UA professors conduct research on alternative fuel sources
Crimson White – Sept. 14
A group of UA researchers are working to make hydrogen-powered cars a practical, affordable reality. David Dixon and Anthony Arduengo, professors in the University’s chemistry department, are leading on-campus research to find practical ways to store and transport hydrogen-based fuels for automobiles. They are working in conjunction with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a New Mexico-based research institution engaged in developing alternative fuels and energies…
Team may be closer to De Soto battle site
Huntsville Times – Sept. 13
… Linda Derry, an archeologist at the state historical site at Old Cahawba, said the multi-disciplinary team, assembled by University of Alabama anthropology professor Jim Knight, has performed a comprehensive review of the material available and applied new techniques and approaches, closely scrutinizing the four primary historical accounts of the expedition and comparing them to the archeological record…
Experts use technology to find Moundville remains
Indian Country News – Sept. 12
A University of Alabama anthropology professor and an archaeology consultant are teaming up to locate remains dating back to the 1200s, thanks to modern technology. Anthropology professor John Blitz and consultant Chet Walker threw out traditional methods of excavation and are using a magnetometer to locate the remains. The instrument, sometimes used in geophysical surveys, can indicate prehistoric activity; it helped them find clusters of house remains in a test trial in April…
Gasoline prices fall by 10% in a month
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 12
…An excess of gasoline and other petroleum fuels is another factor in pushing prices lower, said University of Alabama chemical engineering associate professor Peter Clark, an oil pricing and energy expert. “What you’re looking at is we didn’t use as much over the summer,” Clark said…
Authors say 1986 governor’s fiasco still haunts Democrats
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 14
Political pollsters Patrick Cotter and Jim Stovall tracked the monumental political shift in the 1986 Alabama governor’s race, and now they’ve written about the historical election in a book with advice for today — don’t ignore the voters. Cotter and Stovall in their book, “After Wallace: The 1986 Contest for Governor and Political Change in Alabama,” cover the post-Wallace era and election of the first Republican governor since the Reconstruction…Cotter is a former political science professor at the University of Alabama. Stovall is a former UA journalism professor who teaches at the University of Tennessee…Cotter and Stovall said the idea for the book has been germinating for at least 20 years. The 400-page book published by the UA Press was released this month.
Gadsden Times – Sept. 14
Food stamp recipients up more than 20%
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 14
While Tuscaloosa County tends to buck national economic trends, it is in line with the increase in residents seeking food stamp assistance…“Possibly, more people could be on [food stamps] before it’s over with,” said Ahmad Ijaz, an economic analyst for the Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research, located at the University of Alabama. “Even though the economy is coming out of recession, it takes a while for businesses to add jobs. “And until we see a clear-cut picture in job growth, we’re going to see more numbers of food stamp recipients.”
Tuskegee Airmen to be honored with commemorative quarter in 2021
Birmingham News – Sept. 14
…John Giggie, an assistant professor of American history and African-American studies at the University of Alabama, said the airmen were trained with the lowest of expectations, and yet returned from virtual suicide missions to accomplish a great deal. “They showed the public that African-Americans were enormously capable of succeeding when given the right training,” Giggie said. “They became a symbol of hope and progress and an early light to the civil rights movement.”…
Fans in N.Y. keep up with Tide
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 12
…As vice president of the UA National Alumni Association chapter in New York, Terry helps organize events for Tide football fans to watch their team’s games. After serving as president of the alumni association chapter in San Francisco, Terry was recruited to serve as vice president of the Greater New York Alumni chapter after he moved there. The chapter comprises more than 1,700 alumni and friends of UA in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut…UA alum Huston Stewart, president of the Greater New York chapter for the past six years, said the chapter also gives Alabama fans and newcomers to New York a way to network…
Tide fans turn out in throngs for Gameday festivities
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 13
…Everything seemed to go smoothly Saturday leading up to the game. There were relatively few changes to game-day traffic routes and parking around the campus this year, and even limiting UA students to a single entrance to Bryant-Denny Stadium did not appear to cause any problems…
UA Students Can Now Rent Textbooks
WSFA (Montgomery) – Sept. 11
…students at the University of Alabama now have an option to rent their textbooks. It’s a pilot program….
Week in Review
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 13
…On Wednesday, the University of Alabama approved an extended contract of head football coach Nick Saban…On Thursday, the University of Alabama announced the enrollment of the largest and smartest freshman class in University History. This fall’s overall enrollment was the largest at UA, over 28,000 students.
UA hosts 9/11 service
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 11
9/11 remembrances in Tuscaloosa got underway last night. The University of Alabama hosted its American Heroes Memorial last night; local law enforcement, University officials and musicians were part of the program. A UA student helped bring the entire event together.
Law school hosts lecture today
Crimson White – Sept. 14
Deak Nabers, of Brown University, will be speaking today at noon in the UA School of Law’s moot courtroom as part of the Hugo Black Lecture Series. The title of Nabers’ lecture will be “Ordered Liberty: World War II and the Concept of Law in the United States.” Nabers is the author of “Victory of Law: The Fourteenth Amendment, The Civil War, and American Literature, 1852-1867,” as well as several articles published in “Representations,” “American Literature,” and “The Yale Journal of Criticism.”…
College honors
Mobile Register – Sept. 12
…Area high school students who completed the 2009 Rural Health Scholars Program at the University of Alabama include Sara Lenoir Lewis of Choctaw County; Rebecca England, Johnny Lockett and Brittany Brown, all of Marengo County; Terez Spencer of Monroe County; and J. Wade Becton of Washington County…
College honors
Mobile Register – Sept. 13
…University of Alabama David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, will present “Leadership: Where Alabama has been and is going,” as the 2009 James P. Curtis Lecture at the University of Alabama at 7 p.m. Sept. 22…