Cuban, U.S. Artists at Havana Book Fair
Prensa Latina – Feb. 10
U.S. photographer Chip Cooper and Cuban Nestor Marti launched in this capital the book “Old Havana. Spirit of the Living City,” which resulted from an academic collaboration between the University of Alabama, in the United States, and Cuba. Cooper said at the San Geronimo College, in Old Havana, that the volume with images of this capital and its people is a personal contribution to change the ideas preconceived by many U.S. citizens about Cuba’s situation. . . . The book includes prefaces by Havana Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler and Bob Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. Olin has led cooperation initiatives between that center and Cuban academic institutions for almost three years.
Regional journalism event begins at UTM
Northwest Tennessee Today – Feb. 9
Students from 26 southeastern universities will assemble on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin Thursday to hone their journalism skills and represent their respective communication programs. . . . Informational sessions and speakers will also be held during the conference. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling University Center, a panel of students from the University of Alabama student newspaper will discuss how they coped with the EF4 tornado that ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 27, 2011.
UA study says Alabama will face billions of dollars in economic losses due to immigration law
CSPAN – Feb. 9
University of Georgia estimates because of resulting worker shortages in just seven key berry and vegetable crops, they will suffer $7 billion of losses every year. The professor at the University of Alabama estimates that Alabama will face between $2 billion and $11 billion in annual economic losses….
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 9