University of Alabama’s Moundville museum reopening after $5 million facelift
Associated Press – May 14
The University of Alabama is reopening its archaeological museum at Moundville after a lengthy renovation that cost $5 million. The Jones Archaeological Museum will reopen Saturday at the Moundville Archaeological Park in Hale County, south of Tuscaloosa…
FOX6 (Birmingham) – May 13
UA students help in the Black Belt
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 13
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On doomed rig, lapses sparked catastrophe
Reuters.com – May 14
… “I’m a little shocked that they proceeded at that point,” said Philip Johnson, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of Alabama. “It sounds like they never got an adequate low pressure test and someone decided to go ahead and displace the mud,” Johnson said. “That sounds like a pretty serious mistake.”…
Mail & Guardian (United Kingdom) – May 14
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Airborne lasers create 3D images of ancient, modern landscapes
Discovery.com – May 14
…”You can literally peel away the vegetation,” said assistant professor of archaeology Sarah Parcak, director of the Laboratory for Global Health Observation at the University of Alabama and expert in remote sensing technology…
Gas prices to fall
CBS42 (Birmingham) – May 13
One University of Alabama petroleum engineering expert says we can thank rising supplies, as we have about five to ten percent more gasoline in storage than usual for this point in time. But Dr. Peter Clark says this isn’t the only reason. “the price of oil has dropped almost ten dollars a barrel in the past week and a half or so, it’s dropped because the value of the dollar is rising against the euro.”
FIU astronomers gaze at colliding galaxies
Miami Herald – May 14
…Located at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory on a remote peak in the Andes Mountains, the telescope allows members of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA), a consortium of 10 universities that includes FIU, to explore parts of the sky that are not visible from telescopes in the United States…In addition to FIU, the SARA consortium includes Florida Institute of Technology, East Tennessee State University, Valdosta State University, Clemson University, Ball State University, Agnes Scott College, the University of Alabama, Valparaiso University and Butler University…
Ghana city officials’ visit part of plan to strengthen ties
Tuscaloosa News – May 14
Officials from Sunyani, Ghana, are expected to arrive in Tuscaloosa next week, reciprocating a visit last year by the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission to Sunyani… The connection was made through University of Alabama geology professor Seth Appiah-Opuku. Keyes learned that Appiah-Opuku, who grew up in Sunyani, regularly takes a UA study group to Ghana during the summer. “We made a connection based on history, agriculture, size of the city, and it really seemed like a good fit between the two cities. That’s when we really started in earnest communicating back and forth,” Keyes said…