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Melinda Lalor, Ph.D., associate dean of the UAB School of Engineering, will examine “The Global Impact of Engineers Without Borders” at the next Discussion Book Dialogues.
Artist Mine Calik will present a Turkish marbling demonstration from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 in the UAB Hill University Center Great Hall.
Before all three officially open in the next few months, UAB employees are invited to an open house for the new state-of-the-art Women & Infants Center and Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center, and Jim Limbaugh Family Park of Hope Honoring Phyllis Limbaugh, hosted by UAB Health System CEO William Ferniany, Ph.D., and UAB Hospital CEO Michael Waldrum, M.D.
Patricia Perez recently was awarded the Marilyn Gossman Award for Professionalism in Physical Therapy by the Alabama Physical Therapy Association. She is recognized throughout the state as an expert clinician and master teacher.
Created with a five-year, $26.9 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health, the CCTS has been confronted by financial exigencies in its first year — quite the challenge for a center charged with restructuring UAB’s research enterprise to facilitate translational science in ways that improve the overall health of the population and reduce health disparities.
New clinics and programs, innovative techniques and technologies are reshaping anesthesiology at UAB, especially the Regional Anesthesia Pain Service that began more than two years ago.
“We’ve submitted two proposals to better quantify the nitrates and phosphates, and we’ve teamed with the biology department to help with plant selection and stormwater mitigation,” Robert Peters, Ph.D., professor of environmental engineering, says. “We’re excited about the direction the project is heading and learning more about how the vegetated roof can reduce these pollutants.”
The new UAB Diversity Passport will provide encouragement and incentives to explore the varied cultures that are a part of our community through events and activities that are a part of everyday life here on one of the nation’s most diverse campuses.
The UAB Black Alumni Chapter is hosting a coat and winter clothing drive through One Warm Coat (www.onewarmcoat.org) through Jan. 15.
Legally-mandated changes to the Jefferson County Occupational Tax will go into effect this month.
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