UA-affiliated company gets $23,500 to wirelessly charge mobile device
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 27
A startup company with University of Alabama affiliations that is working on technology to wirelessly charge mobile devices received $23,500 during the latest round of the 2013 Alabama Launchpad Start-Up Competition to continue development of its product. E-Electricity was one of four companies to win grants in the Alabama Launchpad competition, which coincided with the third annual Alabama Launchpad Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham. The companies were judged by a five-judge panel composed of entrepreneurs, investors and corporate stakeholders.
Gutierrez recognized during campus visit
Crimson White – Oct. 1
When Lino Gutierrez, former U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua and Argentina, first took the Foreign Service Exam, he failed. He instead accepted an IRS job in which he would repossess cars, but the IRS asked him to shave his mustache. Gutierrez decided that wasn’t for him. Instead, Gutierrez got his teaching certificate and taught for a few years in Miami, Fla., before returning to The University of Alabama, where he had graduated in 1972 with a degree in political science, to get his master’s in Latin American studies. After receiving his master’s, Gutierrez retook the Foreign Service Exam, passed and joined the Foreign Service in 1977, where he worked until he retired in 2006. During a campus visit Monday, UA president Judy Bonner named Gutierrez the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Strategic International Studies…The history department hosted an informal workshop for graduate and undergraduate students interested in careers in the federal government or in foreign affairs. Gutierrez spoke to students and answered questions about his experiences in Washington, D.C. and abroad.
Homecoming Week At The University of Alabama
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 1
It’s homecoming week for the Crimson Tide. Fans, students and alumni are getting ready for the week filled with activities. This year’s theme: “Leaving a Crimson Legacy.” There will be several events planned this week.
Al.com – Sept. 30
DOE Awards ION Engineering $15 M For Carbon Capture Pilot Project
Big News Network – Oct. 1
ION Engineering (ION) today announced that the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (DOE-FE) will provide $15 million to support a CO2 (carbon dioxide) capture one megawatt equivalent (1 MWe) pilot project at Nebraska Public Power District’s Gerald Gentleman Station in Sutherland, Neb. ION and partners will contribute another $4 million in matching funds bringing the total to $19 million for the 45-month project. In addition to NPPD, partners include the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) and the University of Alabama Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Cleveland, Ga. schools get storm helmets
WAGA Fox 5 (Atlanta) – Oct. 1
A local Georgia police chief is taking actions to make sure students are prepared in case of a tornado. In April 2011, 248 people died when a massive tornado outbreak ripped through Alabama. More than half of those killed, died of severe head injuries. As FOX 5 reported, researchers at the University of Alabama found seeking shelter and doing a better job of protecting your head could make all the difference.
Health plan signups will require homework
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 1
Getting covered under President Barack Obama’s health care law might take you more than one sitting. You’ll need accurate income information for your household, plus some understanding of how health insurance works, so you can get the financial assistance you qualify for and pick a plan that’s right for you…The Affordable Care Act will mean different things for different people, but there is the potential for Alabama to benefit more than people in any other state, said Lea Yerby, assistant professor at the University of Alabama’s department of community and rural medicine. The reason: although Alabama has a relative low number of uninsured, there is a higher percentage of people who are considered “underinsured,” she said.
Gulf oil spill: How much flowed? BP trial judge to decide. (+video)
Christian Science Monitor – Oct. 1
How much oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 rig explosion, at what rate, and why it took nearly three months to stop are key questions in a federal civil trial involving British oil giant BP, whose second phase began Monday in New Orleans…BP is in “a difficult position” due to evidence that suggests it was aware of the contradictions in its flow rates, says Montré Carodine, a law professor specializing in evidence and transnational litigation at the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa.
What does the government shutdown mean for Alabama?
<>WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 30
If the two chambers of Congress cannot reach an agreement and the government shuts down, University of Alabama political science professor Dr. Steve
Borrelli says direct affects may not be felt right away in West Alabama. The VA Hospital will remain open, and residents will still receive their mail. Borrelli says those who currently receive Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or disability will still receive their benefits but he says if you re-applying for those or other documents like a gun permit or passport, you may have to wait a while. Borelli says a more direct affect could be felt if an agreement isn’t made quickly.
UATD presents ‘Book of Days?’
Crimson White – Oct. 1
The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents “Book of Days,” a multi-genre play written by Lanford Wilson and directed by Matt Davis, a second-year graduate student, beginning Monday, Sept. 30, through Sunday, Oct. 6. The play inspires a theme of community through the actions of its twelve interwoven characters, all played by students at the University.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 30
Caring Days fundraiser: Veteran journalists John, Barbara Cochran reminisce about careers, friend Mal Moore
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 1
Veteran journalist and broadcaster Barbara Cochran remembered Mal Moore, the late athletics director for the University of Alabama, as a kind friend who was patient with her “dumb” questions about football and who shared her passion for literature and poetry. Her husband, John Cochran, a UA graduate and former senior correspondent for ABC News, recalled a friendship with Moore that began with a meeting on the practice field and conversations about football before evolving into a more personal relationship.
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 30
20th anniversary of announcement of Mercedes Benz coming to Alabama
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 30
Today is an important anniversary not only for Tuscaloosa County, but the state of Alabama as well. The 1993 announcement of Mercedes building an automotive plant in Vance is commonly known as a turning point in the state’s economy. WVUA’s Travis Leder joins us live in the studio with more…Many people I spoke with say because of the University of Alabama and other higher education institutes, Tuscaloosa’s economy would have still seen growth without Mercedes, but they also tell me it would have been at a much slower rate because of fewer jobs and less tax revenues.