CrossingPoints will offer 3-year certificate program to students with intellectual disabilities
Tuscaloosa News – July 1
This fall, six students will inaugurate a three-year academic program designed for people with intellectual disabilities at the University of Alabama. Participants in the CrossingPoints Certificate in Occupational Studies will receive a certificate after completing the program.
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – June 28 & 29
When Do You Call in the Fraud Team?
Business Alabama – June 28
Every company needs a fraud response plan, says Kelly Todd, managing member and the member in charge of forensic investigations at Forensic Strategic Solutions LLC, of Birmingham … “I consider auditor independence to be a misnomer,” says Todd DeZoort, professor of accounting in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and the University of Alabama’s Durr-Fillauer Chair in Business Ethics.
‘Be Like Walt’ T-shirt sales raise money for scholarships
Tuscaloosa News – June 29
Walt Gary loved the Supply Store at the University of Alabama. The way his grandmother, Betty Shirley, remembers it, former UA President Robert Witt once went to visit Gary during his shift years ago. Witt and Shirley’s husband, George, were close friends from his time on the UA board of trustees. In fact, Shirley said Witt saw to it that Walt got a job at the store.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – June 28
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – June 28
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – June 28
Reckless in Alabama
Simple Justice – July 1
Marshae Jones is an odd choice of hero for the cause, which is going to make the made-for-cable-TV movie a bit more difficult if they don’t take serious liberties with the facts … “Under Alabama law, life begins at conception,” said Bryan Fair, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. “The question is whether that is consistent with federal constitutional law.”
Pulse – July 1
BD News 24 (Bangladesh) – July 1
From Press – July 1
MSN – July 1
COLLEGE NEWS: June 30, 2019
Tuscaloosa News – June 30
University of Alabama at Birmingham … After a national search, a noteworthy researcher in cognitive neuroscience will lead the Alabama Life Research Institute as executive director. As the first, full-time head of ALRI, Dr. Sharlene D. Newman will provide a coherent vision for collaborative life research that embraces the full range of disciplines represented on campus while strengthening The University of Alabama’s research portfolio and profile.
From the sidelines — a labor of love
The Sampson Independent (Clinton, North Carolina) – June 29
Whether you’ve seen him furiously tweeting out an update to a game, listened to him on the Sampson County Sports Podcast or read his Pigskin Picks in the Independent, Ryan Carter has been a visible force in this county’s sports landscape for several years. Carter, who has been a contributing columnist for the Independent since 2014, is a 2017 graduate of Mintz Christian Academy. He is currently a junior at the University of Alabama, where he is majoring in news media with a concentration in sports media.
Railroad Crossing crashes on the rise
WAAY-ABC (Huntsville) – June 30
The government spent nearly 6-million dollars on the ad campaign. It believes that’s money well spent after 270 people died at railroad crossings last year. The University of Alabama says 55 crashes happened in Alabama. Last year the number of drivers who crashed after going around crossing arms hit a 10-year high.
Political Science professor comments on Democratic Debates
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – June 28
With 20 officially on the campaign trail hoping become the next president, that large number of candidates must be reduced. We spoke with a University of Alabama political science professor what he thinks will happen moving forward.
Spring 2019 area dean’s list
The Day (New London, Connecticut) – July 1
Groton area dean’s list … The following local students have made the dean’s/president’s list at their respective schools … Ronnie Hutchison, University of Alabama.
Daily Citizen-News (Dalton, Georgia) – June 30
Tuscaloosa News – June 30
Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Montana) – June 30
GoDanRiver.com (Virginia) – June 30
Rome Sentinel – June 29
The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) – June 29
Times News (Lehighton, Pennsylvania) – June 28
Rome Sentinel (Georgia) – June 29
Wicked Local (Norwell, Massachusetts) – June 29
Will anyone restore Biloxi’s Saenger Theatre like they did in New Orleans and Mobile?
Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi) – July 1
To the west, the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, with its stunning $53 million renovation after Hurricane Katrina, recently hosted the hit Broadway show “Hamilton.” … In Mobile, the Saenger was saved when University of Alabama bought the building the night before it was to be demolished. The city then bought it from the university and a new nonprofit was created to operate the theater.
Tuscaloosa News launches dialogue at meeting with readers
Tuscaloosa News – June 29
In what’s hoped to become an ongoing series, a trio of Tuscaloosa News employees met readers to exchange ideas and thoughts Thursday afternoon … Stephen Schwab is a professor in the University of Alabama’s history department and Honors College, a former 32-year member of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Tuscaloosa County, including UAPD, get new mental health police officers
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – June 30
There are now a total of seven mental health officers. Each local department has one, including the University of Alabama police department. The officers still perform regular law enforcement duties as well.
Tuscaloosa County Probate Judge discusses recent visit to Paris Airshow
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – June 28
Representatives from state and local governments, the industrial development authority, the chamber of commerce, and the University of Alabama went to the International Airshow in Paris where they met with reps from aerospace and aviation companies.