UAB Briefs: Visiting playwright, new discoveries, American Heart Month
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
An acclaimed playwright from Alabama will share her knowledge of the craft during a visit to UAB on Feb. 14
UAB postdoctoral and graduate students will discuss their research projects in the “Discoveries in the Making” lecture series beginning Feb. 11
February is American Heart Month, and the UAB Cardiovascular Institute is seeking to raise awareness of heart disease.
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Wisdom from a master
Audrey Cefaly, an acclaimed Alabama playwright, will hold two master classes on campus on Friday, Feb. 14.
Cefaly will teach a class on subtext for Theatre UAB students. She’ll hold a second class, which will be open to the public, called “Audrey Cefaly’s Playwriting Vocabulary,” in the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m.
Cefaly’s visit is part of the Dramatist Guild Foundation’s Traveling Masters series.
In addition, the Department of Theatre will present a world premiere production of Cefaly’s “Tell Me Something Good” — a collection of short plays about human ache and longing —from March 9-13.
Cefaly has seen her work produced in Birmingham before.
“Love is a Blue Tick Hound: And Other Remedies for the Common Ache” had its world premiere at Terrific New Theatre, and “Maytag Virgin” had its Alabama premiere at Birmingham Festival Theatre
Research updates
UAB postdoctoral and graduate students will share updates regarding their research projects at the “Discoveries in the Making” lecture series.
The series resumes Tuesday, Feb. 11, with monthly events at The Lumbar, a science-themed bar and restaurant in Pepper Place.
Presentations begin at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
On Feb.11, speakers Kaleen Lavin, Jeremy McAdam, Samia O’Bryan, Margaret Bell and Devin Drummer will present “Exercise is a Powerful Medicine: How Should We Use It?”
Attendees will learn how the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine is working to better understand the benefits of exercise and how we can take advantage of individual responses to training to maximize health outcomes.
To see a complete schedule, click here.
Heart Month
February is American Heart Month, and the UAB Cardiovascular Institute will host some events designed to raise awareness about heart disease and ways to prevent it.
Nearly 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, but it can often be prevented when people make healthy choices and manage their health conditions.
Friday, Feb. 7: Women and Heart Disease. Women and Infants Center, Room 5320, noon-1 p.m. Attendees will learn about risk factors and prevention from a female cardiologist and hear personal stories from heart disease survivors.
Thursday, Feb. 13: Love Your Heart. The Kirklin Clinic, second floor, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The Cardiovascular Institute will dispense information and giveaways.
Wednesday, Feb. 19: Simple Cooking With Heart. UAB Hospital North Pavilion, second floor atrium, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Cardiovascular Institute and the American Heart Association team up to serve tasty samples and distribute a new recipe booklet.