OSHA awards $191,000 grant to the University of Alabama for program to prevent falls at construction sites
Birmingham News – Sept. 23
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today awarded a $191,000 grant to the University of Alabama to develop a fall protection program for the construction industry in Alabama and Mississippi. OSHA says falls are the leading cause of fatalities in the construction industry. It says training materials produced under the UA grant will focus on fall hazard recognition, avoidance, abatement and control. The money is part of $2.75 million in Susan Harwood Targeted Topic Training Grants to 16 organizations across the nation. The program is named in honor of a former director of the Office of Risk Assessment for OSHA.
Phony Cancers and Self-Inflicted Acid Attacks: A National Outbreak of Munchausen’s?
Time Magazine – Sept. 23
…Munchausen’s is the most severe type of a group of illnesses known as factitious disorders, whose sufferers fake illnesses to gain goodies or attention. I spoke with Dr. Marc Feldman, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama and one of the world’s leading experts on these disorders. According to Feldman, who runs Munchausens.com and has written several books and numerous scientific papers on the topic, factitious disorders are far more common than you might think…
‘Super harvest moon’ to usher in beginning of autumn at 10:09 tonight in Birmingham
Birmingham News – Sept. 23
…University of Alabama astronomy professor William Keel said it’s unusual to have a harvest moon this early in the year and this close to equinox. “It’s extremely close to the equinox. Five and a half hours. It’s hard to get much closer to the equinox than that,” Keel said…
RISE Students Get Treated to Music From Members of the Russian National Orchestra
FOX6 (Birmingham) – Sept. 22
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 22
Children at the University of Alabama’s Rise Center were treated to music by two renowned soloists of the Russian National Orchestra, trumpet Vladislav Lavrik and flutist Maxim Rubtsov…
Rockers Kansas carry on, play with college groups
Associated Press – Sept. 23
… Kansas will donate a portion of its merchandise sales and the band’s record company will donate part of the proceeds from CD and DVD sales at the concert…The financial benefits to the deal were a nice touch, said Skip Snead, the director of music at the University of Alabama, where Kansas played two dates this month. But the musical ones were significant too. “Getting to work in that genre and style was a great opportunity for our students,” Snead said. “Our students, following the concert, felt they had a much greater and deeper appreciation for Kansas and their musicianship and who they are than they did beforehand.”…
U.S. Attorney General Speaks at UA
WSIL (Paducah, Ky.) – Sept. 22
WAAY (Huntsville) – Sept. 22
WAFF (Huntsville) – Sept. 22
WHNT (Huntsville) – Sept. 22
WBRZ (Baton Rouge, La.) – Sept. 22
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke today at the University of Alabama on the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s only published book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Holder says the famous novel has helped define and improve American life for a half-century. He says it remains a powerful teaching tool.
Russian duo to play Celebrity Series
Crimson White – Sept. 23
Two of the Russian Naional Orchestra’s principal players, Vladislav Lavrik and Maxim Rubtsov, will bring jazz and contemporary sounds to the Moody Music Building Concert Hall tonight at 7:30. The concert is the kick-off for the School of Music’s annual Celebrity Series concerts…
Career Fair Held at UA
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 22
It was standing room only at a career fair on the University of Alabama campus earlier today. Recent grads, soon-to-be grads, and even grad students packed into the Bryant Conference Center to talk with recruiters from all over the business spectrum about landing that all important first job…