UAB Briefs: New season of shows at ASC, new Callahan chief of staff
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
The Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center has announced its 2019-2020 season.
Callahan Eye Hospital has a new chief of staff.
And seven UAB students were awarded Clinton Scholarships to study in Dubai this summer.
Know people, places and programs on the UAB campus that deserve a mention? Email jchambers@starnespublishing.com.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
The Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center on campus has announced its 2019-2020 season, which will include nearly 25 events featuring dance, a wide variety of musical performers, the annual outdoor LOCAL festival and even a panel discussion with a famous chef.
Tickets went on sale Tuesday, May 14.
The 2019-2020 season includes the following events:
- Season kick-off party with Tank and the Bangas, Friday, Sept. 13, outdoors on the Engel Plaza, free.
- The Brook & The Bluff, Saturday, Sept. 14, as part of the Season Kickoff.
- Rhiannon Giddens and Francisco Turrisi, “There Is No Other Tour,” Thursday, Sept. 19.
- Lightwire Theatre, “DINO-LIGHT” glow-in-the-dark puppet adventure, Friday, Sept. 20.
- ArtPlay Parlor Series featuring Young Concert Artist: Hanzhi Wang, accordionist, Wednesday, Oct. 2.
- Anthony Hamilton, singer-songwriter, Friday, Oct. 11.
- “An Evening with Larry, Steve and Rudy: The Gatlin Brothers,” Sunday, Oct. 13.
- “Taj Express: The Bollywood Revue,” a fusion of film, dance and music, Monday, Oct. 28.
- Silkroad Ensemble, Thursday, Nov. 7.
- Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin, “Together on Stage,” Sunday, Nov. 17.
- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Friday, Nov. 22.
- Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: “The Rainbow Fish,” Sunday, Dec. 1.
- “Hip Hop Nutcracker,” a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, Tuesday, Dec. 10.
- Branford Marsalis Quartet, Sunday, Jan. 12.
- Robben Ford, blues, jazz and rock guitarist, Thursday, Jan. 23.
- DRUM TAO 2020: Art of the Drum, Monday, Jan. 27.
- Aeolians of Oakwood University, Sunday, Feb. 9.
- The Chieftains: The Irish Goodbye Farewell Tour, Tuesday, Feb. 18.
- Stefon Harris and Blackout, Jazz Café Series, Thursday, March 26.
- ArtPlay Parlor Series featuring Young Concert Artist Maxim Lando, Wednesday, April 1.
- Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez, Jazz Café Series, Thursday, April 9.
- LOCAL 2020, Saturday, June 13.
- Samin Nosrat, author of “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” and star of the Netflix series, in a panel discussion with Pardis and Frank Stitt, Sunday, June 14.
Additional free educational events with the artists will be announced in August.
To buy tickets, and to get information regarding discounts for ASC members and UAB faculty, staff and students, call 975-2787 or go to alysstephens.org.
MAKING HISTORY
Dr. Virginia Lolley, an assistant professor in the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been named chief of staff at Callahan Eye Hospital — the first female to hold the position.
Lolley has worked as a comprehensive ophthalmologist at CEH for over 20 years, served as the president of CEH from 2013-2015 and is the former director of the department’s Undergraduate Medical Education, according to a UAB news release.
“As Callahan Eye Hospital evolves, it is important that we maintain our traditions and identity as an eye hospital while integrating our new specialties,” Lolley said in the release. “I want to make sure that the medical staff feel their voices are heard, and I am enthusiastically prepared to work with my ophthalmology colleagues to welcome new partners and collaborators to Callahan Eye Hospital.”
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Lolley graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine.
She has been named one of the “Best Doctors in America” each year since 2007 and was one of Birmingham Magazine’s “Best of Birmingham” in 2016.
EXPLORING THE GLOBE
Seven UAB students have all been awarded the William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship, giving them an opportunity to learn more about the Arab world by studying abroad at the American University in Dubai during the 2019 summer semester.
The program places an emphasis on those who are interested in being exposed to the Arab world for the first time, according to a UAB news release.
Clinton Scholarship recipients get full tuition and housing for one term.
“UAB has a strong record of students receiving the Clinton Scholarship, and they all speak highly of the program,” said Ashley Kuntz, director of the UAB Office of Fellowships and assistant professor in the UAB Honors College.
The seven students, all part of the UAB Honors College, are as follows:
- Pranav Kakulamarri from McKinney, Texas, a rising sophomore majoring in neuroscience;
- Tanvee Sinha from Cupertino, California, a rising sophomore majoring in neuroscience and philosophy;
- Anveetha Matta from Nashville, a rising junior majoring in neuroscience;
- Wenyun Jiang from Vestavia Hills, a rising junior majoring in philosophy;
- Dipal Patel from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, a rising junior majoring in finance;
- John Mark Walker Boozer from Winfield, a rising junior majoring in finance;
- Gopiann Shah from Johnson City, Tennessee, a rising senior majoring in neuroscience.
The Clinton Scholarship at the American University in Dubai aims to increase the number of people in America and around the world who want to help improve global relations, one of the goals of the Clinton Presidential Foundation.