UA in the News: September 21, 2010

U.S. Attorney General to visit UA Law School
FOX6 (Birmingham) – Sept. 20 and 21
NBC13 (Birmingham) – Sept. 20 and 21
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 20 and 21
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will also be in West Alabama today. He will be speaking to the University of Alabama. Holder is the keynote speaker at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” at UA’s Law School.

Entrepreneur Magazine names UA to its list of Top 25 undergrad entrepreneurship programs
Entrepreneur.com – Sept. 21
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine announced today the results of their eighth annual survey that ranks the top 25 undergraduate and top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation. Top 25 Undergraduate Programs…#21-The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Management Program with Entrepreneurial Track…

UA oil expert says nature is best clean-up crew for the oil in the Gulf of Mexico
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 20
…oil expert, Dr. Peter Clark from the University of Alabama. He said the oil may be around for a while, but nature is still the best clean up crew available. If you’ve got oil in the sand, and you start moving the sand around then you run the risk of remobilizing the oil.

Robert Bentley outraised Ron Sparks by 4-1 in donations for Alabama governor’s race
Birmingham News – Sept. 21
…Carol A. Cassel, interim chairwoman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama, said Bentley is much more visible now then when he started his gubernatorial campaign.  “He has a chance to win. I think people want to be on record as donating to him,” Cassel said…