UA Singers to perform at famous N.Y. venue on May 2
Tuscaloosa News – April 24
…On May 2, University Singers will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York under the direction of choral director John Ratledge. Ratledge was asked to serve as an artist-in-residence for the Manhattan Concert Production Series and asked to bring the 45 members of the University Singers along…
Professor hopes breakthrough can improve medical imaging
Tuscaloosa News – April 25
…Seongsin Margaret Kim hopes to use the money to upgrade a relatively new technology that could improve medical imaging, security scanning and microscopic views. Kim, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UA, is studying radio frequency terahertz radiation, which, unlike some other radiation, does not harm the material it passes through…
SGA presidency prepares students for leadership positions
Crimson White – April 26
…Involvement in student government at the collegiate level often opens doors to further public service. The SGA at the University of Alabama, especially the office of the presidency, has a rich history of producing important state and national figures. In the past fifty years, success seems to follow a multitude of SGA presidents…Tommy Wells, elected SGA President in 1972, served as president of the American Bar Association for the 2009-2010 year. Gordon Martin, elected president in 1982, is currently the Senior Vice President at Alabama Power. Lynn Yeldell, the first female SGA President elected in 1990, was Chief Operating Officer of Fastband Globalcast financial services company, as well as co-founding L Style G Style magazine…Many interesting figures in recent Alabama history served as SGA President during their time at the University. Jim Ziegler, elected President in 1972, was the lawyer who recently defended protesters of the removal of Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments statue…The significance of holding the office is clear to everyone from first year students to professors who have been members of the faculty for long enough to noticed its effects. Norman Baldwin…is currently a political science professor at the University. The position is of great significance, Baldwin said. “It’s just an incredible, unique opportunity to bring about change on campus. You [the president] have access to the President of the University and the provost, which is very special and an enormous influence, especially with having a student oriented president and provost,” he said…
Stimulus’ effect on long-term recovery in Alabama, across country in question
Birmingham News – April 25
… Sam Addy, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, said Cash for Clunkers and the appliance rebates weren’t meant to have a long-term effect on the economy. “It’s just a short-term injection, and it’s right for times like this when you’re coming out of a recession,” he said. “The success shows that there is some pent-up demand.” The programs also help create jobs, Addy said, since the items that are bought in the short-term rush have to be replaced. As for whether the retail sector would have gotten better on its own, Addy said the incentives are preventing a deeper downturn. “Perhaps the patient might get well on his own, but it’s always better to help the patient get well — it’s medicine,” he said…
Shelby a key player in battle to reform financial system
Montgomery Advertiser – April 26
… “Both his political credibility and his credibility on the topic will go a long way with Republicans,” said David Lanoue, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama. “Certainly, he won’t drag all Republicans along, but I think that he will have influence.”…
THE MOM STOP: Watch for signs of autism early
Tuscaloosa News – April 25
…These are classic signs parents should look for, said Laura Klinger, director of the University of Alabama’s Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinic. “We know the symptoms are there by 12 months, we can diagnose by 18 months, (but) the average age of diagnosis isn’t until 5 years,” Klinger said. “There’s this very large lag.” Klinger is on a mission to help parents understand those early signs so they can get their children help sooner. “The earlier the intervention the better the outcome,” she said. By age 1, children should turn their head when their name is called, share interests by pointing at and showing toys, and make eye contact, Klinger said. Children usually talk by 16 months, she said. And if they are talking and then suddenly lose language skills, that’s a red flag, she said…
Area home sales reach highest level in 8 months
Tuscaloosa News – April 24
Tuscaloosa-area home sales rose to their highest level in eight months in March as buyers rushed into the market to cash in homebuyer’s federal tax credit that soon will expire. ‘It was not happening just locally. It was all over,’ Leonard Zumpano, a University of Alabama finance professor who specializes in real estate, said of the surge in March home sales nationally. ‘It is just people trying to get in under the wire before the tax credit expires.’…
Wii may soon make it very easy for people to learn CPR
KCBD.com (Lubbock, Tex.) – April 23
…Some engineering students at the University of Alabama have a great idea that’s already getting support from the American Heart Association. They’re adapting Wii technology into a CPR training tool at home. Dr. Greg Walcott says even professionals might find this helpful in developing the best technique for CPR. “Not to put too fine a point on it, even professionals do it pretty miserably,” said Dr. Walcott. “People will go anywhere from 60 to 150 times a minute, and will go anywhere from half-an-inch, three-quarters of an inch, all the way to two-and-a-half, three inches deep.” Alabama engineering students have developed the software to receive real-time data from the Wii during CPR compression, in what will be an easy home training tool, using just a computer and the Wii remote. “So you can see here he’s going around 1.7 inches, and the target rate is two inches, or one-and-a-half to two inches, so he’s doing decent staying at 100 beats per minute,” said Zach Clark…
Freeze-Pruf
WCAU (Philadlephia, Pa.) – April 23
This is freeze pruf. It was developed by a scientist at the University of Alabama and it lowers the temperature that your plants can stand the frost…
‘Documenting Justice’ by UA students to be screened at Birmingham’s Carver Theatre
Birmingham News – April 24
The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility at the University of Alabama will screen “Documenting Justice,” a collection of four short films by UA law students, Wednesday night at Birmingham’s Carver Theatre…As part of a two-semester interdisciplinary course, the UA School of Law students learned to use film to document and analyze cultural and social concerns in the state…
Relay for Life held despite storms
Crimson White – April 26
The sound of thunder and the constant lightning on Saturday did not stop several student organizations from participating in Relay for Life, hosted by the American Cancer Society…. “The event was supposed to be held on the soccer field, but we had the [Student Recreation Center] gym as a backup plan and moved it there because of the weather,” Melissa McPherson, development representative for ACS said…
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 24
Students give back to Tuscaloosa
Crimson White – April 26
One hundred dedicated students convened at the UA Student Recreation Center soccer fields on Friday to participate in a day of community service known as Hands On Tuscaloosa. SGA arranged this last major service opportunity of the school year in hopes of initiating long-term service relationships with local non-profit organizations. Volunteers dispersed around the Tuscaloosa area to locations including: Holt Elementary School, Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter, T-Town Paws, Morning Pointe Assisted Living, Boy Scouts of America, Caring Days Adult Day Care, YMCA, Temporary Emergency Services, Salvation Army, Phoenix House, United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama, Black Warrior River cleanup, Boys and Girls Club and more…
Honors College Assembly leaders outline goals
Crimson White – April 26
The Honors College Assembly (HCA) finalized its leadership slate for its inaugural year on Wednesday with the conclusion of three runoff elections…Paul, a sophomore from Hattiesburg, Miss., said her main goal as Honors College president would be to establish a strong sense of community. “We have a unique challenge in that we have around 4,000 students, and that’s definitely not the norm when you think of an honors college community. We have to create strong bonds and give people a sense of ownership, a sense of engagement and a sense of community,” Paul said…
All Things Alabama
Mobile Press-Register – April 24
The University of Alabama’s Mock Trial Team placed first for defense at the first YMCA Collegiate Judicial Conference and Competition held recently at the Alabama State Supreme Courtroom in Montgomery. The team competed against 5 other Alabama universities and colleges… –The SGA senate approved the salaries of 8 elected officials and 10 appointed members of the executive council. With the approval, the salaries of the top six elected officials in the SGA remained the same as last year’s salaries… — Dr. Juliana Gray earned her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Alabama, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Now she’s gone from AU to UA. But it’s not Auburn. Rather, she’s in her fourth year as an assistant professor of English at Alfred University in New York… — The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama is ranked No. 33 among the 255 MBA programs at public universities included in the 2010 U.S. News rankings. This places Manderson in the top 13 percent in this particular ranking, according to the university… — The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility and department of telecommunication and film at The University of Alabama will host the fourth-annual Documenting Justice film screening Tuesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa… — Growers and consumers of apples stand to be among the beneficiaries of a University of Alabama start-up company’s $25,000 winnings in a statewide business competition, UA officials say. Sutterlin Technologies…Led by Dr. Rusty Sutterlin and incubating within UA’s Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs, or AIME, Building, Sutterlin Technologies won for its business plan of using an environmentally friendly, patent-pending biodegradable technology to target the brown codling moth. The most is a pest to farmers, including commercial apple growers.
College News
Tuscaloosa News – April 26
The Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa awarded scholarships totaling $7,500 to four University of Alabama students. The scholarships were awarded at the club’s April 20 meeting by Jane Stanfield, UA assistant vice president for international education and chair of the Rotary scholarship committee… — Joel Brouwer, poet and associate professor of English and creative writing at UA, was appointed a Gruggenheim Fellowship Award in Poetry in the 86th annual competition for the United States and Canada by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York. The 180 successful candidates were chosen from a group of some 3,000 applicants. — Brittany Hammond of Northport accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She will be honored during an induction convocation this fall on the UA campus…