UA in the News: Aug. 29, 2014

That million-dollar sound (Photo gallery)
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 29
Members of the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band practice at Butler Field on the UA campus Thursday. The Crimson Tide takes on West Virginia at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in the Chick-fil-A Kick Off Game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Samford creates $335M annual economic impact
Birmingham Business Journal – Aug. 29
There are a number of good things happening on the campus of Samford University. … And according to a report from the University of Alabama, from 2012 to 2013, Samford created a $335 million economic impact on the state, with $319 million of that in the seven-county Birmingham-Hoover MSA.