Autherine Lucy Foster honored at UA
WLOV-Fox (Columbus, Mississippi) – May 9
The first black woman to enroll at the University of Alabama received an honorary degree 63 years later. Autherine Lucy Foster was first accepted to the university in 1952. Her acceptance was rescinded because she was black. After fighting that decision, Foster finally enrolled in 1956, becoming the first African American to attend a white school or university in the state of Alabama. Three days afterwards, she was expelled due to death threats and riots on campus.
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Researchers quicken drug discovery method via zombie-like cells
Phys.org – May 10
Researchers are using zombie-like cells that behave normally on the outside, but are filled with magnetic particles inside, to screen potential drugs from natural products. Discovered at The University of Alabama, the method could quicken a laborious task that slows drug discovery, according to findings in a paper published in the journal Nanoscale.
SPORTING LIFE: Alabama wheelchair tennis team best in country, again
Tuscaloosa News – May 9
It is the shining example that something that has become routine can be anything but dull. On April 28 in Orlando, Florida, the University of Alabama won its fifth USTA Collegiate Wheelchair Tennis national team championship, its fourth consecutive title.
Why TV meteorologists interrupt any and all shows during a tornado warning
NBC 10 (Roanoke, Virginia) – May 9
Several weeks ago, a meteorologist in Atlanta reportedly received death threats for interrupting The Masters for tornado warnings. The station, CBS46, was showing both golf and the warnings in a split-screen format. Multiple tornadoes wound up touching down that day in the Atlanta area …For that, we reached out to Dr. Laura Myers at the University of Alabama. She is the director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety and has researched this very topic.
Commentary: States to candidates: Show your tax returns
Minnesota Post-Bulletin – May 10
To date, efforts to obtain President Trump’s personal income tax returns have gone nowhere. It is clear the president will never release them voluntarily, and the Treasury Department has stonewalled the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for them, despite a federal statute that allows Congress to review any taxpayer’s income tax returns. (Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. is a law professor at the University of Alabama and author of “Privacy Revisited: A Global Perspective on the Right to Be Left Alone.”)
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Survivors of Lee County storms get place to call home
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – May 9
Just a little over two months after the devastating storms that killed 23 Lee County residents and left many people without homes, organizations in the area are helping to give back a sense of normalcy … Last Saturday the organizations brought together local volunteers and athletes from Auburn University and the University of Alabama to construct the walls of the homes. A project manager was assigned to each site, and the work continued on.
WRBL-CBS (Columbus, Georgia) – May 9
Member Voices: Jobsite Safety for Construction Safety Week and Beyond
ASCE News – May 9
It’s Construction Safety Week, an important time to highlight concepts and practices that are crucial to the industry year-round … It’s a group effort by Miranda Reed, Anil Cercer, and Ifeanyi Okpala, engineering students at the University of Alabama, discussing important safety topics for this year’s Construction Safety Week.
Slocumb High School Student chosen to participate in UA’s Rural Health Scholars Program
WTVY-CBS (Dothan) – May 9
A Slocomb High School junior has made it into an elite group. He’s been chosen for the University of Alabama’s Rural Health Scholars Program. Edwin Olea will be spending his summer learning about health practices in rural areas, like his hometown, Slocomb. The idea is that students in the program will take what they learn and bring it back home. Olea was one of just 25 rural health scholars selected.