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MONDAY, JAN. 23 – SUNDAY, JAN. 29   

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UA OFFERS ENGINEERING COURSE … IN GERMAN – This spring 13 UA engineering students are learning automotive engineering through a class taught entirely in German, most likely the first German-taught engineering course for American students in the Southeast. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA media relations, 205/348-6444 or adam.jones@ua.edu.

SLEEP PROBLEMS ADDRESSED AT MINI MED SCHOOL – Dr. Katie Gates, a family medicine physician at University Medical Center, will present “Sleep Problems” at noon Thursday, Jan. 26, as part of a lecture series for UA’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, program. The presentation will focus on the importance of sleep and identify some of the most common sleep disorders — snoring, sleep apnea, insomnia, sleep deprivation and restless legs syndrome – as well as the most beneficial treatment options, including the importance of sleep hygiene. The presentation will take place in the Bryant Conference Center’s Birmingham-Central Room. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.

MULTIPLE SCHOOLS TO COMPETE IN LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY COMPETITION — Students will soon have the opportunity to transfer what they learned in the classroom into solving real world business problems Jan. 26-28 during the 2017 Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition at UA. The annual competition is open only to a select number of students at undergraduate institutions and is an opportunity for students from underrepresented populations in business to showcase their business skill sets. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, in UA media relations, at 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.

ART AND WAR — The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents an exhibition by Alabama native and UA alumnus Jim Neel. Titled “Echoes along the Syrian Border: Family Archeology and the Sound of Distant Gunfire: Works by James Emmette Neel,” the show will run through Friday, Feb. 17. This solo exhibition comprises two bodies of Neel’s recent work which share an intense focus on the subject of warfare and its horrific effects on a country and its inhabitants, particularly children. In photography, prints and sculpture, Neel unleashes a visual landscape borne of his own physical proximity to war and its victims. Jim Neel received the MFA from UA’s department of art and art history in 1973. He has worked as a photojournalist, administrator, teacher, scholar and artist and is professor of art and director of the Durbin Gallery at Birmingham-Southern College. The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is in 103 Garland Hall. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday with additional hours from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays. For more details, phone 205/348-1891. For assistance, contact Jamon Smith, UA media relations, 205/348-4956 or jamon.smith@ua.edu.

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CCHS CO-SPONSORS AFRICAN FILM FESTIVALThe fifth annual Tuscaloosa Evening of African Film, co-sponsored by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, will be Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. The adult program begins at 6 p.m. with two award-winning short films and one feature-length film. A children’s program begins at 2 p.m. with a live performance of African Dance, music and storytelling, followed by an award-winning children’s animation movie. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, in UA media relations, at 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.