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UA In the News — Oct. 2

Untangling tattoos’ influence on immune response
Manila Metro (The Philippines) – Oct. 2
More than 30% of Americans are tattooed today. Yet, few studies have focused on the biological impact beyond risks of cancer or infection. Tattooing creates a permanent image by inserting ink into tiny punctures under the topmost layer of skin. Your body interprets a new tattoo as a wound and responds accordingly, in two general ways. . . .  Author: Christopher D. Lynn – Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Alabama
Chron – Oct. 2
Idaho Press – Oct. 2
Greenwich Time – Oct. 2
New Haven Register – Oct. 2
My Plainview – Oct. 2

WHY TELEVISION IS ALL OF A SUDDEN OBSESSED WITH MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY
Gossipela – Oct. 2

Television aficionados who caught Patricia Arquette’s Emmy-winning turn in The Act earlier this year, and then streamed The Politician lately, could have noticed a thing related: each Arquette, as Dee Dee Blanchard, and Jessica Lange, as cussin’ grandma Dusty Jackson, went via considerable lengths to convince folks their kid was sick, not least the kid. TV’s sudden Munchausen madness did not get previous Dr. Marc Feldman, a professor of psychiatry and adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Alabama, and the author of Dying to Be Ill: Correct Stories of Health-related Deception.
News Chief – Oct. 1
TV Guide – Oct. 1
Statesman – Oct. 1
The Palm Beach Post – Oct. 1

UA Cyber-expert discusses cybersecurity after ransomware attack on DCH Regional Medical Center
WVUA – Oct. 1
Even though this cyberattack is on a large scale, perhaps it’s got you thinking whether your home cybersecurity is safe enough. We talked to a cyber expert here at The University of Alabama. He gave us some good tips.

Heat Waves Are Blowing in the Wind
Earth & Space Science News – Oct. 2
Physical geographer David Keellings of the University of Alabama, who was not involved with the new research, said that heat waves in which a substantial amount of heat is advected from another location happen not just in Europe but across North America and Asia as well.

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Kicks Off
WVUA – Oct. 1
The beat Auburn, beat hunger food drive kicked off this morning, it )s the annual dual donation drive between Alabama and Auburn to see who collect the most food for those in need. The University of Alabama will be collecting donations on campus from now until November 21st.
Tuscaloosa News

CBS 42
Fox 6
NBC (Montgomery)
 
People for Oct. 1, 2019
Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor – Oct. 1
Chelsea Tierney Szepan recently earned a doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of Alabama.
Inside NoVa