UA to offer degree in Cyber Security
WVUA – Feb. 18
The University of Alabama is set to offer a new degree one for cyber security. The University’s Board of Trustees approved the program earlier this month. Students can choose it as a major starting in the fall.
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HBCUs are trying to spare graduates from crushing student loan debt. It’s not easy.
The Washington Post – Feb. 18
Dillard, like many historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, is fighting to help its students reduce the need to borrow and keep them from joining the scores of Americans with debt and no degree. But how can schools with few financial resources help students in the same boat? “You have a unique population of students, and you also have institutions that can’t pull from financial resources to support them like other types of schools,” said Krystal L. Williams, an HBCU expert and assistant professor at the University of Alabama. “There has been historic and unequal consideration for funding by corporations and foundations.”
Understanding Modern Law and Modern Womanhood: Grutter v. Bollinger
Her Campus – Feb. 18
Grutter was a successful business owner when she decided to apply in 1997 to the University of Michigan Law School. She was initially put on a waitlist and ultimately denied admission, in spite of her 3.8 GPA and 89th percentile LSAT score. Grutter filed a suit, claiming that the university’s denial of her application was a result of racial discrimination; Grutter was a white woman. Grutter stated that the race factor in Michigan’s admission process gave minority applicants an unfair advantage over white applicants, therefore violating the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. In 2019, the University of Alabama reported that women made up the majority of The University of Alabama School of Law’s incoming class for the first time in the school’s history. The school accepted 137 from nearly 1,500 students who applied. Of those accepted, 53 percent are women.
Joyce Vance comments on Trump pardoning criminals (Live interview)
MSNBC (National) – Feb. 18
Leading off our discussion tonight are Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney for the northern district of Alabama. She’s a professor at The University of Alabama School of Law.
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‘Will He Resign?’: Lawyers React After Trump Ignores Barr’s Plea to Stop Tweeting About Judges
MSN – Feb. 18
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defied Attorney General William Barr’s request that he stop tweeting about federal judges presiding over Department of Justice cases, sending a tweet critical of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson. The latest Trumpian salvo left attorneys and political experts wondering whether Barr was sincere in his latest ABC News interview–and would consider resigning in protest–or whether the whole thing really was “absolutely nonsense theatrics.” MSNBC contributor, former federal prosecutor and University of Alabama law professor Joyce Vance White immediately responded to Trump’s tweet, calling on Barr to do more or else be complicit in the president’s efforts to politicize the Justice Department.
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The next chapter for African genomics
Nature – Feb. 19
In the affluent, beach-side neighborhoods of Lagos, finance and technology entrepreneurs mingle with investors at art openings and chic restaurants. Now biotech is entering the scene. Thirty-four-year-old Abasi Ene-Obong has been traversing the globe for the past six months, trying to draw investors and collaborators into a venture called 54Gene. Named to reflect the 54 countries in Africa, the genetics company aims to build the continent’s largest biobank, with backing from Silicon Valley venture firms such as Y Combinator and Fifty Years. And to make themselves more appealing to collaborators and donors, they’re increasing the amount of work they can do in Ibadan. Until last year, most of the genetic analyses were conducted at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Blackburn Institute to host Foster Care Informational Summit (Live interview)
WVUA – Feb. 18
Our special guest tonight is Courtney Zotaj. Courtney is a University of Alabama student who is now involved in trying to get some support behind the local foster care system. Tell me about it. So, we are hosting a foster care informational summit in the Ferguson Center ballroom on Sunday, February 23 from 3 – 5 p.m., and that is for any prospective foster parents, people who have ever been curious about the process or who just want to learn how to get involved with the foster care system and helping local children.
UA organizations host Blackout Event
WVUA – Feb. 18
In honor of Black History Month, student organizations at The University of Alabama hosted a free event for everyone to learn more about black culture through art, poetry and performances.
Lower your blood pressure naturally
Daily Asianage – Feb. 18
When you get a high blood pressure reading at the doctor’s office, it might be tough for you to understand exactly what impact those numbers can make on your overall health, since high blood pressure has no unusual day-to-day symptoms. But the truth is, having high blood pressure is a serious health risk-it boosts the risks of leading killers such as heart attack and stroke, as well as aneurysms, cognitive decline, and kidney failure. It’s time to heed your partner’s complaints and get that snoring checked out. Loud, incessant snores are a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder characterized by brief yet potentially life-threatening interruptions in breathing during sleep. And many sleep apnea sufferers also have high levels of aldosterone, a hormone that can boost blood pressure, according to University of Alabama researchers. In fact, it’s estimated that sleep apnea affects half of people with high blood pressure.