MONDAY, APRIL 8 – SUNDAY, APRIL 14
RESEARCH
EPA GRANT ASSISTS IN UNDERSTANDING WASTEWATER ISSUES IN RURAL ALABAMA – Researchers from UA are shedding light on the issue of raw sewage draining into waterways of the state’s Black Belt region, a problem garnering international attention. With a grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, researchers from environmental engineering and geology will build a model to quantify the extent of untreated raw sewage discharges from homes throughout five counties in the Black Belt, an economically depressed region in the state. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA Strategic Communications, at adam.jones@ua.edu or 205-348-4328.
RESEARCHERS UNCOVER CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO BACTERIAL IMMUNE SYSTEMS – UA researchers discovered how a common skin bacteria wards off viruses by leveraging cellular processes normally not considered part of any immune system. This discovery constitutes another milestone in understanding how to harness bacterial viruses to combat antibiotic-resistant infections. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA Strategic Communications, at adam.jones@ua.edu or 205-348-4328.
BEST BETS
UA HOLDS BAMA BLITZ, ONLINE FUNDRAISING EVENT – Bama Blitz, an inspiring online fundraising event, begins at noon April 10 and continues through 8:31 p.m. April 11. Lasting one day, eight hours and 31 minutes, in honor of the University’s founding year, Bama Blitz invites alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends to support a series of impactful projects through crowdfunding. Projects highlighted include Hear Here Alabama, a mobile audiology clinic that travels to underserved communities in west central and south Alabama, a K-12 after school programming initiative and efforts to purchase a pediatric simulator to assist in training nursing students. For more information, contact Mary Lawhorn, director of annual giving, 205-348-8321 or malwhorn@advance.ua.edu. For assistance, contact Deidre Stalnaker, director of communications, at 205-348-8718 or deidre.stalnaker@ua.edu.
EVENTS
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE EVENT SET FOR APRIL 9 – Ann Mollengarden, vice president of education for the board of directors at the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, will be the featured guest of the “Holocaust Remembrance” at the Ferguson Student Center ballroom at 7 p.m. April 9. The event is hosted by UA’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in collaboration with Bloom Hillel at UA, the Chabad Jewish Student Group, the Faculty Senate Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Jewish Law Students Association and Temple Emanu-El. For more information, contact Jamon Smith, UA communications, jamon.smith@ua.edu or 205-348-4956.
RURAL HEALTH CONFERENCE – UA’s College of Community Health Sciences and its Institute for Rural Health Research will host the 20th annual Rural Health Conference April 10-11 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days at the Bryant Conference Center. Titled “Partnering with Resilient Communities,” presentation topics will include creating community networks, creating health care coalitions in communities, the impact of rural hospital closures on EMS response time, and health and social wellbeing in the Gulf Coast region. The registration fee for the conference is $150 per person and $50 per student for both days, and $75 per person and $25 per student for one day. Continuing education will be provided for some health care professionals. For more information, contact Bryant Welbourne, UA Strategic Communications, at 205-348-8325 or bryant.welbourne@ua.edu.
READ AND ROMP TUSCALOOSA – Alabama Project LAUNCH and Help Me Grow, both part of UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, invite the West Alabama community to attend Read and Romp Tuscaloosa April 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at Government Plaza in downtown Tuscaloosa. Read and Romp is a free, fun-filled event that promotes literacy to children ages 3 to 5 and their families through learning-based activity stations themed around children’s books. Children will leave the event with goodies they created from an activity at each station, along with a passport that will be stamped at each station and free books. For more information, contact Bryant Welbourne, UA Strategic Communications, at 205-348-8325 or bryant.welbourne@ua.edu.
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