TUESDAY, JAN. 22 – SUNDAY JAN. 27
RESEARCH
PROFESSOR’S HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION RESEARCH GETS BOOST – The National Science Foundation awarded a UA computer science professor a grant to better understand how K-12 students in the Alabama Black Belt perceive human-computer interaction. Dr. Chris Crawford received the grant to develop technology that allows children to get hands-on experiences building neurofeedback programs, an application that uses near real-time visualizations of brain activity to teach self-regulation. During a previous project, which influenced this one, Crawford’s team connected electroencephalogram, or EEG, devices to drones, and people raced each other with their brains as opposed to controllers. For more information, contact Alana Norris, engineering communications, at 205-348-6444 or anorris@eng.ua.edu or UA communications, 205-348-5323.
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A JUDGE’S LEGACY – The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law will honor the legacy of a federal judge and UA graduate whose landmark rulings desegregated state institutions and secured voting rights for all the state’s citizens. The Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. Centennial Symposium & Law Clerks Reunion is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 25, in the Bedsole Moot Court Room. The event, which is open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is sponsored by the Alabama Law Review. It will mark the occasion of the centennial of Johnson’s birth and celebrate his courage. For more information, contact Monique Fields, manager of communications, Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law, at 205-348-5195 or mfields@law.ua.edu or UA communications, 205-348-5320.
BOOK DRIVE SEEKS TO BRING MATERIALS TO BLACK BELT STUDENTS – UA’s Center for Economic Development is holding its annual Books for the Alabama Black Belt drive through Feb. 18. Students, faculty, staff and community members may donate new or gently used classic and award-winning books found on school reading lists for K-12 children in the Black Belt. A list of appropriate books appears at the center’s Web site. See drop-off locations here. The campaign brings books to students in Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Pickens, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox counties. For more information, contact the Center’s Sally Brown at 205-348-8344 or uced@ua.edu or Richard LeComte in UA communications, 205-348-3782, richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
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