessed character
Tuscaloosa News – April 13
Theater companies often run both mainstage and second-stage seasons. Splashy chestnuts typically claim the larger space, often old-school proscenium presentation, typically crowd-pleasers, more likely to sell 300 or 400 seats per night. The smaller venue, maybe a black box or 120-ish seat thrust, can be more experimental. At the University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance that’s roughly true, from its main Marian Gallaway Theatre, off the main lobby of Rowand-Johnson Hall, and its thrust Allen Bales Theatre, off the east side of RoJo.
13 things happening at the Market at Pepper Place in 2019, including an OvenBird chef demo on May 4
Bham Now – April 12
The first outdoor market of the year happens at the Market at Pepper Place on Saturday, April 13, 7AM-noon, rain or shine. Find out what’s in store this year at the Market … While we can’t spoil all the surprises, we can tell you to expect a report on the Market’s economic impact by the University of Alabama’s business school by the end of this summer.
UA students participate in Drone Racing competition at UAH
WBRE-NBC (Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania) – April 13
Ben Fischer, University of Alabama: “We scratch build all of it. Some of us design. Like, I like to design my own frames, so we design it out. Get it milled out of carbon fiber and put it all together with electronics.” Kelly Kennedy, Eyewitness News: “Right behind me is the obstacle course for the drone flying competition. The goal is to fly through the course as many times as possible in two minutes.”
Autism Awareness Month brings focus to campuses
Crimson White – April 15
Often seen, then misunderstood and then uncomfortably ignored, autistic students make up a large minority on college campuses. While there is no specific data on the population of autistic students at UA, prevalence rates estimate that one in 59 people is autistic, according to the CDC. The UA Autism Spectrum Disorder College Transition and Support (UA-ACTS) program helps students with autism during their time on campus.
UA holds A-Day
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 13
A-Day wouldn’t be A-Day without Alabama fans coming to campus.