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Community Affairs Partners With Hale County Chamber to Present ‘Toward a More Perfect Economy: The Challenge and Opportunity of Rural Communities‘

[ua_row] [ua_col] [envira-gallery id=”5261″] [/ua_col] [ua_col] By Ashley Cunigan and Diane Kennedy-Jackson The University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs will partner with the Hale County Chamber of Commerce to present Toward a More Perfect Economy: The Challenge and Opportunity of Rural Communities, a conversation with Dr. Raphael W. Bostic, president and CEO of the…

Board of Advisors Members Named to Alabama Leadership Initiative

UA College of Arts and Sciences Spotlight: Emma Fick

What Happens When You Plant a Seed

Tyrell Jordan is a lawyer. He is not the gardening type. His experience with agriculture is limited to this: When he was about 10, enjoying a sweet peach behind his mom’s home near Finley Avenue in Birmingham, he had a thought. I’m gonna stick this pit in the ground. So he did. He dug a…

Zimmerman awarded fellowship by the American Political Science Association

Justin Zimmerman graduated from the University of Alabama with a BA in political science and philosophy, as well as an MPA with a concentration in public organizational management. He is currently supporting the U.S. Department of Treasury Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) team. Previously Justin worked with the U.S. Department of State gaining experience in public diplomacy and…

Emily Vaughn Sits on Blockchain Panel Providing Personal Security Solutions In the Midst of FCC Privacy Protection Repeals

The FCC voted to temporarily suspend government regulations protecting personal online data in 2-1 ruling on last week, the first major move of the Ajit Pai led commission. The rules, that were set to take effect last Thursday (March 2), would have required internet service providers (ISPs) like AT&T and Comcast, to take“reasonable” measures [PDF]…

David Bailey to Participate in Global Roundtable at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation

A roundtable discussion is slated to take place on March 10, 2017, at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. An initiative of the Commission on Development of Science and Education, the roundtable will be devoted to popularization and adoption of blockchain technology, especially as it pertains to the development of university innovation infrastructures and…

Birmingham Attorney Tyrell F. Jordan Creates an Endowed Scholarship to Support Students from Underrepresented Urban Communities

When Tyrell F. Jordan was preparing for college, the conversation became old hat. “I would tell folks I was going to The University of Alabama, and they wouldn’t believe me. They wanted to say it was somewhere else. I would finally have to say, ‘No. Roll Tide. You see them on TV every Saturday,’” said Jordan, who grew up attending inner-city…

New skin care service opens in east Montgomery

River Region Dermatology is now open in east Montgomery providing comprehensive skin care services on Berryhill Road behind EastChase. About 10 jobs were created when the doors opened at the practice, which includes two dermatologists, a nurse practitioner, two aestheticians, two nurses, and three other employees. River Region Dermatology (RRD) provides services in medical dermatology,…

Yellowhammer’s Cliff Sims accepts senior communications job in Trump White House

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday announced that Yellowhammer Founder and CEO Cliff Sims will be taking a senior role in his incoming administration as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. Sims founded Yellowhammer as his personal blog roughly five years ago and grew it into the…