MONDAY, APRIL 24 – SUNDAY, APRIL 30
BEST BETS
UA TO HOLD COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES MAY 5-7 – UA will hold its spring commencement exercises for all colleges and schools May 5-7 at Coleman Coliseum. Dates and times for college/school-specific ceremonies can be found here. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
MASTER PIANO CLASS TAUGHT REMOTELY FROM NYC – Dr. Edisher Savitski, an assistant professor of piano at UA’s School of Music, will use two self-playing pianos that are connected to each other via the Internet to teach a piano master class to UA students remotely from New York City. Savitski’s piano will be equipped with Disklavier technology, or electronic sensors that track the movements on one piano’s keys and pedals and automatically recreates those movements on another piano. Savitski’s master class, Wednesday, April 26 at 3 p.m. at the Moody Concert Hall, will be a globally publicized event sponsored by the Yamaha Corp., and it’s the first of its kind at UA. For more information, contact Jamon Smith, UA media relations, 205/348-4956 or jamon.smith@ua.edu.
GRADUATES WIN 14 FULBRIGHT AWARDS — For the 2017–2018 competition period, 14 UA students have been selected for Fulbright Awards. This year’s total sets a record number of awardees for UA in the international exchange program. The highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English-teaching assistantships. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, in media relations, at rllecomte@ur.ua.edu or 205/348-3782.
CHESAPEAKE BAY POLLUTED EARLIER THAN THOUGHT – Humans began measurably and negatively impacting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay in the first half of the 19th century, according to a study of eastern oysters by UA researchers. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA media relations, 205/348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
ANTARCTIC MOUNTAIN RANGE FORMED FROM HEAT BELOW – Work by geologists from UA show that a layer of heated earth just below portions of Antarctica is pushing the Transantarctic Mountains up from the ground. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA media relations, 205/348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
EVENTS
CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST TO DISCUSS ANXIETY IN PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER – Dr. Susan White, director of the Psychosocial Interventions Lab at Virginia Tech University, will discuss the non-pharmacological interventions she and colleagues use to treat patients with both anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder in a lecture titled, “Anxiety in Autism: Identifying and Targeting Core Mechanisms,” Friday, April 28 at 2:30 p.m. in room 1013 in North Lawn Hall. For more information, contact David Miller, UA media relations, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
TRANSITION FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME FOCUS OF OLLI PROGRAM – Dr. Tamer Elsayed, assistant professor of Family Medicine at UA’s College of Community Health Sciences and assistant director of its Family Medicine Residency, will present “A look inside a Transitions Care Management Program” at noon Monday, April 24, as part of a lecture series for UA’s OLLI program. The presentation will offer information about the Transitional Care Clinic at University Medical Center, which Elsayed leads. The clinic provides services to patients who face medical or social issues that require special attention in the transition from hospital to home. The presentation will take place at the Bryant Conference Center in Rast A. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
PANEL DISCUSSION SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN JAILS — UA’s Dr. Marisa Giggie hopes to bring attention to the mental health crisis in jails and prisons during a presentation and panel discussion April 25. She will present “Mental Health in Correctional Settings in Tuscaloosa” at 12:15 p.m. in Willard Auditorium at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. The panel discussion will also include Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy and the Honorable M. Bradley Almond, presiding judge of Tuscaloosa’s Mental Health Court. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO BE DISCUSSED AT NURSING CONFERENCE — The Capstone College of Nursing will host the Greater Tuscaloosa Chapter of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses annual conference Thursday, April 27. The conference runs from 8 a.m. to noon in room 1008. At 9:30 a.m., Ashley Anderson, from WellHouse in Leeds, will speak on Human Trafficking. For more information, contact Kim Eaton, UA media relations, 205/348-8325 or kkeaton@ur.ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
STUDENTS CURATE EXHIBIT ABOUT IDENTITY AT PAUL R. JONES GALLERY – Ten UA students studying African American and women’s studies have curated an exhibit about identity at the Paul R. Jones Gallery in downtown Tuscaloosa. The exhibit, titled “Perspectives: Individual Explorations of Identity through Image,” runs from May 5 to June 30 and showcases approximately 30 works by African-American printmakers, photographers and painters. A reception will be held Friday, May 5, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Courtney Corbridge, courtney.a.corbridge@ua.edu, 205/348-8539 or UA media relations, 205/348-5320.