The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences will host a chef’s luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in J.J. Doster Café in Doster Hall on campus.
It’s commonly known as Japanese sweet flag, although scientists call it acorus. Prior to blooming, this plant’s long, narrow, dark green blades remind the untrained of monkey grass. However, in the laboratories of The University of Alabama’s Dr. David Oppenheimer, and in labs at three other prominent U.S. universities, this ordinary looking plant — and the nine other plant species under the researchers’ scrutiny — is likely to give scientists new insights into the “abominable mystery” that is this planet’s plant life.
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, The University of Alabama School of Music’s Celebrity Series will have its first concert of the season with Canadian Brass. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall on the UA campus.
Sally Edwards, director of Child Development Resources and Services for The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, will present the lecture, “Child Development Services: Opportunities and Challenges,” Thursday, Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m., in 104 Doster Hall on the UA campus.
Four University of Alabama faculty members, who received UA Innovative Instructional Technology Grants, will present their individual projects Friday, Oct. 25 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. at 125 Bidgood Hall on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Sarah Moody Gallery of Art will host a reading by new and upcoming artist/author Jonathan Santlofer on Monday, Oct. 28, in 203 Garland Hall at 7 p.m.
The University of Alabama Sarah Moody Gallery of Art will host a reading by new and upcoming artist/author Jonathan Santlofer on Monday, Oct. 28, in 203 Garland Hall at 7 p.m.
Six distinguished leaders who had a profound influence on American democracy will be inducted into the College of Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame at The University of Alabama on Oct. 24, 2002.
The W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library on The University of Alabama campus will sponsor a reception, lecture and screening of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” at the historic Bama Theater, 600 Greensboro Ave., beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2002.
The 2002 University of Alabama homecoming court was selected Oct. 15-16 in a general student election using Internet voting for the second time at UA.