UA In the News — May 1

Can eating watermelon improve heart health? We visit U. of Alabama | Behind the Science, S3 Ep9
Technology Networks – May 1
Did you know that watermelon is a bioactive superfood? Jen visits the University of Alabama and learns how Kristi Crowe-White is using LC-MS to study how the vitamins and minerals in watermelon can improve cardiovascular health.

College students earn honors
News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan) – April 30
Allen Park: Morgan B. Black was named to the fall 2018 Dean’s List at Grand Valley State University …Rockwood: Elise Batchev was named to the fall 2018 President’s List at the University of Alabama.

Ty Goodwin of Pell City Honored as Coca-Cola First Generation Scholar
St. Clair News-Aegis – April 30
Ty Goodwin of Pell City is part of the 13th cohort of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at The University of Alabama. The 12 students were honored at a recent luncheon. The Coca-Cola Foundation is continuing its support for the Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars program at The University of Alabama with a new four-year grant award of $1 million. The new grant will fund the program through 2022.

UA professor discusses measles outbreak
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 30
And we talked with a pediatrician, and University of Alabama professor, Brian Gannon, who says that the number of measles cases that we see across the country are a return to the past.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 30
Tuscaloosa News – May 1
 
Alabama’s Literary Capital honors authors with new sculpture trail
Alabama News Center – April 30
A new collection of bronze sculptures in downtown Monroeville celebrates some of our country’s most famous writers whose roots originate in this historical area of southwest Alabama. The Literary Capital Sculpture Trail unveiled Friday afternoon features 14 bronze sculptures created by University of Alabama sculpture students that are on display within a short walk of each other around the Monroe County Courthouse Museum.