Alabama Students Use Break to Help in Florida Storm Recovery
U.S. News – Oct. 27
Dozens of University of Alabama students are spending their short fall break to help with hurricane recovery efforts in the Florida Panhandle. About 40 students with Bama Beyond planned to be in Panama City, Florida, this weekend, The Tuscaloosa News reported.
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University of Alabama team wins $1 million grant to develop tool to combat opioid abuse
Yellowhammer News – Oct. 25
Across the country, opioid abuse has reached epidemic levels, severely affecting communities and straining public safety resources. The Institute of Business Analytics, or IBA, a research unit at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business, has received an approximate $1 million grant from the Office of Justice Programs at the Justice Department to develop a data-driven tool to help officials better understand the scope of the opioid epidemic in Alabama and how to intelligently allocate resources.
Typewriters of famous artists will be displayed at University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 28
At present, Steve Soboroff claims 38 children. There are five biological kids, mostly grown, including NBC and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, but the Los Angeles businessman and civic leader has, through auctions, connections, estate sales and wiles, adopted 38 babies constructed of keys, ribbons, steel, rubber and type … The typewriters loaned to the Southern Literary Trail and University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences include those of Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, Gore Vidal, George Bernard Shaw, Tom Hanks, Ray Bradbury, John Lennon and Maya Angelou.
Renovations for a more hurricane-resistant home
NBC 15 (Mobile) – Oct. 26
Mother nature is unpredictable and unstoppable. We saw this first hand with the devastation unleashed along the Florida panhandle during hurricane Michael … A University of Alabama study shows fortified homes also increase in resale value by nearly 7 percent.
Auburn University leads $2 million DOE project to maximize U.S. fuel economy
Yellowhammer News – Oct. 27
Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy project that promises to improve fuel efficiency and economy. The project will create a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions. Joining as collaborators in the research are Cornell University, the University of Alabama, Virginia Tech and corporate partners Microvi Biotech Inc. and EcoEngineers.
‘Middle Easterners’ aren’t America’s problem
Gulf News – Oct. 29
The US president recently attempted to ramp up the fear factor to galvanise his faithful voting base with one of his own snippets of fake news … The Guardian’s US Data Editor Mona Chalabi underscored research conducted by the University of Alabama that found an enormous disparity between the coverage of terrorist attacks committed by Muslims and those by non-Muslims.
The U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
Geospatial World – Oct. 29
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks announced the launch of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC), revealing the 12 competing universities and the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition … The participating universities include: Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL); Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) … University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).
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UA gets $1 million grant to help fight opioid problem in Alabama
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 26
New hope this morning in the battle against the opioid crisis. A million dollar grant will help the University of Alabama researchers better understand the epidemic. Dr. Matthew Hudnall and his team will use the UNLOCK grant to collect data statewide.
Gender pay parity laws are still falling short, here’s why
Fast Company – Oct. 29
If efforts to close the pay gap proceed at the same rate as they have since the 1960s, we won’t see pay parity across the U.S. until 2059, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) … Legislation can help “mitigate” the pay gap, but it won’t do away with it altogether, according to University of Alabama professor and researcher Sandra Mortal.
Congress Should Stop Messing With Rod Rosenstein
USA Current News – Oct. 25
As former United States attorneys or senior government lawyers, we have a century of collective experience with every aspect of federal criminal law. Our work under presidents of both parties has taught us that prosecutorial independence and investigative confidentiality are key principles without which our justice system cannot function. We are concerned that congressional attacks on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are undermining these critical values — and jeopardizing the rule of law. (Joyce Vance is a distinguished visiting lecturer in law at the University of Alabama School of Law and a former U.S. attorney in Alabama)
University of Alabama to host Halloween event Sunday
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 26
Children can wear their Halloween costumes and go trick-or-treating Sunday at Foster Auditorium. The fun is part of the University of Alabama’s volleyball match beginning at 5 p.m. against the University of Mississippi.
ReadBAMARead helps stock city middle school libraries
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 29
The ReadBAMARead Foundation has donated $25,000 in books to the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education’s “Strong Libraries; Strong Schools” campaign in support of school libraries. “Libraries and their mission are at the heart of ReadBAMARead,” said co-founder and Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth in a press release announcing the gift. “We are so excited to have this opportunity to continue to impact literacy and public school libraries in the Tuscaloosa community and we completely and enthusiastically support the ‘Strong Libraries; Strong Schools’ initiative.”
COLLEGE NEWS: October 28, 2018
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 28
University of Alabama: The University of Alabama’s Capstone Agency has been awarded Best Campaign, Best Tactic and Best Student-Run Firm in the 2018 Public Relations Student Society of America Student-Run Firm Awards.
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Cullman woman named Miss River City
Decatur Daily – Oct. 29
A Cullman native claimed the title of Miss River City on Sunday at Hartselle High School as a Miss Alabama preliminary returned to Morgan County for the first time since a lack of funding shuttered the local competition three years ago. Judges named Jessica Patterson, a junior at the University of Alabama and a Crimsonette, as Miss River City.
Education Honors
Richmond (Kentucky) Register – Oct. 28
Mallie A Cornett of Richmond was named to The University of Alabama Dean’s List for summer 2018.