University of Alabama student heading to international climate conference with a big task
Birmingham News – Nov. 23
University of Alabama sophomore John Canada heads next week for Durban, South Africa, where representatives of 190 nations are gathering for a United Nations conference on climate change.
Al.com Tuscaloosa – Nov. 22
Mortgage, Terror Woes Figure Big Into Stress
ABC News – Nov. 22
But what was particularly interesting about the findings, said Dr. Beverly Thorn, president of the APA health psychology division and a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, is that more than half of respondents cited housing costs as a major source of stress, even when they were not necessarily prompted to mention such worries.
UA study: Thanksgiving travel combined with alcohol, weather, can be deadly
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel – Nov. 22
The answer to this question may help you avoid a crash, or at least the congestion that goes with most holiday travel. A recent study conducted by The University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety comparing Thanksgiving weeks during the past 10 years found a number of changing factors that could impact safety.
CBS 42 – Nov. 23
Birmingham area Honey Baked Ham stores add 109 workers as businesses ramp up seasonal hiring
Birmingham News – Nov. 23
Ahmad Ijaz, an economist for the University of Alabama, estimates that temporary hiring for the holiday season accounted for the bulk of the 2,800 retailing jobs created Alabama during October. The Birmingham area added 1,400 retail jobs last month.
Alabama Arise: State’s unemployment rate drop isn’t tied to immigration law
Birmingham News – Nov. 23
Some of the new jobs added could just be temporary hires for seasonal work, University of Alabama economist Ahmad Ijaz said last week. Ijaz said it’s too early to tell if the immigration law had any effect on October’s unemployment rate.
Alabama wins annual food drive by more 100,000 pounds
Fox 6 WBRC – Nov. 22
The University of Alabama won the 2011 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 237,079 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 134,102 pounds of food.
Gadsden Times – Nov. 22
Opelika Auburn News – Nov. 22
Al.com Tuscaloosa – Nov. 22
A tiny flame shines light on supernovae explosions
E-Science News – Nov. 23
Jackson and his colleagues Dean Townsley from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and Alan Calder also of Stony Brook, presented their data at the American Physical Society’s (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 20-22, 2011.
The Epoch Times – Nov. 23
From Harvard to Pacific Western, the U.S. Universities that Produced Today’s World Leaders
Foreign Policy Magazine – Nov. 22
El-Keib went on to teach engineering off and on at the University of Alabama for 20 years, and will now replace the University of Pittsburgh-educated Mahmoud Jibril as Libya’s interim prime minister.
Crimson Tide will be honored with Disney Spirit Award
Fort Payne Times-Journal – Nov. 21
And the athletic department contributed $1 million to the UA Acts of Kindness Fund, which provides relief to faculty, staff, and students of The University of Alabama who are experiencing hardship. “This award does not represent me, it represents our team, our university and the Tuscaloosa community,” Tinker said.
Fight For Tide
Und.com – Nov. 22
The first day we were in Tuscaloosa was a Sunday. The organization we were to work with during the week did not operate on Sundays so we took the day to explore the University of Alabama…
‘Ten Commandments judge’ seeks top Ala. post again
Deseret Morning News – Nov. 23
William Stewart, political science professor emeritus at the University of Alabama, said Moore continues to be popular with some voters but it’s hard for any politician to maintain the level of popularity he reached eight years ago.
Rome News-Tribune – Nov. 23
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 23
Decatur Daily – Nov. 23