CHECK IT OUT: Here comes the sun
Birmingham News – Oct. 20
The University of Alabama is one of a handful of institutions nationwide exhibiting a collection of photos taken through powerful telescopes and by cameras on NASA spacecraft, the university announced. The 26 photos, which include images of galaxies, planets and the sun, are on display at the university’s Museum of Natural History and are part of NASA’s celebration of 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. Professor William Keel, a UA astronomer and curator of the exhibition, said the pictures were chosen for their visual appeal, rather than as a survey of the science they represent…The exhibit is open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., through Dec. 23. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children and free for UA students, staff and faculty.
Alabama’s Rick Bragg glad he got to tell story of Calhoun County cotton mill workers
Birmingham News – Oct. 20
Rick Bragg had made the home folks a promise, and he knew he’d darn well better keep it. About eight years ago, when the cotton mill that had been the lifeblood for many families in Bragg’s native Calhoun County shut down after nearly a century, the author started gathering notes for a book on the people who had labored there for the promise of a decent paycheck and the hope of a nice retirement. But Bragg got married, became a stepfather, moved to Tuscaloosa to start teaching at the University of Alabama…And now Bragg has finally delivered on that promise with his new book, “The Most They Ever Had,” a 149-page collection of essays…
Randall elected to chair Alabama Academy of Honor
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 20
Catherine J. Randall of Tuscaloosa has been elected chairwoman of the Alabama Academy of Honor…Randall, who was inducted into the academy in 2004, is a retired director of the Computer-Based Honors Program at the University of Alabama. She earned a bachelors, two masters and two Ph.D. degrees from UA, which named her one of the 31 Most Outstanding Women Graduates of the Century.
Education briefs
Birmingham News – Oct. 20
The 14th annual Communication Career Fair is scheduled for Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the ballroom of Ferguson Center of the University of Alabama… — Dr. Wayne J. Urban, professor and program coordinator in higher education administration and associate director for the education policy center at the University of Alabama, has been named the 2009-10 Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professor in the UA College of Education…
School News
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 20
…Northington Elementary School is participating in the National Council of English Teacher’s National Day of Writing today with Family Writing Night in conjunction with its PTA meeting. University of Alabama students are leading activities in Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum…