MONDAY, FEB. 8, 2016 – SUNDAY, FEB. 14, 2016
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ENGINEERING STUDENTS VOLUNTEER AT MOUNDVILLE PARK – UA’s Student Engineers in Action have spent the past several months researching and putting together a plan to replace the steps of Mound B, Alabama’s tallest mound, at Moundville Archaeological Park. The students will spend the next three to four weekends at the park rebuilding the steps. Reporters/photographers/videographers are welcome to come out to the site. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
ADAPTED ATHLETICS TO GET NEW ARENA, TRAINING FACILITY – The UA System Board of Trustees approved a $10 million budget Feb. 5 to construct a two-story, 27,036 square-feet facility that will include a game venue for wheelchair basketball, locker rooms, workout/training room, team meeting rooms and study halls for UA’s Adapted Athletics program. The facility will be along the south facade of the UA Rec Center, east of the main entrance. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or dcmiller2@ur.ua.edu or Dr. Brent Hardin, director, UA Adapted Athletics, 205/348-5109 or bhardin@ua.edu.
HONOR SOCIETY TO DELIVER TEDDY BEARS TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB – The Phi Alpha Honor Society in the UA School of Social Work will give out teddy bears to children at the Boys and Girls Club of West Alabama Friday, Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. In previous years, Phi Alpha delivered teddy bears to children in the pediatric ward at DCH-Regional Medical Center. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Media Relations, at 205/348-0825 or dcmiller2@ur.ua.edu.
GEOGRAPHY PROFESSORS IN NATURE: Research co-authored by two UA geography professors published Wednesday, Feb. 3, in an online edition of Nature, the world’s most highly cited interdisciplinary scientific journal. Dr. Angelica Almeyda Zambrano, UA adjunct professor of geography, said getting published in Nature was a well-earned victory for the whole team. The research paper, “Biomass Resilience of Neotropical Secondary Forests,” is about the natural rate of recovery of secondary forests in the neotropics of Latin America after deforestation. For more details, contact Jamon Smith, UA media relations 205/348-4956 or jamon.smith@ua.edu.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH – The UA observances continue with a series of tours and other events. The Slavery and the University Tour by Dr. Hilary Green, departments of gender and race studies and American studies, will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Gorgas Library steps. The UA African American Heritage Tour, led by Dr. Jason Black, departments of communication studies and gender and race studies, will begin at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at Reese Phifer Hall steps. The 60th Anniversary of Autherine Lucy at UA Tour, led by Dr. Meredith M. Bagley, department of communication studies, will meet at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, and 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Reese Phifer Hall steps. For more information on African American History Month, go to http://uanews.ua.edu/2016/02/ua-celebrates-african-american-history-month-with-tours-events/ or contact Richard LeComte, media relations, at rllecomte@ur.ua.edu or 205/347-3782.
UA’S COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES CO-SPONSORS AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL — The fourth annual Tuscaloosa Evening of African Film, co-sponsored by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, will be Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. The adult program begins at 6:30 p.m. with three award-winning short films and one feature-length film. A children’s program begins at 3:30 p.m. with a live performance of African Dance by Bama Kids from Wilcox County, directed by Sister Yomi, followed by an award-winning African children’s movie. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
EVENTS
UA, UF ART PROFESSORS HOLD ART SHOW FEB. 11 – UA’s department of art and art history, in partnership with the Fuel & Lumber Co., is hosting an evening of art in downtown Tuscaloosa Thursday, Feb. 11. The event will feature the work of University of Florida art professor Lisa Iglesias and UA art professor Jane Cassidy. Iglesias’ work is comprised of cement, sumo ink, salt, paper, sidewalk and asphalt chunks and other materials brought together to form a pyramid-like display. Cassidy’s work, titled “Music For Cars At Night On Country Roads,” is an immersive audio visual display incorporated into a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country van. The event will be at the Fuel & Lumber Co.’s Tuscaloosa Project Space at 2003 Eighth St., Tuscaloosa. For more information, contact Jamon Smith, UA media relations, jamon.smith@ua.edu, 205/348-4956.
MINI MEDICAL SCHOOL CONTINUES WITH WEEKLY LECTURE SERIES – Dr. Jimmy Robinson, the College of Community Health Sciences Endowed Chair of Sport Medicine, will present “Preventing Athletic Injuries in the Elderly” at noon Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a lecture series for UA’s OLLI program. The presentation will focus on the benefits of exercise for the mature athlete and the prevention of injury in the exercising retiree. The presentation will take place in the Bryant Conference Center. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
CCHS TO HOST BRUSSELS SPROUT CHALLENGE AT HEART WALK – UA’s College of Community Health Sciences is adding a healthy challenge to the American Heart Association’s West Alabama Heart Walk. Participants of this year’s Heart Walk will cover 3.1 miles in support of defeating heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases — all while eating their vegetables. For the second year in a row, the Brussels Sprout Challenge will be part of the Heart Walk, which will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
HISTORY OF THE CORPSE: Dr. Mary Louise Roberts, an internationally recognized historian and distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, will present “Five Ways to Read a Corpse” at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in room 38 of Lloyd Hall on the UA campus. The lecture, which is sponsored by the department of history, is free and open to the public. For more details, contact Courtney Corbridge, communications specialist, College of Arts and Sciences, 205/348-8539, courtney.a.corbridge@ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
LIFT PROGRAM SEEKING PARTICIPANTS – UA’s Learning Initiative and Financial Training at the Culverhouse College of Commerce is seeking participants in the Tuscaloosa area for free computer and financial classes. LIFT helps the unemployed and underemployed build career-worthy skills. Any person in the Tuscaloosa area may register for dozens of free classes ranging from learning Microsoft programs, basic computer skills, budgeting or resume building. More than 22 classes at seven locations are taught by nearly 300 Culverhouse accountancy students who volunteer their time each week. The locations include the VA, Holt Community Center, The Edge – Center for Entrepreneurship in downtown Tuscaloosa, Holt High School and the Weaver-Bolden Library. Contact LIFT at 205/928-8258. For more details, contact Edith Parton with UA media relations, 205/348-8318 or eparten@culverhouse.ua.edu.