MONDAY, MARCH 28 – SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE – Some 500 UA undergraduate students will highlight their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference on campus. The ninth annual conference, hosted by UA’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Ferguson Student Center. All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. Students will compete for cash prizes and gain experience in presenting and defending their research projects to a panel of judges in both oral and poster presentation forms. In preparation for the event, students are paired with faculty mentors who help guide them through the development of their projects. Morning poster presentations begin at 8 a.m., followed by the first round of oral presentations at 9 a.m. Afternoon poster and oral presentations start at 1 p.m. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782.
THIRTEEN FACULTY TO BE HONORED AT ‘FACULTY RESEARCH DAY’ – Faculty research awards will be presented to 13 faculty members representing all colleges and schools at UA, Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center. Dr. David Francko, dean of the UA graduate school, will deliver the keynote address. Award winners, selected by their individual colleges, will be profiled at the event, which is sponsored by UA’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and organized by UA’s faculty-led Research Advisory Committee. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or dcmiller2@ur.ua.edu.
ENGINEERING HOSTS CHEMICAL-ENGINEERING CAR CONTEST – From March 31 to April 1 the UA College of Engineering is hosting the 2016 AIChE Southern Regional Conference, which will bring close to 375 students and professor from the region. The conference includes a contest of small-scale cars fueled by chemical reactions called the Chem E Contest Saturday, April 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA media relations, at 205/348-6444 or acjones12@eng.ua.edu.
LAW SCHOOL HOSTS PANEL, SYMPOSIUM ON POLICING AFTER FERGUSON – Legal scholars and members of the law enforcement community will visit UA’s School of Law April 1 to discuss policing after Ferguson. The symposium, “Redefining Clearly Established Rights after Ferguson: 1983 Claims and Community Policing from Hope v. Pelzer to Kingsley V. Hendrickson,” will be held in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom, room 140. The event begins at 9 a.m. and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Monique Fields, manager of communications, UA School of Law, 205/348-5195, mfields@law.ua.edu; UA media relations, 205/348-5320
UA EXPERT TIPS
UA MATTERS: HEART ATTACKS – DIFFERENT SIGNS FOR MEN, WOMEN – We’ve all seen the movie scenes where a man gasps, clutches his chest and falls to the ground. In reality, a heart attack victim could easily be a woman, and the scene not so dramatic. While men and women share some of the same heart attack symptoms, UA’s Dr. Joseph Fritz explains that they can also have different symptoms in this week’s UA Matters. Contact: Kim Eaton, UA media relations, at 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
UA MATTERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES — The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recently debuted after its last update in 2010. Though the previous guidelines focused primarily on individual components, the newest 2015-2020 edition provides five broader guidelines that take into account that consumers’ food and nutrition choices are affected by a variety of factors and thus attainable by an adaptable framework, says UA’s Sheena Quizon Gregg. Contact: Kim Eaton, UA media relations, at 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
EVENTS
DEBATE: On Tuesday, March 29, UA’s Young Americans for Liberty and College Democrats will debate environmental regulation, income inequality, healthcare, gun regulation and labor unions. The debate, titled “More of Less,” will be at 7 p.m. in Biology 127 on the UA campus. The debate will be moderated by Dr. Joseph Smith, UA professor of political science, and is hosted with support from Turning Point USA. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782.
EDUCATION TO HOST GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM – More than 100 graduate students will present research papers and posters at the 8th annual Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling Graduate Research Symposium, Thursday, March 31, at UA. Participants will represent five colleges and schools across campus. More than 25 research papers and 40 posters will be presented at 2:30 p.m. in Woodis-McDonald Auditorium in Graves Hall. Awards will be presented at 7:15 p.m. Each award winner will receive $600 in travel funding from the UA Graduate School and a Supe Store gift card. There are between four and six awards given each year. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or dcmiller2@ur.ua.edu.
SUMMER CAMP, CHILDCARE EXPO – The community is invited to the fifth annual Summer Camp and Childcare Expo from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Presidential Park (1209 Campus Drive West, next to Publix at University). The free event will offer door prizes, interactive activities and information about local summer camps and family resources. For more information, contact summercampexpo@ua.edu. Contact: Kim Eaton, UA media relations, at 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
ANNUAL CIVIL WAR LECTURE SERIES TO BE HELD — A series of lectures about the Civil War will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the Grand Gallery of the Alabama Museum of Natural History on the UA campus. The annual John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders Lecture Series includes talks from biographical sketches and personal wartime experiences on campus and in the field to unit histories and accounts of battles or skirmishes involving some 900 UA alumni and its Corps of Cadets. Contact: Kim Eaton, UA media relations, at 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
TAPPING ON THE MOUND: UA will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during Honors Week, April 4-8, culminating in the Tapping on the Mound ceremony on Honors Day. The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, a tradition since the early 1900s, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, on the Mound at the west side of the UA Quad. The rain location will be Moody Music Building Concert Hall. University honoraries Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Blue Key National Honor Society and Anderson Society will induct members. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782.