UAB Briefs: UAB Summer Band to give free concert July 4
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
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THE BAND OF SUMMER
The UAB Summer Band will offer a free outdoor concert of patriotic music on the green in front of Bartow Arena on Wednesday, July 4, at 7 p.m.
And after the concert, attendees can hang around to watch the Thunder on the Mountain fireworks show from atop Red Mountain at 9 p.m.
The Summer Band will perform a collection of popular and traditional patriotic songs, including selections by composers Gershwin, Fillmore and Sousa.
Audience members are encouraged to bring chairs, blankets and even picnic baskets. Bathrooms will be available inside Bartow Arena.
The Summer Band has about 60 members, including UAB faculty, students and alumni, as well as local professional and amateur players. Some members have played with the group for more than 15 years. The group has rehearsed weekly since Memorial Day.
Bartow Arena is located at 617 13th St. S.
ENGAGING THE WORLD
Janet Turan, a professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy in the UAB School of Public Health, has been named interim director of the Sparkman Center for Global Health.
One of her responsibilities as director of the Sparkman Center will be engaging the UAB community in global health and development initiatives.
“I think we can make an impact by working collaboratively with people around the globe and utilizing the knowledge, skills and creativity of our faculty, students and staff,” Turan said
Turan would like to help find ways to combat what she calls “major global health challenges,” Including infant and maternal mortality, infectious diseases, chronic diseases and violence against women.
The Sparkman Center, established in 1979, seeks to alleviate health problems in less developed countries by increasing public health capacity.
UAB CONSTRUCTION
-- Construction of the new UAB Police Headquarters is complete, according to UAB Media Relations. Parking and landscape will be completed this summer and a grand opening held August 9.
-- The $37.5 million UAB Collat School of Business on University Boulevard between 12th and 13th Streets South is nearly complete, with a grand opening scheduled for August 24, according to UAB Media Relations.
-- Work on the new UAB intramural fields at 1100 Fifth Ave. S. is nearly complete, and a ribbon cutting is set for August 30 to coincide with the Fall Extravaganza hosted by Student Affairs.
-- The $32 million expansion and renovation of the UAB School of Nursing will be complete in July, according to UAB Media Relations. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for September 6.
-- The $3 million, 12,800-square-foot ROTC training facility at UAB should be open by fall 2018, according to UAB Media Relations.