University of Alabama opens new Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship building
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 15
As the University of Alabama dedicated its new Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship on Thursday, the faculty and administrators who helped pioneer the initiative praised the new space as a sign of UA’s long-term commitment to the program. “One of the things this represents to me today is the roots of the program are sinking deeper,” said Robert Olin, dean of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences. The center is a focal point for the partnership between UA and Cuban institutions that offers students and faculty the chance to visit the island nation for research, scholarly, performances and other trips while also bringing Cuban artists and faculty to UA. Olin and a gathering of other administrators, faculty and students celebrated the dedication in the center’s new suite of offices and conference rooms in Capital Hall on the old Bryce Hospital campus. For Olin, the new center is a sign that the program will live beyond his efforts and those of others who helped established the university’s relationship with Cuba more than a decade ago.
Hugh Culverhouse Jr. pledges to match donations
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 15
A Florida businessman whose father is the namesake of the University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has pledged to donate as much as $1 million to UA, a match meant to spur other donations by the end of the year. The challenge is similar to several other match pledges offered by Hugh Culverhouse Jr. and his wife, Eliza Culverhouse, since 2013. The couple has given the university about $4 million for scholarships since 2013. “Hugh and Eliza Culverhouse are wonderful friends of the University of Alabama,” said UA President Stuart R. Bell in a statement released by the university. “Their generous support of our students is continuing to make a powerful difference. We appreciate their creative and long-standing support.” The latest match challenge was the product of a conversation last week with Bell, Culverhouse said. The Culverhouses were in town to select the newest recipient of scholarships from the Eliza and Hugh F. Culverhouse Student Assistance Scholarship Fund.
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Metamaterial Offers Simpler Route to Slow Light
Photonics.com – Oct. 15
Manipulating the speed of light more effectively than cold-atom methods, a metamaterial design could find use in optical networks and sensors. The “slow light” effect was demonstrated using terahertz waves but could be applied to other wavelengths including visible light, according to researchers at The University of Alabama. “Slow light will lead to the development of optical buffers and delay lines as essential elements of future ultrafast all-optical communication networks that could meet the ever-increasing demands for long-distance communications,” said professor Seongsin Margaret Kim.
Relax, Parents, Your Teen’s Moodiness Should Subside, Study Finds
The Healthcast – Oct. 15
For parents dealing with moody teens, a new study offers welcome news: Adolescents do grow out of those emotional swings. That’s what Dutch researchers report after following nearly 500 teens for five years, starting at age 13. “Mood swings are greatest in early adolescence,” said Dominique Maciejewski, a doctoral student at VU University Amsterdam, who led the study. “Most teens get less moody across adolescence.” She advises parents to stay calm and patient, and not to panic. “Parents would be advised not to worry too much about their teenager’s moodiness, as these will decline in most cases,” Maciejewski said. The study also found that although “girls show more mood swings in sadness and happiness, both boys and girls show similar changes in their mood swings across adolescence.” The researchers followed 474 Dutch teens, 40 percent of whom were considered at high risk of aggression or delinquency at age 12 … For more on coping with teen moodiness, visit the University of Alabama.
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UA student could be a recipient of Fair Hope Foundation Scholarship
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 15
Kelsey Hunnicut was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer in 2013, her senior year in high school. While all of her classmates were starting their freshman year in college last fall, Kelsey was fighting for her life. She’s been cancer free just over a year now and started college this fall at The University of Alabama. She could be a recipient of the Fair Hope Foundation Scholarship next Spring.
Hunger Banquet held for Beat Auburn Beat Hunger
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 15
Tonight a hunger banquet was held for the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive. It was a free event students signed up for online to raise awareness about hunger across the state. Students walked in and got a ticket with a specific color, which told them which class they belonged to. Upper class students got lasagna. Middle class students got two pieces of pizza and lower class students got a bowl of soup.
Hot Ticket: Rick Bragg to Speak at Campbell County Public Library
Cincinnati Magazine – Oct. 15
Our dining editor, Joanne Drilling, caught up with non-fiction author and guardian angel of Southern culinary culture, Rick Bragg earlier this week. Bragg is a regular contributor to periodicals such as Southern Living and Garden & Gun. An epic storyteller inspired by Appalachian tradition, Bragg is expected to draw a record-size crowd for his October 16 Signature Series reading at the Campbell County Public Library’s Newport branch. JD: On Friday, you’ll be here in town reading at the Campbell County Public Library. I know the staff there is awfully honored to have a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist come and speak. How did we luck out? RB: It’s part of the way that you keep your writing life vibrant. And I’m not going to lie, it’s part of the way that I make my living. Quite frankly, your part of the country I should have been to more. We have a lot of folks up there. Kentuckians are not very different from my people in a lot of ways. They work hard—they swing hammers, they dig coal, they know the people that I write about already. Geography doesn’t have a lot to do with it. It’s more a matter of toughness and resilience than region.
UA students carve pumpkins
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 15
Today, University of Alabama students for to carve their pumpkins for Halloween. University Programs partnered with students who major in restaurant and hotel management to put on a pumpkin design contest. The pumpkins were judged on originality, creativity and precision.