Child safety seat inventor gets UA boost
Birmingham News – April 28 (print version only)
…Dr. Michael Blackmon has teamed up with UA to develop and market a child car set with an emergency-release mechanism that could make it much easier to free a child quickly. Research by UA’s Office for Technloogy Transfer and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs Center showed that it can take as long as 30 seconds for a passerby who’s unfamiliar with a child seat to successfully disengage its straps…
UA films touch on issues in Alabama
Tuscaloosa News – April 28
The six featured films in the third annual Documenting Justice Film Screening tonight address issues that affect people in Alabama, including farming, health care, HIV/AIDS, unions, prisons and the future of a historic landmark…The films, all 10 minutes or shorter, were produced by University of Alabama students in a yearlong documentary filmmaking…
Dance Alabama! hits UA’s Morgan Auditorium
Tuscaloosa News – April 28
…Dance Alabama! is a student-run organization at the University of Alabama. They perform a concert every semester. “It is a great opportunity for us to get to display our choreography before we graduate,” said Bryant Henderson, DA! president. This semester’s DA! consisted of 20 different numbers ranging from jazz to lyrical. The casts had between two and 16 dancers…
Davis expects close Democratic primary
Florence Times-Daily — April 28
David Lanoue, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama, said multiple primary candidates could help Davis. “In general, it’s probably better for Artur Davis to have more candidates in the race, if he’s able to lock down the African-American vote, because it’s about splitting the remaining vote,” Lanoue said.
Davis said there’s too much at stake for the governor’s race to be about anything other than a “vigorous debate.” “With our state in the grip of a severe recession, with our Legislature mired in the usual battle between Montgomery interest groups, our people deserve clear answers about our priorities,” he said.
Tuscaloosa News – April 28
Opinion: CrimsonRide: a strength of UA
Crimson White – April 27
Few University of Alabama services reach more students and are more visible than the CrimsonRide. For almost two years, the University has operated an adaptive, efficient and accessible mode of transportation for the campus community…The CrimsonRide system has proven itself to be adaptable and cost-efficient. When UA officials realized that the Entertainment Route, an option designed to appeal to a variety of students, was losing money, they cut the service. We were impressed: few large organizations recognize and correct problems so quickly…We see potential for enormous, continued growth of the CrimsonRide, which is still a relatively new, if visible, part of our campus. It is our hope that all members of the University of Alabama community will embrace the CrimsonRide and make it an integral feature of daily life.
Students spend night living in mock war camp
Crimson White – April 27
…members of the UA chapter of Invisible Children spent Saturday night with many other participants in a mock Lord’s Resistance Army camp in an effort to draw more attention to the conflict in Uganda. The students took part in The Rescue, a national event meant to “rescue” cities by completing various different goals that would bring attention to the Ugandan conflict…