Alabama professor scores barbeque research grant
Montgomery Advertiser – Sept. 5
For Southerners, barbecue — like college football — inspires pride, intense rivalries and seemingly endless debates. Over the course of the fall and winter, University of Alabama history professor Joshua Rothman and two graduate students will explore Alabama’s food culture of barbecue as well as a broader focus on foodways — how the state’s regional cuisine developed — after receiving an $18,000 grant from the Southern Foodways Alliance, a nonprofit organization based at the University of Mississippi that documents and celebrates the food cultures of the South. “I think the goal ultimately is to figure out how barbecue came to be in that place where it stands as emblematic of Southern culture,” Rothman said. The grant will fund research for two essays on the topics, according to Rothman, who said work had just begun. The essay on barbecue, to be written by doctoral candidate Mark Johnson, is expected to be completed by December and the paper of foodways, to be completed by graduate student Dana Alsen, is expected by May or June. Rothman said he is unsure where they will be published.
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2 Alabama juniors vie for Miss America crown
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 5
Two University of Alabama juniors are among the contestants slated to compete in the 2014 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sept. 15. Miss Alabama, Chandler Champion, and Miss Michigan, Haley Williams, are among the 53 contestants competing for the crown and a $50,000 scholarship, part of the pageant’s annual scholarship awards that total some $340,000. “I am so incredibly excited to actually be living out my dream that I have had for a very long time,” Champion said. Champion, a 20-year-old junior from Leeds, is majoring in dance and broadcast journalism at UA. Her talent is ballet. Williams, a 20-year-old junior from Saline, Mich., is majoring in public relations with minors in philosophy and art history. Her talent is baton twirling. Williams is a former Crimsonette and Diamond Doll as well as a UA ambassador, according to UA.
Miss Alabama 2013 Chandler Champion takes adventurous attitude, fun style to 2014 Miss America competition
Al.com – Sept. 5
Beauty queens belong onstage and not at a construction site. But, don’t tell Miss Alabama 2013 Chandler Champion that. She showed off her competition wardrobe ahead of leaving for the Sept. 15 Miss America competition in Birmingham’s Lyric Theatre. The theatre, built in 1914, is currently under renovation for reopening…The Lyric provided the backdrop for Champion to display what she describes as her fun but unique personal style. “…Even her school pride shines through with her University of Alabama gown that Northington custom-made for the “Show Us Your Shoes” parade on Saturday, Sept. 14 on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The Ann Northington-designed outfit is a is a black jumpsuit with a fitted bodice, complete with a houndstooth float that spells out “Roll Tide” on the front and has the Alabama National Championship emblem on the back. The dress was a natural choice for the event, according to Miss Alabama director Nan Teninbaum. “With Chandler being a University of Alabama student and the university being the national champs for three years, we chose to do national champs,” she said.
Measuring Progress in Nanotech Design
Innovations Report – Sept. 5
Engineers working in the nanoscale will have a new tool at their disposal thanks to an international group of researchers led by Drexel University’s College of Engineering. This innovative procedure could alleviate the persistent challenge of measuring key features of electron behavior while designing the ever-shrinking components that allow cell phones, laptops and tablets to get increasingly thinner and more energy efficient … The collaborators from the IMM-CNR, Paola Prete, and the University of Salento, Ilio Miccoli and Nico Lovergine joined forces with Hadas Shtrikman, from Weizmann Institute of Science to produce the high quality nanowire used in the testing … Patrick Kung, from the University of Alabama, analyzed the composition of the nanowire at the atomic level, and Tsachi Livneh, of Negev Nuclear Research Center, contributed to the analyses.
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Immigration, refugee issues addressed at ‘Posters Without Borders’ at Space One Eleven exhibition
Al.com – Sept. 5
Posters Without Borders, an exhibition organized by University of Alabama graphic design professor Erin Wright, opens Friday at the downtown gallery, Space One Eleven. Conceived by Wright, along with El Paso, Texas-based artist Antonio Castro and Eric Boelts, a designer from Boulder, Colo., the exhibition addresses the issues of immigration and refugee populations around the world, though the themes of tolerance, social justice and tearing down geographic and racial barriers. The opening reception takes place Friday, September 6, from 6-8 p.m., with artist talks beginning at 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Special hours on Saturday, Sept. 7 are noon to 6 p.m., during ArtWalk. Posters Without Borders will be displayed through Oct. 4. The gallery is located at 2409 Second Ave. North.
Sale of discounted merchandise to benefit Rise School
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 4
This weekend’s Buy for Rise event means a bonanza for bargain hunters. More than 50 local retailers have donated merchandise that will be sold for up to 90 percent off the usual retail price. All proceeds benefit the Rise School on the University of Alabama campus, which enrolls 98 preschool children, about half of whom have special needs. The program uses a creative curriculum that integrates therapy into the classroom.