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 […]
Category: A&S in the News
Faculty, students, and staff in the local and national media.
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 […]
A&S in the News- March 12-18, 2016
Getting Multiple Tattoos Can Boost Immunity, Prevent Common Cold- Study Health Line – March 12 Tattoo designs not only make a fashion statement, they could have a major health benefit. The tattoos may confer protection against common cold by strengthening your immune system. That’s what suggested by researchers from the University of Alabama (UA), United States. According to the UA researchers, getting multiple tattoos could significantly boost an individual’s immunological response, which makes them better able to fight off infections. […]
A&S in the News- February 13-19, 2016
Silvestri, Higgins & Cohen’s new musical The Countess of Storyville to premiere at University of Alabama Broadwayworld.com – Feb. 12 The University of Alabama Theatre & Dance just announced that — in association with Tony Award-winning producer Margot Astrachan — it will present the world premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical THE COUNTESS OF STORYVILLE. Astrachan states: “This is a wonderful opportunity to develop new work and interface with a terrific educational institution and its resources.” “The Countess of Storyville” takes shape […]
A&S in the News- February 20-26, 2016
Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre’s spring concert this week Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 23 The Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre’s spring concert will be Wednesday through Saturday in the Morgan Hall Auditorium on the University of Alabama campus. The group is a pre-professional dance company composed of dance students at UA, performing works choreographed by faculty members and guest choreographers once each semester. UA art students help fight hunger ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Feb. 24 (Clip not available) Art students and restaurants […]
A&S in the News- March 5-11, 2016
One runoff, two candidates, $500,000 tab Al.com – March 5 When Tuesday’s primary election ended, the hard part was just starting for Matthew Brown and Jackie Zeigler. They’re in a runoff for the District 1 state Board of Education seat. While challenger Zeigler captured the most votes in the four-candidate field, it wasn’t a majority. She and Brown, the incumbent, will do battle in what is expected to be an extremely low-turnout contest on April 12. The cost of the […]
A&S in the News- February 27- March 4, 2016
The South takes its place in 2016 campaign spotlight Associated Press – Feb. 27 Democrats have control of just one governor’s mansion, one Senate seat and no legislative chambers from the Carolinas westward to Texas. That stretch includes five states voting in the Super Tuesday contests, a delegate-rich day that will put the South in the spotlight. . . . To Richard Fording, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama, there are similarities in the angst […]
A&S in the News- February 6-12, 2016
UA researchers study rainforest recovery Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 7 A pair of researchers at the University of Alabama is among the co-authors of a paper in the latest edition of the journal “Nature” about the rate at which forests in Central and South America regrow after being cut down. Eben Broadbent and Angelica Almeyda Zambrano were among teams gathering data at 1,500 individual plots across 45 sites. The two worked in Bolivia in 2006, gathering information from more than […]