Earthquake Simulator to be Constructed at University of Alabama
Claims Journal – Feb. 17
There aren’t very many rooms in the world that can successfully reproduce the devastating effects of an earthquake. But come May 1, a laboratory on the University of Alabama campus may be able to do just that. Work is under way to outfit the laboratory within UA’s South Engineering Research Center with what is called a shake table to subject building design codes and materials to nature’s wrath in a controlled environment.
The Republic (Columbus, Ind.) – Feb. 16
UA’s ‘Wonder’ explores life’s what-ifs
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 17
Many times we find ourselves wishing for a second chance, longing to stop time to start anew, or wondering what might have happened if we would have said yes instead of no. The problem with these daydreams is that life does not hand us a restart button. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy “Wonder of the World,” opening Monday at the University of Alabama’s Allen Bales Theatre, the character Cass goes in search of a new and different life.
Cuba Photographer
Fox 6 Good Day Alabama (Birmingham) – Feb. 16
Chip Cooper is an Alabama photographer. He recently returned from Cuba and has published a book of photography from his travels there. Chip Cooper was the former Director of Photography for the University of Alabama for 33 years and is now artist in residence in the Honors College, as well as a faculty member in Arts & Sciences.
Baldwin County Habitat for Humanity to build, renovate 20 houses
Mobile Press-Register – Feb. 17
…The highlight of the program is House United, a project that will bring together students from Auburn University and University of Alabama to build two houses, side by side, in Robertsdale. More than 60 students and alumni will be present when the first swing of the hammer sounds on March 12.
UA radio station to hold benefit concert at newly re-opened Jupiter tonight
AL.com – Feb. 16
The University of Alabama student-run radio station 90.7-FM The Capstone will hold a benefit concert tonight at the newly re-opened Jupiter Bar on the Strip in Tuscaloosa.