UAB Briefs: David Sedaris, pain lecture, undergrad expo
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
One of America’s great humorists will share his insights at the Alys Stephens Center.
A noted pain researcher will deliver a special lecture on campus.
And hundreds of UAB undergraduates will show off their research projects.
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‘HILARITY WITH HEART’
Master of satire David Sedaris will perform at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 13, at 8 p.m.
Sedaris is widely considered to be one of the world’s best humorists and a canny observer of the human condition.
Known for his personal essays and short stories, Sedaris has more than 10 million copies of his books in print, and his work has been translated into 25 languages.
His latest book, “Calypso,” is a collection of semi autobiographical stories.
Regarding “Calypso,” National Public Radio said that Sedaris has “a remarkable ability to combine the personal with the political, the mundane with the profane, slime with the sublime, and hilarity with heart.”
Tickets are $50, $60 and $70. There are a limited number of student, faculty, staff and ASC member tickets.
Call 975-2787 or go to alysstephens.org.
OF MICE AND MEN
Noted pain researcher Jeffrey Mogil will deliver the spring PAINTalk lecture at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts on Wednesday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m.
The lecture is hosted by the UAB Psychology Advanced Interdisciplinary Nociception (PAIN) Collective.
Mogil’s lecture — “Pain in Mice and Man: Ironic Adventures in Translation” — will explore research indicating that men and women tolerate and remember pain differently.
A professor of pain studies and the Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Pain at McGill University in Montreal, Mogil is also the founder and director of the North American Pain School and director of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain.
A prolific speaker, he has also written more than 270 peer-reviewed articles.
Hors d’oeuvres will be served before Mogil’s lecture at 5 p.m.
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SPRING EXPO
Hundreds of UAB undergraduate students will showcase their research abstracts during the annual Spring Expo at the UAB Student Hill Center and Bartow Arena on April 18-19.
The Spring Expo, which includes both undergraduate research and service learning, is sponsored by the Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research.
“The UAB Spring Expo is the largest presentation of this research on campus and is a great way for anyone — faculty, staff, high school student and community member — to see this firsthand and talk to these astonishing students,” said Gareth Jones, assistant director for the Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research.
The Expo schedule is as follows:
Thursday, April 18 – Oral Presentations and Video Research Award Presentations, Hill Student Center, 12:30-4 p.m.
Friday, April 19 – Poster Presentations, Bartow Arena, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Winners will be announced at 4 p.m.
There are nine main categories for oral and poster presentations: Arts and Humanities; Biological and Life Sciences; Business, Finance and International Studies; Education; Engineering; Health Sciences and Health Professions; Physical and Applied Sciences; Service Learning; Social and Behavioral Sciences; and Works in Progress.