UAB Briefs: Cool jazz, new buildings, high rating
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs, in which we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
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Pop, jazz, swing and more
Widely acclaimed jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, known for his renditions of standards and late-night ballads, will perform in the Jemison Concert Hall at the Alys Stephens Center on Saturday, March 11, at 8 p.m., according to a UAB news release.
Pizzarelli – who will appear at UAB with the John Pizzarelli Quartet –performs classic pop, jazz and swing, using performers like Nat “King” Cole and Frank Sinatra and song writers like Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen as inspirations.
He also plays tunes from such diverse artists as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim, John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Tickets are $32, $45 and $57. For tickets and information about discounts for staff and students, call 975-2787 or go to www.alysstephens.org.
New home for Arts and Sciences
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences can expect to move into a shiny, spacious new home in time to hold classes for the fall term of 2019, according to a university news release.
The University Of Alabama System Board Of Trustees approved stage three of planning for the building, which will cost about $39.5 million, in early February, the release states.
Construction is expected to begin in summer 2017. For a complete project timeline, click here.
The 160,000-square-foot facility – with two wings and a 300-seat auditorium – will be located on the corner of 10th Avenue South and 14th Street South.
The building will replace the aging UAB Humanities Building and will provide a home for the departments of anthropology, computer and information sciences, English, foreign languages and literatures, mathematics, philosophy and social work.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood in Montgomery will serve as architects.
A great place to work… again
UAB Medicine has been named one of the “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review.
To see the complete list for 2017, click here.
UAB Medicine made the list for the fourth year in a row, according to a university news release.
On its website, Becker’s cites UAB Medicine for offering employees paid parental leave of up to four weeks, on-site exercise classes and an on-site daily farm stand for fresh produce from March through November each year. The medical center also provides employees with financial assistance during crisis periods through the UAB Benevolent Fund Emergency Assistance Program.
UAB Medicine encompasses UAB Hospital, The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, UAB School of Medicine, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital and UAB Health System.
Honoring Blazers in business
The UAB National Alumni Society is accepting nominations for its fifth annual Excellence in Business Top 25 awards, which are given to identify, recognize and celebrate the success of businesses owned or operated by UAB alumni.
Winners will be honored at a ceremony on June 23 at the National Alumni Society House.
The alumni society has partnered with Warren Averett to rank and verify the nominated companies based on their annual growth rates for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Each company nominated must have been founded or owned by a UAB alumnus or alumna, or managed by a UAB alum through its most senior leadership team or regional/division leadership team.
The online survey must be completed by Friday, March 31, in order for entrants to be eligible for the UAB Excellence in Business class.
To access the survey, click here.
To find complete guidelines, go to uab.edu/alumni/top-25.