Cloud forests risk drying out by 2060
Eco-Business – April 23
Planet Earth may be about to lose a whole ecosystem: the cloud forests – those species-rich, high altitude rainforests found mostly in Central and South America – could be all but gone in 40 years … [Hurricane] Maria is more extreme in its precipitation than anything else the island has ever seen. – David Keellings, researcher, University of Alabama.
Entrepreneur week winners get $300,00 in cash and services
The New Orleans Advocate – April 23
More than $300,000 in funds and services were awarded to local entrepreneurs during pitch competitions throughout New Orleans Entrepreneur Week to help boost startup companies in the region …RentCheck and the University of Alabama won the “IDEAcorps MBA Consulting Challenge” hosted by Loyola University New Orleans.
Decatur’s Barrie receives academic award at University of Alabama
Decatur Daily – April 23
Abdul Rahman Barrie of Decatur received the Archie Wade Award from the University of Alabama’s Black Faculty and Staff Association on Black Scholars Day.
Athens’ McCutcheon selected for Capstone Men and Women group at the University of Alabama
Decatur Daily – April 23
Avery McCutcheon of Athens recently was selected for the Capstone Men and Women group at the University of Alabama.
Marshall unveils Mobile IDs with Apple products
Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, West Virginia) – April 23
Heading to Drinko Library after hours to study, Marshall University linebacker Chase Hancock realized he had forgotten his wallet, which contained his university ID that would have unlocked the library doors … Marshall is the first school in West Virginia and one of the first 10 schools in the U.S. to offer this technology, including Duke University and the University of Alabama.
Performance based on works of da Vinci
Tuscaloosa News – April 23
The University of Alabama will host the southeastern premiere of a multimedia presentation based on the works of a leading figure of the Italian Renaissance.
University of Alabama’s Crossing Points students graduate
Tuscaloosa News – April 23
Students in University of Alabama’s Crossing Points program graduated on Tuesday in the Ferguson Center. CrossingPoints is a two-tier postsecondary transition program on the campus of the University of Alabama.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – April 23
Terrorists are not religious extremists, they are just scum
Dallas Morning News – April 23
Encyclopedia Britannica defines terrorism as “the systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective.” … According to researchers from the University of Alabama, terrorist attacks committed by Muslims receive 357% more U.S. press coverage than those committed by non-Muslims.
Democracy takes practice
Philanthropy Daily – April 24
It’s clear that one problem with our country is a declining amount of social capital. Americans don’t belong to as many clubs or civic organizations than they used to and are increasingly spending time staring at their smartphones rather than talking with other people … One, as University of Alabama historian David T. Beito noted in From Mutual Aid To The Welfare State(1992), was that fraternal orders had many of their functions superseded by the post-1933 welfare state.
New video game consoles will kill future retro gaming culture
QZ.com – April 23
In 1989, Nintendo launched the Game Boy. The handheld device came with a petite cartridge containing Alexey Pajitnov’s beautifully balanced puzzle game: Tetris … Anne Ladyem McDivitt, a video game historian who works as the digital humanities librarian at the University of Alabama, says this is already happening with last decade’s digital downloads.
Fairfax Schools & Military, 4/23/19 edition
Inside Nova – April 24
Amanda Baird of Great Falls was initiated into the chapter at Pennsylvania State University. Emily Geonnotti of Oakton was initiated into the chapter at the University of Alabama. Emily Burke of Vienna, Richard Tontodonato of Vienna and Sarah Walker of Vienna were initiated into the chapter at Virginia Tech.
NASA releases satellite images of forest loss in Peru in 5 years
Kumparan – April 23
Tall trees that have lived for more than five generations of humanity in Peru have been destroyed in the hands of illegal loggers. In just 5 years, almost 6 percent of the forest in the Madre de Dios region has been lost … Andrea Nicolau from the University of Alabama, in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the US Agency for International Development, has mapped the destruction of forests in Peru using satellite imagery. It aims to help speed up decision making about the environment in the region.
Negative calorie foods: What are science and what do they say?
Diva.sk – April 23
What are the foods and why are they negative? Are there really foods that we digest more energy through digestion than we get from them? … As the author of the study, Stephen Secor, a professor of biology at the University of Alabama, regardless of the calories contained in the food, always gets some of them, although it may not be a lot. However, the food itself will always provide a caloric value.
South Arts Fellows Prove the Modern Vitality of the Region’s Visual Works
Free Times (Columbia, South Carolina) – April 23
The Southern arts scene has come a long way since 1919 when social commentator H.L. Mencken wrote his controversial essay “Sahara of the Bozart.” … In the first category is a large-scale work by Jamey Grimes, who teaches at the University of Alabama. Sprawling across the ceiling of the gallery is a mass of school-bus yellow, corrugated and perforated plastic entitled Roil.
Second UA student claims PRWeek’s Student of the Year award
Crimson White – April 23
The University of Alabama’s Department of Advertising and Public Relations continues to build its legacy of award-winning students after Alana Doyle, a senior majoring in public relations, was named the nation’s most outstanding public relations student by PRWeek. Doyle, from Scottsdale, Arizona, is the University’s second PRWeek Student of the Year winner. Maret Montanari won the award in 2018, and Katie Gatti was runner-up in 2017.