Category: A&S in the News

Faculty, students, and staff in the local and national media.


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. […]

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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 […]

Read More from A&S in the News- February 13-19, 2016

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 […]

Read More from A&S in the News- February 20-26, 2016

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 […]

Read More from A&S in the News- March 5-11, 2016

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 […]

Read More from A&S in the News- February 27- March 4, 2016

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 […]

Read More from A&S in the News- February 6-12, 2016