UAB Briefs: Science and Engineering Complex, women's hoops go pink
Plans have been announced for a new Science and Engineering Complex on campus.
UAB Women’s Basketball is trying to support the fight against breast cancer.
And an exhibition that uses the community art of quilting to deal with the history of racial violence in America is on view at Project Space Gallery.
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Supporting basic science
UAB will spend $78.5 million to build a new Science and Engineering Complex.
The initial phase will serve as the home to the Department of Biology and Department of Physics, along with laboratory and support space for the Department of Chemistry, according to UAB Media Relations.
It is described as a facility that will help attract faculty, increase grant funding and train a new generation in health care, science and research.
The facility is needed because the university’s programs in science and engineering continue to grow, according to UAB Provost Pam Benoit.
The enhanced facilities will help support initiatives in several areas, including research, innovation and economic development, Benoit said.
The facility will host leading scientists and foster interdisciplinary research that can boost economic development in Alabama.
The new complex, designed by Goodwin Mills and Cawood, will replace the current Education Building on 14th Street South between University Boulevard and 10th Avenue South.
There will be 145,784 square feet of space for teaching, laboratories and offices.
Future phases of the complex will provide additional space for the Department of Chemistry and the School of Engineering.
Going pink
UAB Women’s Basketball is going pink to increase awareness and raise funds for breast cancer research.
The Blazers will take on the Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Bartow Arena and raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama, according to UAB Media Relations.
Attendees can purchase tickets to the hospitality area for $15, which includes entry to the game, a meal and drink, a pink shaker, and a $2 donation to the BCRFA.
Breast cancer fighters, survivors, and UAB cancer-related faculty and staff will be honored.
UAB Radiation Oncology will be on hand to provide breast cancer information and UAB Eye Care will offer free vision screenings.
General admission tickets to the Pink Game are also available by clicking here.
Collective memory
“The Lynch Quilts Project,” which uses quilting to look at the history and effects of racial violence in America, will be on exhibition at UAB through March 15, according to UAB Media Relations.
The exhibition, which opened Feb. 3, is on view at Project Space Gallery, 900 13th St. S.
A community-based effort by artist LaShawnda Crowe Storm, “The Lynch Quilts Project” is presented by Bib & Tucker Sew-Op and the UAB Department of Art and Art History and co-sponsored by the Jefferson County Memorial Project.
The exhibition features six quilts that deal with lynching from various perspectives, such as politics, gender, healing, collective memory and communal conflict, according to the UAB release.
The quilts feature traditional and contemporary quilting to examine how the past, present and future are connected.
To see the exhibition, all 205-975-0693 to make an appointment or go to bibandtuckersewop.org for a schedule showing when the gallery will be open.