Program focuses on balancing stress, health
Crimson White – Dec. 1
The University’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness is hosting 12 Days of Wellness, a program targeted toward faculty and staff during this stressful time of year. The program, kicking off today in the lobby of Russell Hall at 11 a.m., is designed to encourage participants to take time for themselves when stresses from the holiday season and end of the semester can seem overwhelming. “Give yourself the gift of health,” said Rebecca Kelly, the Director of the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness…
Gas prices appear stable, but crude oil costs worry experts
Birmingham News – Dec. 1
Peter Clark, a chemical engineering professor at the University of Alabama who follows the petroleum markets, also doesn’t buy into the notion of $100 a barrel oil. Crude hit a record of $147 in July 2007, driving gasoline a record levels above $4 a gallon. Crude then fell below $50 a barrel in the midst of the recession in 2008. “A year ago crude was trading at $70 and it has been very volatile over the past month in the mid $80 range,” Clark said. “I don’t think we’ll hit $100 a barrel because consumption is nowhere near supply. Right now we have 2 million to 3 million barrels a day of excess production.”…
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 30
Prosecutors face unusual hurdles in Watson trial
Birmingham News – Dec. 1
…Prosecuting Gabe Watson in two different legal systems for the 2003 honeymoon death of his wife may be unusual, but it is legal, law experts said. “It certainly does not happen every day,” said Joseph Colquitt, a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law…Colquitt cited the federal and state prosecutions of Walter Leroy Moody Jr. in the separate 1989 explosions that killed a federal judge, Robert Vance, in his Mountain Brook home and a lawyer in Georgia…
HIV AIDS march to take place at Denny Chimes on Dec.1
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 30
…A candlelight vigil and march is scheduled for 5:45 tomorrow evening. It starts at the University of Alabama’s Denny Chimes…
Student organization promotes good health
Crimson White – Dec. 1
…Project Health aims to help students with at least one of these decisions through peer support education. Project Health’s goal is to strive to promote health and wellness in the UA community specifically among college students. “Membership is open to all UA students and we recruit heavily on Get on Board Day,” Project Health advisor Michelle Harcrow said…
UA grants awards to students, faculty
Crimson White – Dec. 1
The five Premier Awards, the highest awards given by the University, honor a total of six students and two non-students, including faculty members. UA president Robert Witt will present this year’s awards to the winners at a dinner event in the spring. The period for nominations runs through today, and applications and letters of recommendation for the Awards are due Dec. 3…