The Office of University Relations at The University of Alabama won the nation’s highest award for media relations work in the annual awards competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). University Relations also won recognition for a television commercial spot titled “Crimson Pride.”
A Houston company has awarded The University of Alabama department of geological sciences computer software valued at approximately $380,000 to assist the department in its teaching and research efforts.
As a federal district judge in Alabama from 1955 to 1979, Frank M. Johnson issued some of the most significant civil rights rulings in the 20th century. Dr. Tony Freyer, a University of Alabama research professor of history and law has now edited and published a collection of Johnson’s essays where the judge explains, in his own words, how he grappled with those decisions.
The great-grandson of 19th century German composer Richard Wagner will discuss his concerns that his family legacy continues building a foundation for fascism in a talk scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. in the recital hall of the Moody Music Building on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama Writer’s Harvest will be held on campus Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall with proceeds from the event going to benefit the West Alabama Food Bank.
Four distinguished communication leaders in fields ranging from broadcast news to public relations will be inducted into the College of Communication and Information Sciences (C&IS) Hall of Fame at The University of Alabama on Oct. 4.
The University of Alabama’s W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library will sponsor the 1956 film “The Bad Seed” at the Bama Theatre, Oct. 11-16.
The life and times of civil rights activist Rosa Parks will be the topic of nationally recognized historian Douglas Brinkley’s lecture at The University of Alabama. Brinkley, who recently published the highly acclaimed biography Rosa Parks, will present the Star and Stan Bloom Endowed Lecture in the Blount Undergraduate Initiative Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Morgan Hall Auditorium on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center (WRC) along with the UA Student Government Association, the University Police and the Women’s Honors Program are co-sponsoring free Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) training for female faculty, staff, students and community members.
The College of Arts and Sciences and the department of English at The University of Alabama will host the annual National Writers Harvest on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m., in 205 Smith Hall. The event is open to the public.