UA helping tornado victims in Lee County
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – March 5
Tuscaloosa and UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA know all about dealing with tornadoes. In 2011, Auburn University and its students came to help. With Lee County and Auburn dealing with tragedy, The University of Alabama is stepping forward to help. Just what students would expect.
Tuscaloosa News – May 6
Opelika-Auburn News – May 6
A Tornado Warning Gave Alabamians 12 Minutes to Prepare. 23 People Died Anyway.
New York Times – May 5
Attitudes in Lee County could shift in the aftermath of Sunday’s storm. Laura Myers, the director of the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, said communities generally became more sensitive to disasters once they had experienced the trauma of one. “There’s a high anxiety after an event like this,” she said, comparing the Beauregard tornado to the parts of the state that suffered the worst of the 2011 outbreak. “They’re still sensitive in those areas. There’s a lot of them that have P.T.S.D.”
UA professor heading to Lee County for media research
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 5
A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA professor will be heading to storm ravaged Lee County soon. Doctor Chandra Clark plans on continuing her research dealing with how members of the media cover disasters that take place in the communities they live and work in.
Shark skin studied by US military to make faster, more agile aircraft
Asia Pacific Daily – March 6
The skin of the mako shark is being studied by the U.S. Army to help build faster aircraft, according to research presented on Monday. Makos, the world’s fastest sharks, have rows of millions of tiny raised scales along their sides and fins that researchers at the University of Alabama (UA) believe could be the reason for that lightning speed. Dr. Amy Lang, a UA aeronautical engineer, is leading the research that she presented at a meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting on Monday, The Independent reported.
First Mardi Gras: Not in New Orleans?
History.com – March 5
If you thought Mardi Gras—that annual celebration that marks the last day before the Christian season of Lent—began in New Orleans, you’re clearly not from Alabama. . . . But Donnelly Lancaster Walton, archivist with the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama, says though the holiday’s origin honors may be complicated, they go to Mobile. “Apparently, as early 1703, the French held a type of Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile,” she says. “New Orleans wasn’t founded until 1718. Therefore, strictly speaking, Mobile had the earliest celebration of the two cities.”
Bryant Museum reopens after renovations
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – March 5
After being shut down for one month for renovation the Bryant museum is now back open on campus at the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. The museum has some new exhibits. There is a brand new high tech touch screen wall.
Grow Southeast Alabama Supports Governor’s Infrastructure Plan
Rickeystonenews.com (Ozark) – March 5
Today, Grow Southeast Alabama’s President, Veronica Crock, issued the following statement, “The Grow Southeast Alabama Board of Directors, an organization formed to promote, market and collaborate on economic developments efforts in the eight county region of Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike, fully endorses and supports Gov. Kay Ivey’s Infrastructure Plan . . . A 2019 report by the University of Alabama’s Alabama Transportation Institute and Alabama Transportation Policy Research Center found that cars and trucks are putting approximately 69 billion miles on Alabama’s roadways annually.
Bicentennial – Natives Were Here 10,000 Years Ago
Advertiser Gleam (Guntersville) – March 5
While it would be most interesting to learn exactly when the first people inhabited our area, archaeologists give us a good indication— it was a long, long time ago. . . . An excavation by the University of Alabama in the 1960’s near the Asbury Community did produce artifacts consistent with the Paleo Indian era. These were found in a natural rock shelter.
Lancaster County college news: March 5
Lancaster Online (Pennsylvania) – March 5
Area students were among those named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They are Benjamin Juengling, of Lancaster; Andrew Kopan, of Lititz; Derrick McHenry, of Christiana; and Ann Skehan, of Lancaster.