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 […]
Category: A&S in the News
Faculty, students, and staff in the local and national media.
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 […]
A&S in the News- April 2-8, 2016
Study details Brazilians’ lack of desire for children, marriage Phys.org – April 4 Fewer men and women in Brazil value marriage and having offspring when selecting a mate, according to a University of Alabama psychologist. Instead, financial prospects, appearance and social status rank higher, according a study led by Dr. Andre Souza, UA assistant professor of psychology. Souza’s study, “Mate preference in Brazil: Evolved desires and cultural evolution over three decades,” was recently published in Personality and Individual Differences. The […]
A&S in the News- March 26-April 1, 2016
Tuscaloosa City school teachers can apply to art program Tuscaloosa News – March 29 Teachers working in the Tuscaloosa City school system have an opportunity to expose their students to expose their students to the finer points of art through a partnership with the University of Alabama. Applications will be taken for teachers to be part of the university’s Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art K-12 Fellows program, which will be pair teachers with college students to lead K-12 […]
A&S in the News- March 19-25, 2016
UA’s ties with Cuba NBC 13 (Birmingham) – March 21 President Barack Obama is the first U.S. President to set foot on Cuban soil in 88 years. These are exciting times across the United Staes and Cuba, and you may be surprised to know that Alabama and Havana have already forged deep ties. Steven Miller is the co-director of a little known treasure, the Center for Cuba Collaboration at The University of Alabama. Since 2002 they have been in a […]