College prep summit shows options for people with intellectual disabilities
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 14
The University of Alabama on Friday hosted an event designed to highlight growing postsecondary education opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. Alabama’s College Prep Summit, the first of its kind in the state, was held at the Ferguson Center ballroom for people interested in attending a nontraditional college program.
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Cincinnati shooting: Experts see mass shootings as an outgrowth of U.S. suicide epidemic
Cincinnati.com – Sept. 14
Mass shootings such as the Sept. 6 attack at the Fifth Third Center don’t neatly boil down just to who has access to guns. Preventing such horrors isn’t as simple as who has access to mental health care, or who is mentally ill … Adam Lankford, a University of Alabama criminologist, said blaming mass shootings on “mental illness” obscures the fact that the mentally ill are far more likely to be crime victims than perpetrators. The blame also hardens the social stigma of mental illness.
Five takeaways from Manafort’s plea deal
The Hill – Sept. 15
Paul Manafort flipped on Friday, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that includes full cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation … “That means the sky’s the limit with Manafort,” said Joyce Vance, a law professor at the University of Alabama and former U.S. attorney.
Alabamian, first female appointed as Marshall Spaceflight Center director as state’s lawmakers celebrate
Yellowhammer News – Sept. 14
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday named Alabamian Jody Singer as director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and Alabama lawmakers praised the historic appointment. Singer, who has been the center’s deputy director since February 2016 and serving as acting director since July, is the first woman appointed to the important position … Singer considers Hartselle, Ala., as home and is a graduate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Alabama.
Alabama Political Reporter – Sept. 14
The Life-or-Death Science of Evacuation Psychology
Medium – Sept. 14
Early Friday morning, Sept. 14, Hurricane Florence made landfall as a Category 1 storm near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Although the storm has lost some of its offshore strength, it’s still considered highly dangerous by authorities and is already causing severe flooding … When climate change enters the mix, everything becomes more complicated, said Wanyun Shao, a geographer at the University of Alabama who studies disaster risk perception in the hurricane-prone Gulf Coast.
Take Control of Anger, These are 4 Katarsis Facts You Must Know!
Indonesian Times – Sept. 17
What is catharsis? Catharsis is someone’s term when venting anger. Catharsis is sometimes interpreted as a way to overcome anger. Goleman in his book about Emotional Intelligence criticizes the writing of a theory that develops from time to time. Apply your anger, it will make you feel better … Zillmann, a psychologist from the University of Alabama in a long series of studies has carefully measured anger and anatomy. After looking at the angry anatomical analysis, Zillmann saw that there was a way to deal with anger.
Tupelo Reads welcomes Rick Bragg this week
Tupelo Daily Journal (Mississippi) – Sept. 17
The Tupelo Reads program aims to promote literacy and lifelong learning while uniting the city and surrounding counties through books …On Wednesday, Alabaman Rick Bragg will be at Lee County Library to discuss his latest novel – “The Best Cook in the World: Tales from my Momma’s Table.” … In his tenth book, Bragg, who currently works as a professor in the Journalism and Creative Media department at the University of Alabama, includes 74 recipes for classic southern food. Still, the book is more of a memoir to his mother and northern Alabama than a cook book.
Last day of Buy for Rise sale is Saturday
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 14
Plenty of bargains from dozens of local merchants remain for Saturday with some merchandise up to 90 percent off on the last day of this year’s Buy for Rise. The charity sale, which benefits the University of Alabama’s Rise Center, continues from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at the center, 600 Johnny Stallings Drive. Admission is free.
$30M should produce dramatic results, not indiscernible difference
Dothan Eagle – Sept. 15
As Dothan school officials wrangle over strategies to reshape the city school system to make better use of the funds available for education, an interesting report has emerged from the University of Alabama’s Institute for Social Science Research. The Institute performed an evaluation of the Alabama Accountability Act, the 2013 law that established a mechanism to compensate parents of children zoned for “failing” public schools with $3,500 tax credits to help offset the cost of sending those children to private school.
UA Career Center holds JC Penney Suit Up Event for Students
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 16
Sunday was the second annual JCPenney Suit Up event. The store partnered up with the University of Alabama Career Center to help students buy career attire at discounted prices.
Conference held at UA to discuss protecting natural resources
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 14
Coal mining is shrinking in Alabama, and so is the water supply. That was the message today at the University of Alabama. Geologists and engineers are taking a closer look at how to use the state’s natural resources.
UA student portrays Thomas Jefferson
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 14
History came to life this morning at Indian Hills Country Club in Tuscaloosa, with a little help from University of Alabama student G. Will Cottrell. He portrayed one, if not the, most famous and controversial of the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, the man that put pen and ink to parchment in 1776 and told King George III where he could stick it.
UA prepares for Human Resources Management Conference (Live Interview)
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Sept. 14
The University of Alabama is gearing up for their 64th annual Human Resources Management Conference. It’s happening next month and we have Concetta Lewis and Vikki Chavis here to tell us more about it welcome.