‘Power of Pink’ meet puts color into campus, city
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 24
Sarah Patterson was stopped at the grocery store one day by a woman who recognized her from somewhere. It wasn’t because Patterson is a six-time national champion gymnastics coach or that she just won back-to-back titles. “Aren’t you the pink lady?” the woman asked. Patterson, the University of Alabama gymnastics coach now in her 35th year with the program, started her “Power of Pink” initiative eight years ago, and the movement that raises awareness for breast cancer has since moved across campus and into Tuscaloosa once a year. Alabama gymnastics will host Kentucky on Friday night for its annual “Power of Pink” meet, and the town will be more pink than ever…Like it has been since 2005, Coleman Coliseum will be washed in pink inside and out. Last year, the pink expanded into other parts of campus and will continue for the 2013 meet. Denny Chimes will have pink floodlights set up outside, and the Ferguson Center plaza will be lit pink as well, with the fountain spouting pink water.
TideSports.com – Jan. 23
Crimson White – Jan. 24
UA to hold moment of silence for Dr. James Hood
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – Jan. 23
Funeral services are tomorrow for one of the students who helped break the “color barrier” at the University of Alabama. Dr. James hood died last week. His funeral is set for tomorrow at First United Methodist Church in Gadsden at 11 a.m. At the same time, the University of Alabama plans to observe a moment of silence in his memory. Hood and Vivian Malone were the first two African-Americans to enroll in the university back in 1963.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Jan.23
UA to host 400 students at regional Science Olympiad competition on Feb. 9
Al.com – Jan. 23
The University of Alabama will welcome around 400 middle and high school students to compete on campus in the 2013 Alabama Regional Science Olympiad on Feb. 9. Science Olympiad, a national nonprofit organization focused on improving science education, holds more than 280 regional and state tournaments as well as a national tournament that give 6,400 teams of students from all 50 states the chance to learn about different scientific disciplines and compete in events. Half of each team’s score will be based on a written exam and half will be based on hands-on projects. Events for high school students range from testing water quality to designing and building magnetically-levitated vehicles. Middle school participants will compete in events that include solving problems using the principles of genetics and building a Rube Goldberg-style device.
Alabama Public Radio – Jan. 24
Saudi student in US wins King award
Saudi Gazette – Jan. 24
A Saudi student was recently honored by the University of Alabama with the Dr. Martin Luther King Award, which promotes peaceful coexistence among people in the world, Al-Yaum newspaper reported. The award, one of the most prestigious distinctions offered by American universities, was given to Lubna Al-Ansari, a Saudi student of the Tennessee university’s chemical engineering department, during an event attended by well-known writers, intellectuals and professors. Al-Ansari held a workshop to promote intercultural understanding and peaceful coexistence among students of different ages and ethnicities. The award is presented to any student who proves their capability to promote peaceful coexistence, tolerance and intercultural values. It was established in the 1960s.
UA will host public sky viewings on campus
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 24
The public is invited to look at the stars in a series of free telescope viewings held by the University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy. The first viewing will be held beginning at 7 p.m. tonight in Room 227 at Gallalee Hall. Conor Henderson, UA assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will discuss the discovery of the Higgs particle. At 8 p.m., Ron Buta, UA assistant professor, will help visitors peer at the moon and Jupiter through telescopes in the dome atop Gallalee Hall.
UA concert ‘The Freese Collection’ begins tonight, features organ, art and dance
Al.com – Jan. 23
University of Alabama Professor of Organ Faythe Freese is bringing a concert collaboration to the Moody Music Building Concert Hall tonight through Friday night. The three concerts are interdisciplinary and a collaboration between Freese, composer Pamela Decker, Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, UA Theatre & Dance professors, the UA Art Department and Creative Campus — all based on art by Southern artist Nall. All of this is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UA’s Holtkamp Organ. The dance portion of “The Freese Collection” will be choreographed by Cornelius Carter as well as associate professors of dance Rita Snyder and Sarah M. Barry, who have been working on the show since last fall. The dancers will perform to live music by the Holtkamp Organ. Tonight, the Nall art show, called “Violata Pax (Wounded Peace),” and reception will take place before the concert at 5:30 p.m.
Raudelunas ‘Pataphysical Redux art collective to continue Sonic Frontiers series
Al.com – Jan. 23
The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series will continue Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. with the Raudelunas ‘Pataphysical Redux, featuring legendary Alabama experimentalists LaDonna Smith, Anne LeBaron, Craig Nutt, Davey Williams and many special guests in the Ferguson Center Theater on campus. The performance will follow a 5-7 p.m. closing reception of the Raudelunas Exposition at the Ferguson Art Gallery. The Raudelunas ‘Pataphysical Redux brings together many of the original members of the Alabama art collective, including internationally acclaimed composer/harpist Anne LeBaron, avantblues guitar master Davey Williams, renowned violinist/violist LaDonna Smith, big band leader and wood sculptor Craig Nutt, and many special guests. Together, they return to the site of one of their recordings, “The Raudelunas ‘Pataphysical Revue,” recorded at the Ferguson Theater in 1975 and listed in The Wire magazine’s “100 Records That Set The World On Fire While No One Was Listening.”
UA Ferguson Center announces Polar Plunge into Rec Center pool on Feb. 3
Al.com – Jan. 23
The University of Alabama Ferguson Center wants you to try something adventurous, and pretty cold, on Feb. 3. Why not jump into freezing cold waters in UA’s Student Recreation Center outdoor pool with your friends to pass the time on a Sunday afternoon? The Polar Plunge on Feb. 3 invites you to jump into the UA pool beginning at 1 p.m. The two-hour event welcomes anyone who wants to join as well as anyone who wants to watch the brave ones give it a try. After you take the Polar Plunge, sip on some warm hot chocolate to raise your body temperature.
Vaccines still available during heavy flu season
Crimson White – Jan. 24
With Alabama classified as one of 30 states with high influenza-like illness activity, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Alabama students may want to consider getting vaccinated if they haven’t already, and the University still has shots available from their fall No Flu Zone campaign. Sara Kaylor, an instructor at The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, was one of many medical professors who worked to prepare University students, faculty and staff for the 2012-2013 flu season. She was involved in the UA No Flu Zone campaign, which is a campaign the University Medical Center and the Capstone College of Nursing launched in September 2012. The University purchased 8,000 flu shots for the campaign, which were administered by upperclassmen nursing students and the University Medical Staff. “As of Dec. 31, 2012 we had given approximately 2,785 vaccinations to faculty and staff and 4,430 to students,” Lisa Kidd, the administrative secretary at the University Medical Center, said. Kaylor said aside from taking the vaccine, the best way to avoid the flu is by vigorously washing your hands.