UA program helps Northridge High chemistry students
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 20
Twenty-five Northridge High School students in an Advanced Placement chemistry class spent much of the day Thursday working in one of the University of Alabama’s Science and Engineering Complex laboratories. Martin Bakker, an associate professor of chemistry at UA who helped coordinate the day, said the goal of the activities was to help strengthen and expand the university’s outreach program. “We started comparing AP chemistry to my freshman chemistry classes, and strangely enough, they’re practically the same,” he said. “We had them here for a couple of experiments last semester, and that worked really well, so we said, ‘Hey, we’ve got these open labs, why not just come and do this?’ ”
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) — Jan. 19
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Jan. 19
Leaders of UA student political groups seek to drive interest in presidential primary season
AL.com – Jan. 20
On Monday and Tuesday nights at the University of Alabama, you can find students Joe Mahoney and Jamie Woodham preparing for an hour or two of extracurricular activity involving friends, fun and, most importantly, politics. Mahoney, executive director of UA’s College Republicans, and Woodham, director of UA’s College Democrats, both work each week to bring their brand of politics to the newly minted voters of the college-aged crowd.
Alabama to hold national title celebration Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium
WHNT (Huntsville) – Jan. 20
The University of Alabama will celebrate the Crimson Tide football team’s 2011 National Football Championship on Saturday, January 21, at 2 p.m. in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The celebration, presented by Regions Bank and AT&T, will feature the Crimson Tide football team and head football coach Nick Saban. The event will last approximately one hour and admission is free.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) — Jan. 19
WKRG-CBS, (Mobile) – Jan. 19
2011 engraved behind Coach Saban’s statue
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Jan. 19
A monumental day for the University of Alabama: The 2011 National championship added to Nick Saban’s statue in the Walk of Legends today. The statue was unveiled last year, but today the university engraved the new championship year behind the statue.
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Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 20
UA alums urged to show up opening night at ‘Red Tails’
AL.com – Jan. 20
Fans who put “Red Tails” at the top of their must-see movie list after Nick Saban endorsed it before Alabama won the BCS championship last week will finally get their chance to see it on Friday when the film opens nationwide. In a promotional announcement distributed via email and Facebook, Jefferson and Shelby County Chapters of the University of Alabama National Alumni Association, along with 98.7 KISS-FM, urged Alabama alums to show their school colors on opening night of the Tuskegee Airmen action movie. . . . During his post-game press conference, Saban said he would recommend the film to anyone and emphasized the characters’ motto from the film: “To the last plane, the bullet, the last man, the minute we fight and we always stay with the mission.” George Lucas even issued a public statement congratulating Saban and the team on the win.
Bryant Museum hosting sneak peek of Namath documentary
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 20
A limited number of lucky Crimson Tide fans in Tuscaloosa will have the first chance to see HBO’s latest documentary, “Namath.” A collaboration between HBO Sports and NFL Films, the documentary focuses on the life and career of University of Alabama legend and New York Jets Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. The Bryant Museum will host a sneak preview of “Namath” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in the ballroom of the Hotel Capstone on the UA campus.
AL.com – Jan. 19