Study could alter understanding of physics
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 24
An international group of researchers, including several from the University of Alabama, measured the interaction between tiny particles that travel the cosmos, called neutrinos, and Earth. The findings, which carry implications for our understanding of physics and Earth’s core, were published this week in the journal Nature.
Report shows AL’s infant mortality rate reaches new high since 2008
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 22
With more Alabama hospitals either shutting down or cutting back on care, what does that mean for an already high infant mortality rate? A recent report shows two out of the three counties with the highest rates are in West Alabama …“We can help pregnant women maintain healthy pregnancies that are really the place that we can make a difference,” said Dr. Brian Gannon University of Alabama professor.
WAFF 48 (Huntsville) – Nov. 22
The alt-right, and how the paranoias of white identity politics fuelled Trump’s rise
New Statesman – Nov. 27
Many Americans feel that their country and their livelihoods are being threatened by dark forces beyond their control. According to a 2013 survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, almost three in ten US voters believe that a globalist elite is conspiring to establish an authoritarian world government, or “New World Order” … Hawley is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama whose previous book Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism argues that as the conservative movement’s white, married, middle-class, Christian demographic base shrinks, conservatism will increasingly come under attack from the right.
When MeToo meets the Bible
Deutschlandfunk (Germany) – Nov. 24
There have been some politicians in the more than 200 years of American history, for whom their faith was a strict guideline of their life and thought, but rarely anyone like Roy Moore … One of the critics: Professor William S. Brewbaker, who teaches law at the University of Alabama: He formulated his thoughts in mid-November in an article in The New York Times and deplored the headline’s “sad state of evangelical politics.” He explained his position to Deutschlandfunk.
Simply thinking you have insomnia might cause health problems
CNN – Nov. 24
Thinking you have a sleep problem — even if you don’t — may be just as bad for your overall well-being as actually having a sleep disorder, a new review published in Behaviour Research and Therapy suggests. Kenneth L. Lichstein, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama, reviewed 20 existing studies that looked at both how people described their own sleep and how researchers measured the quantity and quality of their sleep.
Today – Nov. 24
Medium – Nov. 24
True Viral News – Nov. 26
2 children killed in 2 different West Alabama car wrecks Thanksgiving week
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 24
Two children killed in two separate car accidents this week in West Alabama. Thanksgiving week is known as one of the deadliest times to travel on the road …It’s scary to think of but it’s real life and it’s happening all the time in Alabama according to public safety experts. “You just get in the car and you don’t think it will ever happen to me, but we have traffic fatalities almost every single day in Alabama,” said Rhonda Stricklin University of Alabama CAPS Associate Director.
NBC 5 (Memphis, Tennessee) – Nov. 24
WDAM 7 (Moselle, Mississippi) – Nov. 24
NBC 10 (Albany, Georgia) – Nov. 24
WTOC 11 (Savannah, Georgia) – Nov. 24
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – Nov. 24
WTVM 9 (Columbus, Georgia) – Nov. 24
Fox 10 (Mobile) – Nov. 24
UA students provide Thanksgiving meals for soup bowl
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 22
In what’s become a family holiday ritual, University of Alabama senior Juan Carrasquilla helped deliver pans of food donated by fellow students to the East Tuscaloosa Community Soup Bowl for the nonprofit’s annual Thanksgiving meal. “It is amazing that it is the fifth year already. I have been really grateful to watch it from the beginning and to help my sister who started it. Just to see it grow and become a consistent, stable annual event,” Carrasquilla said. On Wednesday morning, the UA students with Swipe Away Hunger arrived at Hargrove United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa with pans of food prepared by Bama Dining at Lakeside Dining Hall.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Nov. 22
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 22
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 22
Crimsonettes director is a fixture at Alabama
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 22
As the daughter of University of Alabama employees, former Crimsonette Brandi Freeman grew up in the Crimson Tide heartland watching football on Saturdays. “We were huge Bama fans,” she said. In Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturdays, her father would hand her his binoculars to look at the field. “Being a little girl and being 5 you don’t know too much about football. But I knew when halftime came. I watched the dancers twirl,” Freeman, 29, said. The Crimsonettes, then as now, twirled to routines planned by Marion Powell, who has coached the team since 1978.
The Campaign (Part 1)
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 23 and 24
This was an interview with Linda Bonnin about the “Where Legends Are Made” campaign.
Part 2 – Nov. 23 and 24
Part 3 – Nov. 23 and 24
If Pakistan can take action after the APS attack, what is stopping the US from stricter gun control laws after another school shooting?
Express Tribune (Pakistan) – Nov. 24
On November 14th, the US faced another mass shooting at an elementary school in California. The shooter, identified as Kevin Jason Neal, killed his wife, shot his neighbours, attacked the school and drove by the area while shooting at motorists … According to Adam Lankford, associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama, the desire for fame and success is among the key targets of the new American generation. For the mentally deranged, upset and chronically depressed, quantifying success means to gain fame by any means necessary. The media coverage that these shooters receive following the cases becomes a huge incentive to act similarly.
Doug Jones forced to defend record on crime in wake of Trump criticism
ABC News Radio – Nov. 24
Doug Jones was faced with a new challenge in his race against Roy Moore for senator in Alabama on Tuesday when President Donald Trump greeted reporters on the White House lawn with a slew of attacks on Jones’ record. One of those attacks, against Jones’ record on crime, particularly stood out for the longtime attorney … Pam Pierson, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at the University of Alabama agreed with Houston and said at the time Jones’ decision to prosecute the historic case was a controversial one.
WMD 1470 (Peoria, Illinois) – Nov. 24
WJNT News Talk (Ridgeland, Mississippi) – Nov. 24
KXL 101 (Portland, Oregon) – Nov. 24
WSPY 107.1 (Plano, Illinois) – Nov. 23
100.5 FM WEIS (ABC News Radio) – Nov. 23
KTIC 107.9 (Wisner, Nebraska) – Nov. 23
WBAL 1090 (Baltimore, Maryland) – Nov. 23
News Channel Nebraska – Nov. 23
WJBD 100.1 (Salem, Illinois) – Nov. 23
Trump blasts Roy Moore’s foe
Politico – Nov. 26
For many Republicans who might have stayed home, the presidential argument could move the needle, said Richard Fording, a political science professor at the University of Alabama. “What Donald Trump does by weighing in like this is he helps them rationalize doing what they probably would like to do, which is to vote for the Republican,” he said.
2017 hurricane season was intense, deadly
Palm Beach Post – Nov. 24
In August, the waters of the equatorial Pacific cooled, quieting powerful western gales that act as a balm to the tropical Atlantic during hurricane season. . . . About 6.5 million Floridians evacuated for the storm — the most in the state’s history. “This was a big, nasty Category 5 hurricane and it got people’s attention,” said Jason Senkbeil, a University of Alabama associate professor who interviewed evacuees at a service plaza on Sept. 7 and 8. “Some people thought all of Florida was going to experience Cat 4 or 5 winds.”
Grant money will help local juveniles
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 23
A Tuscaloosa social service agency is one of just six in the country receiving grant money to help juveniles who have been detained or involved in the justice system. The Juveniles Supported Through Integrated Community Engagement (JUSTICE) program will provide case management services, mentoring and civil legal services. The $300,000 grant was awarded by the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) … The University of Alabama School of Law’s Public Interest Institute will host a Re-entry Law Fellow who will assist in providing the youth civil legal services to help with any legal barriers to complete their integration into the community.
UA Athletic Photography department digitizes negatives from the past 30 years of Alabama games
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Nov. 25
The University of Alabama’s Athletic Photography department is in the middle of a huge project, and it’s bringing back a lot of Iron Bowl memories. Bama football is all digital now, but not that long ago it was all film. “We’ve taken all those negatives from 70s, 80s, 90s, and we have digitized those.” It’s a process that’s brought back some memories, especially when it comes to the Iron Bowl.
Health Benefits of Chia Seeds
USAA News – Nov. 24
Health awareness is increasing everywhere and so is the demand for healthy foods. Arguably, prepackaged and processed food unnecessarily pollute the can-be-simple process of providing our bodies with nutrition. In response, many people look to whole, raw foods that have traditional appreciation … According to research performed at the Human Performance Laboratory at The University of Alabama, a better option may exist and that option may be chia seeds. Researchers determined that using chia seeds to load up on omega 3 fatty acids appeared to be a viable substitute for fueling performance during endurance events. Extra bonus? No sugar.
Kennedy: What does handshake say about a woman?
Daily Gazette – Nov. 23
Years ago, when our daughters were young, Husband made a game of teaching them how to shake hands. He’d engage them in a shake, a “How do you do?” and then assess their performance. Of course, as a game, they liked to take it to extremes, becoming giddy in offering a limp, dead-fish handshake …In fact, a study from the University of Alabama, published in 2000 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, suggested that a firm handshake “may provide an effective initial form of self-promotion for women that does not have the costs associated with other less subtle forms of assertive self-promotion.”