University of Alabama Honors
Tuscaloosa News – April 21
University of Alabama student honors were presented Friday during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony and the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week recipients, include…
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 18
UA team finds new mercury alternative
Tuscaloosa News – April 19
A team of University of Alabama chemistry professors has developed a cleaner, safer liquid for thermometers that could replace current models. With patent in hand, UA administrators are hoping to license the technology to a company and, ultimately, make money from the invention. ‘If you look at the possibilities for the thermometer and the fact that we can devise fluids with ranges that vastly outstrip any other known liquid, then you have the ability to design thermometers with very high-tech applications,’ said Robin Rogers, chemistry professor and director of UA’s Center for Green Manufacturing…
Picnic is group’s latest effort to aid city’s neighborhoods
Tuscaloosa News – April 20
A group of University of Alabama social work students held a picnic for Alberta residents Saturday at Jaycee Park. The purpose of the picnic, which was the final project in the senior-level course “Social Work in the Community,” was to bring members of the Alberta community together in an attempt to create more peaceable relations with one another…
Terry Saban enchants Alabama football faithful
Tuscaloosa News – April 21
Terry Saban energetically marches through the halls of University of Alabama’s football building, stopping frequently to pop her head into office doorways and offer friendly greetings, smiles and hugs. Outgoing and cheerful, Alabama’s football first lady seems in sharp contrast to her more introverted, intense husband of 36 years, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban…Saban is the coach known for his national championship at Louisiana State University, his record-setting $4 million salary at Alabama and his not always media-friendly public persona. Terry Saban, by contrast, is a genial unofficial ambassador for the program. Helping raise money for charities. Speaking to about one church or civic group per week…Terry Saban has helped organize fundraisers at Alabama’s past two spring games, raising about $50,000 for tornado victims in Enterprise last year and the university library on April 12…
Triathlon events end with a flourish
Tuscaloosa News – April 21
….“How can you beat a finish line like this?” said Cathy Pagani, competitor and faculty adviser for the University of Alabama Triathlon Club. “Coming through the trees by the river really gets you jazzed up.”…J. Bruhn, UA freshman and member of the Alabama Triathlon Team, said he felt lucky to have such an event where he lives and goes to school. “I love it — this is incredible,” Bruhn said. “I think people will be able to come here and see how much fun triathlons are and want to try it.” …
Alabama Men’s Golf Wins SEC Championship
Bama Magazine – April 21
…Crimson Tide golf program: Alabama swept the 2008 Southeastern Conference Championships, winning both the team championship and the individual championship. Alabama shot 13-under par in Sunday’s final round at Frederica Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga., to win the team title and senior Michael Thompson shot 65 to finish the tournament 8-under par and capture the individual championship…
Siegelman speaks: Rove must testify
Tuscaloosa News – April 19
…But law professor Pam Bucy, an authority on federal procedure at the University of Alabama Law School, said Siegelman’s release may have resulted from the extraordinary way in which he was led out of the Montgomery courtroom in shackles immediately upon sentencing. ‘Bond appeal motions are granted, on occasion, but not very often,’ she said. ‘But what was more unusual was that he was locked up immediately on sentencing. That only happens a very small percentage of the time in white collar cases like this, maybe 1 percent or 2 percent of the time.’ In fact, Bucy said, in a case such as Siegelman’s ‘they usually don’t send you to prison at all — they let you remain out on bond until the appeal is resolved, which may be why the appeal court ruled on the motion to release him.’…
Sales tax revenues reflect local impact of sluggish national economy
Birmingham News – April 20
…The economy has slowed, but job growth is still positive in Alabama, especially in metro areas, said Ahmad Ijaz, an economist at the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama. New jobs keep consumer sentiment positive, he said…
Energy Drinks and Alcohol Do Not Mix
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – April 18 and 19
Lori Greene, a dietician with the University of Alabama, says energy drinks can make you sick when mixed with alcohol…
Dropping the baton
Tuscaloosa News – April 19
…Marion Powell, coordinator of the Crimsonettes, the University of Alabama’s treasured majorette line, said the tradition still thrives in Alabama partly because of their roles in Southeastern Conference universities. SEC schools including the Universities of Tennessee, Georgia and Florida continue to have some of the strongest majorette lines, Powell said. ‘I think it is something that people are trying to fade them out, but they aren’t being as successful as they want to be,’ Powell said, adding that a recent attempt to take majorettes off the halftime field at Auburn University backfired…
Even with better roads, traffic will be busy
Huntsville Times – April 21
….The Metropolitan Planning Organization, which sets local road priorities, paid the University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research to perform the study…
OUTDOORS: Snake are important members of the community
Tuscaloosa News – April 20
…Stephen Secor, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Alabama, believes there’s no real reason for that. ‘Snakes don’t want to be found,’ Secor said. ‘People undoubtedly walk by snakes they never see. A person walks by and they’re not going to do anything. To them, a person is a predator and they want to remain camouflaged.’…
UA event blends Earth-y colors
Tuscaloosa News – April 19
…For Earthfest 2008, the Alabama Environmental Council and Creative Campus Initiative at the University of Alabama decided to ‘go bleen.’ ‘We decided to do something a little bit different from the ‘going green’ thing, mainly because when people hear the term ‘green,’ they get confused, because it means so many different things,’ said Emily Roberson, media coordinator for the AEC. ‘The Earth has a few other hues as well as green.’…’This is the second year the Creative Campus Initiative is directly involved with Earthfest,’ said CCI promotions person Christine Palma. ‘So much is similar to last year, although we hope to improve each time.’…
Crimson White – April 21
11 pianists to perform in teacher’s honor at Birmingham museum
Birmingham News – April 20
Several area piano professors, private teachers, accompanists and a Van Cliburn Amateur winner will gather for a piano extravaganza at the Birmingham Museum of Art. They have two things in common – they’re all University of Alabama graduates and they’re all former students of faculty pianist Amanda Penick. The occasion will mark 54 years of Penick’s teaching career…
Fashion and Beauty
Birmingham News – April 20
“June Collier: A Couturier Retrospective 1973-2006.” The University Of Alabama Museum Of Natural History in Smith Hall (northeast corner of the Quad). The exhibit of late Alabama businesswoman June Collier’s clothes features 30 couture outfits by Mobile designer Kelle Thompson. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Admission, $2. 205-348-7550.
Six to be honored for civic service to community
Tuscaloosa News – April 20
…Sarah Ella Haughton Rodgers (1907-1998) An educator at University of Alabama for more than 41 years, Sarah Ella Rodgers was a professor of business statistics. In 1981, the university’s science and engineering library was named in honor of her…E. Roger Sayers (1936-) Roger Sayers was president of University of Alabama from 1989 to1996…
College Honors
Mobile Register – April 21
Courtney Jaquelle Roberts of Eight Mile is a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national leadership and honors organization at the University of Alabama…Brenton K. Daughdrill of Mobile received the Outstanding Undergraduate in Finance Award at the University of Alabama…
From the campus
Huntsville Times – April 20
Mary-Morgan Limperis of Huntsville was awarded a scholarship by Mercedes Benz U.S. International Inc., to pursue studies in the Capstone International Academic Program in London, England, this summer. She is a junior majoring in marketing at the University of Alabama…Kalen Berry, a student at the University of Alabama, is the recipient of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year…