After health scares, restaurants need recipe for trust, experts say
Anniston Star – Jan. 31
The owner of Marco’s Pizza in Saks says he is in danger of losing his store as sales have declined after a delivery driver was diagnosed with a health problem unrelated to the restaurant … Suzanne Horsley, a public relations professor at the University of Alabama, said in instances where a store’s reputation is at stake, “communication is the best way to solve this type of conflict.”
UA to host supermoon viewing Wednesday
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 30
The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy will offer a free public viewing Wednesday night of the supermoon, a full moon at the closest point in its orbit of the Earth. The viewing will be at the Gallalee Hall Observatory at the northeast corner of University Boulevard and Hackberry Drive from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Professor Jeremy Bailin will host the event.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Jan. 30
Death Row Exoneree to speak at UA
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Jan. 30
For 15 years he fought for the state to reexamine the case, but it wasn’t until 2015 he was freed, when new evidence came to light. Hinton will speak on criminal justice reform Friday at Hotel Capstone at 11:30. It is hosted by the University of Alabama and it is free and open to the public.
Book donations sought for K-12 children
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 29
This year’s Books for the Alabama Black Belt campaign begins Feb. 2. The campaign, organized by the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, seeks donations of new or gently used classic and award-winning books for K-12 children. A list of appropriate books can be found online at www.uced.ua.edu/books-for-the-black-belt.html.
Plastics from shrimp shells? Chemist talks bioplastics at FGCU
Naples Herald (Florida) – Jan. 30
Imagine the cellular material in plants, or the shells of crustaceans being used to replace that plastic bag at the grocery store. If one chemist has his way, that’s where the future is headed. Dr. Robin Rogers, a research professor at the University of Alabama, adjunct professor at McGill University in Montreal and president and owner of 525 Solutions, a hard science solutions company with multiple technological investments, spoke at FGCU on Friday to talk about sustainable solutions for plastics in what he calls “green chemistry.”
Law School Fair returns to the Ferguson Center
Crimson White – Jan. 31
The annual Law School Fair, an opportunity for students to meet with recruiters from law schools across the country, will be Thursday. This year’s fair will be the biggest fair that the pre-law program has hosted with representation from many prestigious schools from across the southeast as well as newcomers such as University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles, Boston College and Boston University.
Pack a Purse project returns for third year
Crimson White – Jan. 31
Who: Hosted by The Women and Gender Resource Center and AIM (Aid to Inmate Mothers) … “This is one of the many events I host throughout the year that strives toward the mission of the resource center and falls under gender equity issues. This is the third year we’ve partnered with AIM for a toiletry drive and have really seen a positive impact,” said Paige Miller, program coordinator for The Women and Gender Resource Center.