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UA in the News: June 8-11, 2007

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Astronomy prof sees stars at world observatories
Birmingham News – June 11

...most people to Hawaii. One exception is Bill Keel. The University of Alabama astronomy professor heads to a different slice of the tropical paradise...

UA effort judges safety of off-campus housing
Tuscaloosa News – June 10

...Downs is participating in the Crimson Choice Program through the University of Alabama...

Does the Media Influence Stock Trading Volumes?
Business Wire – June 11

“With SAS Enterprise Miner™ and SAS Text Miner, we are searching for connections between individual stock performance and the stories reported in the daily news,” said Dr. Uzma Raja, Assistant Professor at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama.

Spat Gives Alabama Senate Black Eye
Associated Press – June 9

Time, The Guardian (U.K.), The International Herald-Tribune and numerous national and international news outlets
…"For a lot of people, their image of Alabama is stuck in 1965," said David Lanoue, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama. "When something like this happens, it plays into their image of Alabama.…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6696788,00.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/09/america/NA-GEN-US-Lawmaker-Scuffle.php

Results of Senate blow uncertain
Tuscaloosa News – June 9

...recall a day like it," said William Stewart, a University of Alabama political science professor who has watched Alabama politics for 50 years...

Can Senate answer bell after punch?
Huntsville Times – June 10

...the rules and committee assignments. William Stewart, a retired professor of political science at the University of Alabama, said the incident...

Teacher Perceptions and Attitudes About Teaching Statistics in P-12 Education
RedOrbit.com – June 8

...directors from 10 counties across the state worked with researchers from The University of Alabama (and a graduate student) to assist in data...

Religious people live healthier life
The Frontier Post (Pakistan) – June 10

...He outlined recent research during a Rural Health Conference at the University of Alabama. He said a growing number of scientists are studying...

Campaign reform legislation appears dead as session nears end
Associated Press – June 8

...where the money backing a candidate is coming from, McLaughlin said. University of Alabama political scientist Bill Stewart said the PAC-to-PAC...

Too often, truth rolls in with the waters
Mobile Press-Register – June 10

...areas, along coastal waters most prone to flooding. A recent University of Alabama study has projected that the area encompassing Pleasure...

In Clarke County, salt preserves state history
Birmingham News – June 8

...Ashley Dumas, a 32-year-old doctoral student in anthropology at the University of Alabama, stands feet from the ruins of a Civil War-era stone...

Stovetop remedies
Tuscaloosa News – June 11

Dr. Alan Blum, a University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences professor and the Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair in family medicine, said naturopathic medicines aren’t usually recommended by family doctors, at least not initially…

UA graduate designs significant award
Tuscaloosa News – June 11

Jillian Crochet, who graduated from the university in December, sculpted four Morris Dees Courage Awards to be bestowed by the UA School of Law…

Behind Tony Soprano
Tuscaloosa News – June 8

… tortured, impulsive, sometimes sentimental, often violent head of HBO’s acclaimed series “The Sopranos,” airing its final episode Sunday, should not properly be slammed as such, said Stanley Brodsky, a University of Alabama professor of psychology who specializes in legal issues.

DON NOBLE: Pendarvis tickles the funny bone with ‘Treasure’
Tuscaloosa News – June 10

...review was originally broadcast on Alabama Public Radio. Don Noble, professor emeritus of English at the University of Alabama, can be reached...