University of Alabama opera has big plans for new season
The Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 3
Though barely begun, Year 13 is already a big one for Paul Houghtaling, director of opera at the University of Alabama. Friday the professor and coordinator of voice for the UA School of Music found he had been named recipient of the Frederick Moody Blackmon-Sarah McCorkle Moody Outstanding Professor Award, one of the most prestigious given at the Capstone. He’s been nominated before, but heard the news just as he’s starting his 13th season at UA, having joined the faculty in 2007. It’s hardly his first honor here: In 2015 alone, he was chosen for the Morris Lehman Mayer Award, the Druid Arts Award for Music Educator of the Year, and Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, the latter given by UA’s National Alumni Association.
COLLEGE NEWS: September 1, 2019
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 1
The chair of The University of Alabama English department has been named a UA associate provost. Joel Brouwer, a UA professor of English who has served at the university since 2002, was named associate provost for faculty affairs, effective Sept 1, said Dr. Kevin Whitaker, UA executive vice president and provost. “Joel brings to the position a wealth of academic and administrative experience,” Whitaker said. “His leadership qualities and work ethic will serve the University well.”
New UA Radio Station Provides Information for Football Fans
Alabama Newscenter – Sept. 3
When Crimson Tide fans travel to Tuscaloosa for football games, they will have a new way of getting information. UA Info Radio is broadcasting on 92.5 FM and streaming through ready.ua.edu, the UA Safety app and the UA Gameday app.
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The perks of being an older adult
Ladders – Sept. 3
Christina Pierpaoli Parker is a fourth-year graduate student in the Clinical Geropsychology doctoral program at the University of Alabama, where she researches chronic illness, psychological health, and perceived usefulness in older adults. She also writes Eng(aging): A Millennial’s thoughts on age and aging for Psychology Today.
AP fact check: Trump on Dorian’s threat to Alabama, gun control
Decatur Daily – Sept. 3
… than indicators of mental illness, said Adam Lankford, a University of Alabama criminologist who published a 2016 analysis of data from 171…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bluster on hurricanes, guns, economy
KeysNews – Sept. 3
Facing another deadly mass shooting, President Donald Trump is deflecting on gun control. Over the weekend, he pointed to mental illness as a likely culprit behind recent shootings in Odessa, Texas, and elsewhere, even though criminologists routinely point to gun ownership as a far better predictor of public mass shootings than indicators of mental illness. There were no immediate indications Sunday that mental illness contributed to the shootings that killed 7 and injured 22 others in Texas, a state with one of the most lenient gun control laws. A country’s rate of gun ownership is a far better predictor of public mass shootings than indicators of mental illness, said Adam Lankford, a University of Alabama criminologist who published a 2016 analysis of data from 171 countries.
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Not so easy to prevent the spread of mass shooters’ names
Sentinel – Sept. 2
When law enforcement authorities gathered to discuss details of a mass shooting in West Texas that left seven people dead, there was one bit of information they refused to provide on live television: the name of the gunman. Instead, they decided to release the name through a Facebook post. Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke made it plain why he wouldn’t mention the name at the news conference: “I’m not going to give him any notoriety for what he did. “Ultimately, the police department can only directly control what they do, and that name, that information can be reposted and retweeted and republished hundreds of thousands of time,” said Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who has studied the influence of media coverage on future shooters.
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Gun problems, or a cultural one?
The Daily Courier – Sept. 2
Last week, in the latest U.S. mass shooting at a local St. Louis high school’s school’s football jamboree, eight-year-old Jurnee Thompson was shot and killed. The child was described in the media as “an innocent bystander” and in a public statement the local police chief said “she had done nothing wrong.” Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, suggests that there is a link between school shootings and the American preoccupation with fame. “There is a ‘fame at any cost’ mentality,” says Lankford, referring to the many mass killers who explicitly cite fame as their motivation.
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Record Eagle – Sept. 2
Cora Kangas, of Interlochen, is part of the award-winning team Alabama Astrobotics from the University of Alabama. The team won NASA’s grand prize at the 2019 Robotics Mining Competition and placed first for a systems engineering paper, presentations and demonstrations. Students came in second for their outreach report.
Joshua Hudson of Fulton named to UA dean’s list
Watertown (New York) Daily Times – Sept. 1
Joshua Eric Hudson of Fulton, was named to The University of Alabama (UA) dean’s list for spring 2019.
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UADM to rebrand, emphasize focus on community
Crimson White – Sept. 2
The largest student-run philanthropy at the University of Alabama now has a new name for its record-breaking, high-energy fundraising event: BAMAthon.
UA students offer advice on staying safe at Lake Nichol on Labor Day
WVUA – Sept. 1
Tomorrow is Labor Day and people are already getting a head start on their festivities at Lake Nichol. University of Alabama student Leland Durley gives his peers some friendly advice on how to stay safe this labor day holiday. “When you come down here to lake Nichol, just be smart, play safe. Make sure that you guys are taking the necessary risks and precautions.”
LEND A HAND: Free classes teach job, financial skills
The Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 31
Adults and teens can register for free job skills and financial literacy training through the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business. The program, known as LIFT or Learning Initiative and Financial Training, will begin classes on Sept. 9. People can register for classes at www.lift.culverhouse.ua.edu. The deadline is 5 p.m. Sept. 9. Created in 2014, LIFT uses student volunteers from within the business college to work one-on-one with community participants in a classroom setting. The program is student-run with more than 350 class leaders and volunteers. Students will be able to take what they learn in the classroom, such as management skills and critical thinking, and apply it to the training sessions.
Study: Honda had a $12 billion economic impact on Alabama in 2018
Yellowhammer News – Aug. 31
Honda’s auto plant in Talladega County continues to be an economic engine for Alabama, revving the state’s economy by $12.1 billion in 2018 and creating 45,674 jobs in the state. The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama released the figures Wednesday from a report it commissioned by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama. That report found Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) is responsible for 5.4% of the state’s total economic output. “That’s huge,” said Sam Addy, director of UA’s Center for Business and Economic Research. “When you go to most states, you won’t find a network that has as much of an impact as Honda.”
As Seasons Change, Psychologists Say It’s Important to Savor the Moment
Inverse – Aug. 31
It’s obvious that the seasons change and time moves forward, yet the passing of time can still feel like a surprise. We’re supposed to live and work and have fun, all while processing the existential and theoretical construct that is time? That seems unreasonable. Why the concept of time can feel just too extra could be because our brain isn’t the best at understanding it in the moment, and we’re still learning about how time works in general. Philip Gable, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Alabama who studies time perception. He explains that while a lot of work shows how things influence time, scientists still have much to learn about the neural processes that cause us to perceive time.
UA geography professor discusses Hurricane Dorian
WVUA – Aug. 30
We spoke to UA geography professor Dr. Jason Senkbeil today, who says it’s not just the strong winds that will cause problems. “We could be dealing with the storm all the way through next Friday. If it doesn’t get its act together and decide to start moving a little faster, there’s places that could see 24 to 36 inches of rain.”
UAPD holds Community Day
NBC 13 – Aug. 30
Today, the University of Alabama police department held their first ever UAPD Community Day to show students what they do at their poli5iipce center on Jackson avenue -showing off tasers, motorcycles, police tactical equipment, canines and patrol cars. Officers say today was about building relationships with students so they’re not afraid to approach them when they see something wrong.
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Poet’s art on display this month at Manna Grocery and Deli
The Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 1
Canvas images from a Tuscaloosa poet’s book of abstract six-color shape-writing will be on display throughout September at Manna Grocery and Deli. Hank Lazer, a semi-retired University of Alabama professor and former UA administrator, has written “Slowly Becoming Awake,” which features shape-writing works that include simple, typed transcriptions so readers can appreciate each for its visual elements, and also read simply for text..”
Make memories with ‘CATS’ at the Bama Theatre
Meridian Star – Aug. 31
The Actor’s Charitable Theatre (ACT) kicks off its 10th season with “CATS,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s world-famous musical classic, at the historic Bama Theatre, Sept. 6-9. . . . Bethany Knight plays Demeter, one of the principal characters in “CATS.” Knight, a sophomore vocal performance major at the University of Alabama who has had a love of performing on stage since she was three years old, has starred in numerous stage productions in her hometown of Hamilton, and appeared in several UA Opera Theatre shows last year.
Get On Board Day 2019
Crimson White – Aug. 30
Offering drinks, food, merchandise and T-shirts, students at the University came together to present this year’s GOBD.
3 Hewitt-Trussville High School seniors named to UA’s Director’s List
Trussville Tribune – Aug. 30
The University of Alabama Early College program named three students, from Hewitt-Trussville High School, to the Director’s List.