‘Here I Sit, Brokenhearted’ play on bathroom graffiti to debut at UA Tuscaloosa News – June 11 Of the four actors in “Here I Sit, Brokenhearted: A Bathroom Odyssey,” three admit it’s the oddest premise they’ve yet performed. “I did a show with Russians, speaking in Russian, and didn’t understand a word,” said Ian Anderson, a current MFA acting grad student at the University of Alabama, talking about a Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) production of “The Inspector General.” Orlando rampage […]
Category: A&S in the News
Faculty, students, and staff in the local and national media.
A&S in the News- June 4-10
Alabama heads to Theatre Row in New York City Al.com – June 4 Director Seth Panitch and his production company, Poor Yorick Productions, are making their way to city that never sleeps with “Here I Sit Brokenhearted: A Bathroom Odyssey” at the Samuel Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row in New York City. The production is a part of Panitch’s Bridge Project in conjunction with The University of Alabama that creates an opportunity for theater student to be able to cut […]
A&S in the News- May 28-June 3
University of Alabama professor wins Mark Twain Award Tuscaloosa News – May 31 A professor of English and creative writing at the University of Alabama, has been named the winner of the 2016 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature. “I feel really good about the award,” Michael Martone said. “It came out of the blue. I had no idea people were thinking about me so that makes it really special.” Welfare Utopia The Atlantic – May 31 […]
A&S in the News- May 21-27, 2016
Learning English can bring academic success Tuscaloosa News – May 22 For some students, walking into a classroom for the first time is also the first time they are brought into American culture. Six years ago, Danica Gutierrez left Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with her family to come to the United States. She neither spoke nor read English at the time. After a couple of months, she began to slowly grasp the language, but her arrival in Tuscaloosa marked a turning […]
A&S in the News- May 14-20, 2016
University of Alabama interim course looks at fantasy author Terry Pratchett Tuscaloosa News – May 14 Classics of fantasy — Heinlein, Tolkien, Herbert and the like — rest on Andrea Barton’s shelves. They’ve been read. Terry Pratchett’s books sprawl all over the kitchen, the bathroom, by the bed, everywhere. Those have been read, are being read, and will be read again. “With Pratchett, you kind of live with it,” said Barton, an instructor in the University of Alabama English department, […]
A&S in the News- May 7-13, 2016
Scientists cite evidence that mosasaurs were warm-blooded Phys.org – May 9 Mosasaurs – an extinct group of aquatic reptiles that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period – possibly were “endotherms,” or warm-blooded creatures, a paper co-written by a University of Alabama professor suggests. Dr. Alberto Perez-Huerta’s paper on endothermic mosasaurs— co-written with now-graduated doctoral student Dr. T. Lynn Harrell Jr. and Dr. Celina Suarez of the University of Arkansas—was published in a March issue of Palaeontology, a journal published by […]
A&S in the News- April 30-May 6, 2016
Holocaust discussed at Capitol Montgomery Advertiser – May 3 Gov. Robert Bentley has regularly attended the annual Holocaust remembrance program at the Capitol, but he put in a plug Tuesday for St. James students to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. … Jacobs, a professor at the University of Alabama delivered the keynote address and described the deaths of his grandparents at the hands of Nazis. “They were transported from their village and taken to the Warsaw […]
A&S in the News- April 23-29, 2016
Putting crime on the map St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press – April 23 Students learned how to put crime on the map Friday at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Steven Ericson from The University of Alabama shared his expertise on the use of geography in crime research as part of Western’s Interdisciplinary Nature of Geography Speaker Series. Ericson focused his talk on geographic information systems — known as GIS technology — and how social scientists or members of law enforcement use […]
A&S in the News- April 16-22, 2016
University of Alabama’s 19th Century History C-Span 3 – American History TV – April 17 Professor Rachel Stephens gave a tour of the University of Alabama’s campus and showed some of the few remaining buildings that survived the Civil War. She talked about the university’s origins in the 1830s, and how it was rebuilt after Union troops set fire to the campus during the Civil War. Volunteers extract 6,500 pounds of trash from Lake Tuscaloosa Crimson White – April 16 […]
A&S in the News- April 9-15, 2016
Capstone Song Initiative promotes UA composers Crimson White – April 10 WHAT: Capstone Song Initiative. The audience will hear works performed by UA students, faculty and guest artists … The audience will also be able to appreciate “works for the intimate space of the recital hall,” said David Tayloe, assistant professor of voice in the School of Music. “So many composers are focused on dramatic works, and works for the stage that we often forget about smaller mediums.” “People should come to […]