Cambridge Professor to Speak at UA March 20
A University of Cambridge history professor who has explored the “religious psychology” of Oliver Cromwell will visit The University of Alabama campus to give a talk on the 17th-century English ruler.
Novelist Melanie Rae Thon to Read as Part of UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series
Melanie Rae Thon will read from her fiction on Thursday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium, as part of this year’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series at The University of Alabama. The event is free and open to the public.
UA Students Take Honors at Journalism Conference
University of Alabama communication students were honored with 36 awards at the 16th annual Southeast Journalism Conference last month in Clarksville, Tenn.
UA Greek Students’ Fund-Raiser for Children’s Hospital to End with Golf Tournament on March 8
Greek Links, a yearlong fund-raiser by The University of Alabama’s greek system, will end on Friday, March 8, with a golf tournament at Ol’ Colony golf course beginning at noon in Tuscaloosa.
Al Qaeda Expert, Journalist Peter Bergen to Speak at UA on Osama bin Baden and Global Terrorism
CNN analyst Peter Bergen, one of the few Western journalists to have extensively interviewed Al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, the man believed to be behind the World Trade Center attack of September 11, will speak at The University of Alabama about his years of investigating bin Laden and his Jihadist terrorist network.
UA Social Work/Anthropology Professor Named 2002 Burnum Award Winner
Dr. William Dressler, professor of social work and anthropology at The University of Alabama, has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award. Dressler was presented with the award during a ceremony, Monday, March 4.
UA History Department to Host Conference on Race and Place
Fifteen presenters from around the nation will discuss issues concerning race and race relations at the “Conference on Race and Place in Global Perspective” on March 8-9 at The University of Alabama.
UA Restaurant and Hospitality Management Program Hosts Leadership Series
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences restaurant and hospitality management program will have professionals discuss career opportunities as part of the Spring Hospitality Leadership Series.
UA NSCS Chapter Sends Greeting Cards to Soldiers
The University of Alabama student chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars will set up tables for students, faculty and staff to send greeting cards to soldiers stationed overseas from March 4-8 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Ferguson Center.
Leading Advertising Executive to Give March 7 Talk at UA
“Believe it or not, some advertising makes the world better,” according to an executive of one of the world’s largest public relations agencies who will give a presentation by that title on Thursday, March 7, on The University of Alabama campus.