MONDAY, OCT. 8 – SUNDAY, OCT. 14
RESEARCH
A SOLUTION FOR HOT CAR DEATHS – Engineering researchers at UA developed a patent-pending device that can alert a cell phone when a human or animal is inside a parked vehicle with rising temperature. The device monitors carbon dioxide levels from human breath inside a vehicle along with temperature and car movement, using computer algorithms to determine when to alert a cell phone. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA communication, 205-348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
WHAT BRINGS JOB SATISFACTION TO MOST? UA RESEARCHERS SEEK TO DETERMINE — Though employees may like their work to cater to their individual preferences, they are predictably more satisfied when the organizational culture matches a set of widely preferred characteristics that provide a fair, supportive and stable work environment. Through a study of more than 700 participants working in occupations ranging from customer service, to accountants, information technology and administration, researchers found people typically prefer a similar organizational culture, according to an article in the Journal of Applied Psychology. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA communications, 205-348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
BEST BETS
HOMECOMING – UA’s Homecoming Parade will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, followed by the Alabama-Missouri football game, which kicks off at 6 p.m. The parade is scheduled to start in downtown Tuscaloosa, move north on Greensboro Avenue and then east on University Boulevard. The parade route will continue on University Boulevard from downtown toward the center of campus. The traditional pep rally and bonfire will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, on the Quad. This year’s theme is “Excellence Lights the Crimson Flame.” For more information, contact Richard LeComte, UA communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu or 205-348-3782.
HISPANIC LATINO HERITAGE MONTH – The 2018 Rose Gladney Lecture will feature Dr. Monica Muñoz Martinez, of Brown University, in a talk titled “The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas.” The lecture is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in 205 Gorgas Library; the sponsor is the department of American studies. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Richard LeComte, department of communications, 205-348-3782 or richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
EVENTS
STUDENTS WITH ASD SHARE THEATER STAGE – UA’s SENSE Theatre program, which uses various elements of theater production to improve social and emotional abilities of children with autism spectrum disorder, will hold a public performance Friday, Oct. 12, at Tuscaloosa Academy. The original play, “HATS,” will begin at 6 p.m. in Tuscaloosa Academy’s Assembly Hall. The show is free and open to the public. UA’s SENSE Theatre program includes children with ASD between the ages of 10 and 16, who rehearse and perform alongside typically functioning students. It’s part of a $1 million study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
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UA TO HOST EXPERT PANEL ON PRESCRIPTION OPIOID EPIDEMIC – Researchers, attorneys, members of law enforcement and policy experts will discuss causes, effects and solutions to prescription opioid abuse in Alabama, which has the highest rate in the nation, during a community outreach panel, Oct. 18 at UA. The discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. in room 159 in Russell Hall. A reception will follow. Panelists include JB Ward, assistant US attorney for the Northern District, Dr. Nathan Culmer, UA assistant professor of medical education, and Dr. Matthew Tucker, Alabama state char of the Addiction Policy Forum, among others. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.