Professor studies shark skin to improve aircraft
Crimson White – Dec. 4
Amy Lang, UA assistant professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics, has been given several grants by national foundations for her research in aerodynamics and shark skin. She is trying to find how shark skin can improve aircraft and underwater vehicles…The grants are being given by the National Science Foundation, the NASA Alabama Experimental Program to Simulate Competitive Research and the Lindbergh Foundation. The total amount of all of the grants is $251,581…“Most importantly, we now have a NSF collaborative grant with biologists.” she says, “This allows us to work with real shark skin, rather than simply models.”…
UA professor discusses new book on Guantanamo
Crimson White – Dec. 4
UA history professor Stephen Schwab discussed his new book “Guantánamo, USA: The Untold History of America’s Cuban Outpost” Thursday afternoon for the final lecture of this semester’s University Libraries’ Lecture Series…
UA professor receives HIV grant
Crimson White – Dec. 4
…Susan Gaskins, a professor in the Capstone College of Nursing, recently received a $100,000 federal grant to explore the process of how black men diagnosed with HIV tell their partners and relatives about their disease…Gaskins said the goal of the research is to help people with HIV who want to make a disclosure about their illness to make good decisions about who to share such private information with. “We want to decrease the likelihood of negative reactions to the disclosure of this private information,” Gaskins said…
New Jersey Losing $22,000-a-Day With Swap for Bonds Never Sold
Bloomberg News – Dec. 4
… “This is a classic case of a strategic error,” said Robert Brooks, a finance professor at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and author of a book on derivatives. “It’s arrogant to believe that you have such a command of the future that you know with certainty what is going to happen.”…
Hilaritas celebrates holidays, anniversary
Crimson White – Dec. 4
The University Singers and the Alabama Jazz Ensemble are performing their annual holiday concert, Hilaritas, tonight at 7:30 and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall…
Book arts grad students host holiday sale
Crimson White – Dec. 4
Monday and Tuesday, the book arts program students will host their annual holiday sale in the Ferguson Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m…The master’s of fine arts students studying book arts will sell handmade products, ranging from blank books and journals to printed books and small gift boxes. The students encourage faculty, staff and other UA students to look for Christmas gifts for others at the sale and see the work they have been producing over the course of the semester…
Highway officials push to curb distracted driving
Birmingham News – Dec. 4
…LaHood arranged a nationwide summit in Washington, D.C., in September aimed at the problem. Alabama is the first state to hold a similar summit. It was sponsored by the transportation centers at the University of Alabama and UAB…
FOX6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 3
Honor society applications available Monday
Crimson White – Dec. 4
…The Blue Key Honor Fraternity, the Anderson Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, the Mortar Board, Cardinal Key and Lambda Sigma honor societies will have applications posted to the council’s Web site, honorsocieties.ua.edu. The deadline to apply is Jan. 15…Kathleen Cramer, adviser for the council, said the group is doing well at increasing awareness of honor societies, encouraging communication and collaboration among them, and assisting in planning Honors Week, which is held annually in the spring. “We are hopeful that this year will be different in that a wider range of students will be made aware of recognition opportunities and make application for these groups,” Cramer said. “We are also hopeful that affiliation with these organizations will be meaningful and inspire members to new realms of achievement.”…