University of Alabama researcher awarded USDA grant to improve flavor quality in foods
Alabama News Center – April 29
Dr. Lingyan Kong of the University of Alabama was recently awarded a $425,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to research and improve flavor use efficiency and stability in foods using supramolecular starch-flavor structures.
UA autism study pairs theater with peer mentoring
Tuscaloosa News – April 30
Researchers at the University of Alabama are preparing for a four-year study that pairs theater and peer mentoring to help improve social skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. “It is really good and healthy experience for the non-autistic peers to be a part of that,” said Susan White, principal investigator for the project at UA. “It is good on that side. It is really good for those kids who have autism to be part of something that is not just therapy.”
Students produce, screen social justice films
Crimson White – April 27
“Tonight, these students are going to bring us arguments that we wouldn’t otherwise hear,” said professor Andrew Grace the night of April 24 as a sizable crowd gathered outside the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. Grace is the instructor for a year-long UA course called Documenting Justice in which students are guided through the process of conceptualizing and directing a short documentary centered around social justice. One student posed that Documenting Justice is the most important display of the arts at UA. The course was originally the idea of Stephen Black, the founder of Center of Ethics and Social Responsibility at the University, whom Andy took over for in the second year of Documenting Justice. “The documentary format forces us to see our community, to see lives that are different from our own,” Grace said.
Rick Bragg, author of ‘The World’s Best Cook,’ shares story behind his momma’s table
Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) – April 28
Rick Bragg, of the University of Alabama, talks about his latest book.
12 Things I Learned Freshman Year Of College That Will Stick With Me For Life
Odyssey Online – April 29
My first year at The University of Alabama allowed me to become a completely different person than who I left Cullman as nine months ago. Back in August, I didn’t realize the importance of the things being brought into my life, but now as I look back, I can see how these things shaped my life into something completely different than what it was.
SGA diversity office proposed at University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa News – April 29
The University of Alabama’s Student Government Association president is proposing to create an executive SGA diversity office that would mirror the existing post in the university’s administration. SGA President Price McGiffert will propose an amendment to the SGA constitution to add a vice president of diversity and inclusion to the executive council, which would require a campus-wide referendum by students during homecoming in the fall. An amendment must be passed by a two-thirds vote of the SGA Senate and in a referendum by two-thirds of the students voting on the measure.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 29
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 29
Anonymous Owner, L.L.C.: Why It Has Become So Easy To Hide In The Housing Market
Global Financial Market Review – April 30
A way to protect property owners from personal liability has also turned out to be handy for enabling problematic behavior, like laundering money or being a bad landlord …Because the stakes are so high and the spillovers significant, there has always been a public element to private property, said Susan Pace Hamill, a law professor at the University of Alabama who has written about L.L.C.s since the late 1980s. “Should tenants have a right to know who they’re renting from?” she said. “Should cities have a right to know who owns the property? The answer is a resounding yes.”
JS Mill scribbles reveal he was far from a chilly Victorian intellectual
The Guardian (U.K.) – April 30
Despite writing a shelf-full of books, including his own autobiography, the great Victorian intellectual John Stuart Mill remains a man of mystery to scholars. However, a new side of Mill has now come to light, hidden in the margins of his library … lbert Pionke, a professor of Victorian culture at the University of Alabama, has been leading the effort to identify and record Mill’s marginalia since 2014, a painstaking effort that is not even halfway through.
The Conversation – April 30
Indilens News Times – April 30
UA Wheelchair Tennis Team wins national championship
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 27
Congratulations to the University of Alabama wheelchair tennis team. They won a National championship over the weekend. That is four National championships for the University of Alabama wheelchair tennis team.
Dover’s Elizabeth Worrell takes part in Tee Time fashion show
Dover Wicked Local (Delaware) – April 29
Elizabeth Kendall Worrell of Dover presented transformative and forward-thinking designs during the University of Alabama’s Tee Time Fashion Show in April. Apparel and Design students from the College of Human Environmental Sciences showcased their creativity and resourcefulness in a show on the front lawn of Doster Hall.
Academic Achievers
Times Daily (Florence) – April 28
Rachel Combs, a native of Florence, received a Fulbright Scholarship to help teach English in Germany. She is a senior at the University of Alabama. The following local residents were recently initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi: Florence: Levi Bevis, the University of Mississippi; Stephanie White, the University of Alabama.
COLLEGE NEWS: April 29
Tuscaloosa News – April 29
University of Alabama: The Omicron Delta Kappa Society is the national leadership honor society for college students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership, and exemplary character. ODK recognizes achievement in scholarship; athletics; campus or community service; social and religious activities; campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media.
RISE holds annual golf tournament
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 27
The RISE tournament of champions benefiting the University of Alabama’s RISE center was Thursday and Friday at North River yacht club. The tournament is a four-person scramble, which raises money to ensure students with special needs can attend the school at no cost.
SMALL BUSINESS WEEK: Officials urge community support
Athens News Courier – April 28
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20 percent of small businesses fail in their first year, while 50 percent fail in their fifth year … Wednesday: The chamber will host a lunch and learn, “Nuts & Bolts of Small Business,” at noon at the chamber office. Heather Wright with the University of Alabama’s Small Business Development Center will facilitate the discussion.
Brown, Berry on the issues
Cullman Times – April 28
Ahead of the June 5 primary election, The Cullman Times is asking local candidates in contested races to share their thoughts on issues relevant to the office they’re seeking. This week, we talk with incumbent Probate Judge Tammy Brown and her challenger, Carol Berry … Brown was elected Cullman County Probate Judge in 2012 and is currently completing her first six-year term in office. She continues probate court training at the University of Alabama Law Institute, and has completed and been awarded the Certificate for the Probate Judges Law Course.
Choose Charity at the University of Alabama
Young Americans for Liberty – April 28
To cap off another tremendous semester at the University of Alabama, our chapter of Young Americans for Liberty volunteered with the West Alabama Food Bank to show our support for charity. As Liberty loving Americans we recognize the importance of private organizations helping those who are less fortunate, so our chapter packaged dozens of meals to help feed children who do not have enough food to eat during weekends.
Learn more about The PACT! A new performing arts training center
Fox 10 (Mobile) – April 28
We are The Facility for Performing Arts Creative Training (The PACT), LLC. We are an instructional facility focusing on acting, dance and music for people of all ages, providing structured training through weekly classes, workshops and full productions … Along with directing, Jacob has been seen in many productions in the area as an actor. Jacob is currently an assistant director at The French Woods Festival of the Arts in New York all while finishing up his degree in Musical Theatre at The University of Alabama.
Jo Kennon Library to host constitution revision program
Suwannee Democrat (Florida) – April 28
The Jo Kennon Public Library will host a program Tuesday to help raise awareness about the work of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission … Thrasher, a retired professor of engineering at the University of Alabama, visited the Holy Land last year and took thousands of pictures and will be sharing his best ones during his presentation.
What Can Past Glacier Behavior Tell Us About Future Sea Level Rise?
Science Magazine – April 30
Researchers from the University of Houston will join colleagues from the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the United States to study the Thwaites Glacier, an Antarctic glacier long considered to be the “weak underbelly” of the ice sheet and capable of significant contributions to global sea-level rise. Thwaites melting already accounts for about 4 percent of global sea-level rise, an amount that is double that of a few decades ago … Other participating U.S. universities in the THOR project are Rice University, the University of Alabama and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.