UAB Briefs: Passionate music, helping cancer patients, Darwin Day
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
Know people, places and programs on the UAB campus that deserve a mention? Email us at jchambers@starnespublishing.com.
Passionate musicians
The acclaimed classical duo of cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han will offer a program called “The Passionate Cello” at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at UAB on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m.
The event is part of the ASC Salon Series, which allows attendees in the Jemison Concert Hall the option of paying for special onstage seating during the performance and a post-performance meet-and-greet with the artists.
The pair will play several works, including Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano, Op. 70; Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 58; and Grieg’s Sonata in A-Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 36.
The San Francisco Chronicle called one of their performances “superb … a musical experience that was at once vibrant, beautiful and intellectually stimulating.”
Tickets are $55 for the performance onstage seating and post-show VIP reception, or $35 for choral balcony seating.
For tickets -- and for information regarding discounts for ASC members or UAB students, faculty and staff -- call 975-2787 or go to alysstephens.org.
Surviving cancer
The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center will present FreshStart! -- a free eight-week program designed to help cancer survivors make healthy diet and exercise choices and manage their stress -- beginning Thursday, Feb. 1.
The program “ is designed to support positive behavior change that is so important for healthy outcomes and survival,” said Teri Hoenemeyer, director of education and support services at the UAB CCC.
Cooking Light magazine and the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation help support FreshStart!
Meetings will be hosted by trained professionals each Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Here are the topics and locations:
Feb. 1: Basic nutrition and meal planning for cancer survivors, UAB CCC, 1824 Sixth Ave. S., Room 237
Feb. 8: The skinny on superfoods, supplements, herbs and vitamins, UAB CCC.
Feb. 15: Cooking classes at Cooking Light test kitchens, 4100 Old Montgomery Highway
Feb. 22: Transitional physical activity and exercises, Lakeshore Foundation, 4000 Ridgeway Drive, Room TBD
March 1: Energizing ways to incorporate slow movement into an exercise program, Homewood Community Center, 1632 Oxmoor Road
March 8: Gentle restorative and completely supportive floor work, UAB CCC, Room 220
March 15: Guided imagery for relaxation and stress relief, UAB CCC, Room 220
March 22: Therapeutic roundtable group discussion on self-assessment, strategies and resources that can help with stress and anxiety management, UAB CCC, Room 220
Registration is required online. For information and directions, call 934-5772.
Celebrating the great naturalist
Darwin Day, an international event held in honor of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, celebrates science and education.
And UAB joins in each year to help honor Darwin and his legacy.
This year’s Darwin Day at UAB -- presented by the departments of Biology, Anthropology, and Art and Art History and supported by The Jemison Fund -- will take place Thursday, Feb. 8.
There will be an exhibition of artwork exploring Manitou Cave of Alabama and a lecture about cave art from noted Canadian paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger.
The events are free and open to the public.
A paleoanthropologist and doctoral candidate at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Von Petzinger studies cave art -- specifically geometric signs -- painted by early humans in Europe between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago.
She explores how these signs can help us better understand early human cognition, communication and use of symbolism.
To hear her TED Talk, click here.
For a complete schedule and detailed description of Darwin Day events on campus, go to uab.edu/cas/biology/darwin.