Is it possible to study and teach about religion without proclaiming the truth of particular religions, indiscriminately celebrating religiousness of any kind as a human necessity, or broadly dismissing all forms of religion as an outmoded cultural fetish?
The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series will host authors Yunte Huang and Simon Ortiz at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2002, at the Ferguson Forum in the Ferguson Center on UA’s campus.
University of Alabama graduate student Bebe Barefoot is the recipient of a $20,000 American Dissertation Fellowship for the 2002-2003 year by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation.
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at The University of Alabama is presenting the work of abstract artists enjoying national and international reputation in the exhibition “Watercolor: In the Abstract.”
Don’t miss out on the spectacular view of space from The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park on Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The 26th Annual English Department Symposium at The University of Alabama will focus on English and Ethnicity. The program will begin on Oct. 31 and end on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The University of Alabama Crew Team will give students and community members a break from their household chores during their Rent-A-Rower fund-raiser Oct. 26-27 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Eighteen cadets from The University of Alabama Army ROTC Crimson Tide Battalion will travel to Camp Shelby, Miss., on Friday, Oct. 25, to participate in the Army ROTC Fifth Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition.
Lauren Tagg of Memphis, Tenn., was named homecoming queen for 2002 at The University of Alabama. Her selection was announced at UA’s homecoming pep rally on Friday, Oct. 18.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will present “Alabama’s Growing Hispanic/Latino Community: Practitioners’ Response and Responsibility” as the topic of its fourth annual Diversity Day. The workshop will be held on Friday, Nov. 1, in 223 Little Hall on the UA campus.