UA Museum of Natural History offers programs for children
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Jan. 25
If you are looking for some quality family fun that’s affordable, the UA Museum of Natural History offers programs for children of all ages. Parents and children will be able to get in touch with nature and discover some of the natural wonder and beauty found in their communities. Programs include snacks, activities, crafts and stories. Events vary in price from $2 to $10. The programs offered are Growing Up Preschool, Museum Monday, Physic is Fun, Fun with Sun, Animal Babies and Gone Bugging.
Pack-a-Purse project seeks to help women released from prison
Crimson White – Jan. 26
For women coming out of a prison, adjusting to life outside can be difficult. A fundraising event led by the Women and Gender Resource Center on campus is hoping to help make the process easier, even just by a little bit. The Pack-A-Purse project is a donation drive that seeks to collect full size toiletries and large purses or tote bags to create care packages for women who are being released from prison. All items collected will be given to Aid to Inmate Mothers (AIM), a Montgomery-based organization that provides services to Alabama’s incarcerated women. “They may not have a job right away or income, so that they can have some of those things, so that they don’t have to spend, at least starting out, precious money on the basic, basic essentials,” said Paige Miller, the program director for the Women and Gender Resource Center.
Two Steps Ahead program teaches UA students language through engineering
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Jan. 25
Engineering students at the University of Alabama are learning automotive engineering through a class taught entirely in German. The Two Steps Ahead program is a partnership with a German University and Mercedes-Benz. The program is an exchange, internship and academic track designed to give students experience with state of the art automotive engineering technology and exposure to the high-tech environment in the German auto industry.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Jan. 25
The University of Alabama’s history connects eras of Alabama’s story
Al.com – Jan. 25
College campuses often pride themselves on being centers of culture and history. Ali Callahan already knew something about that when it came to Alabama’s flagship university; she’s an Alabama fan, and several times a year she and brother Noah join their parents for tailgating on campus and football games. But there’s a lot more to the University of Alabama than football. Even so, we started our adventure at the Paul W. Bryant Museum. William Gray Little introduced football to the university in 1892, and by 1912 it was a key part of President Mike Denny’s plan for the university’s growth. “Football could give the capstone purpose, pride and publicity,” an introductory video explains.
Despite tornado threat, shelters rare for mobile home parks
Republican-American – Jan. 25
Ten of at least 20 people killed in a weekend tornado outbreak lived in Georgia mobile home parks, yet laws requiring storm shelters in those vulnerable communities are few and far between. Experts have long warned that mobile home dwellers face a higher risk of death when tornadoes strike but said many trailer park owners don’t want to make the costly investment in storm shelters and the sentiment for safety wanes in the weeks after a disaster … “There have been other efforts to attempt that, but the mobile home industry and mobile home park owners have put up a lot of resistance to it,” namely citing high costs, said Laura Myers, who studies tornado disasters and responses as executive director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of Alabama.
World-renowned pianist to play free concert at UA
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 25
A world-renowned pianist will perform Sunday afternoon in a free concert at the University of Alabama’s Moody Music Building Concert Hall. Cynthia Raim will perform pieces by classic composers Joseph Haydn, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert and Frederic Chopin.
C&IS IN LA offers UA students immersive internship opportunity
Crimson White – Jan. 26
For UA students who dream of working in the entertainment capitol of the world, C&IS offers an opportunity for students to gain industry experience. For UA students who dream of working in the entertainment capitol of the world, C&IS offers an opportunity for students to gain industry experience. The C&IS IN LA program lets students of all majors study the industry, improve their skill set and build connections within the entertainment business. Students can choose between a less intensive May interim course or the full summer session. The program features opportunities for students in a variety of majors and different experience levels.
Crimson racing looks to take success to the next level
Crimson White – Jan. 26
Few student groups give its participants the opportunity to drive a race car. But Crimson racing is not most student organizations. The University’s Formula SAE team is a student-run organization housed by the engineering department in which students collaborate to design, build and race formula-style cars against other colleges at international competitions.
The beat of his own drum: Student musician heads Tuscaloosa band The Lucky Strikes
Crimson White – Jan. 26
Prior to graduating college, many student musicians are only beginning to get their feet on the ground and establish an interesting sense of style. Senior Alexander Scott Forester, however, is already making a name for himself at The University of Alabama. Forester manages a double major in economics and German, while songwriting and performing with one of Tuscaloosa’s top up-and-coming progressive and alternative rock bands, The Lucky Strikes. “Alex is probably one of the most determined people I’ve met when it comes to music and his dreams,” said Erin Mosley, a fellow member of The Lucky Strikes who performs the bass, guitar and vocals alongside Forester.
British author to hold book signing
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 25
British author Helen Macdonald will be in Tuscaloosa on Thursday night for a book signing and reading. Macdonald is the author of “H is for Hawk,” which tells of her efforts to train a raptor as a way of coping with grief after the death of her father. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave. The event is part of the University of Alabama Program in Creative Writing’s Distinguished Visiting Writers Series.
Panel discusses political journalism in the Trump era
Crimson White – Jan. 25
The “post-fact era,” was one of many issues discussed during a panel on political reporting in the Trump Administration. Tuesday night Reese Phifer hall saw a room packed wall-to-wall with students and media professionals gathered to hear comments from Christi Parsons, Jen Hoewe and Nichole Bauer. Between the three panelists, they represented multiple years of experience in political reporting and political media analysis. Topics of interest were largely centered on media’s relationship with the public, and how “fake news” and the existence of various biases influenced the election.
CCDA reports $171 million in capital improvements for 2016
The Lafayette Sun (La.) – Jan. 25
Kimberly Carter was named to Board of the Economic Development Association of Alabama’s Young Professionals organization, while Chris Busby was selected from state economic development professionals to attend the inaugural University of Alabama Intensive Economic Development Honors Program.