Jane Smiley is the author of 12 books, including “A Thousand Acres,” which won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and was made into the 1991 movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange. She will read from her most recent book, “Good Faith” at the Bama Theatre on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. as part of The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
Marr’s Field Journal, The University of Alabama undergraduate literary journal, will host its first multicultural reading “More Than Shakespeare: A Reading Celebrating Diversity Within Literature,” on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 7-9 p.m. at the Ferguson Center Anderson Room.
Tonya Watts has been living in Los Angeles for nine years, but when the opportunity arose for her to help out the major college in her home state, she jumped at the chance.
Dr. George C. Rable, a history professor at The University of Alabama whose latest published work has won three national book awards, is the winner of the University’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He will be honored in a ceremony at the UA President’s Mansion at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, is Love Your Body Day, a national day of action to speak out against media advertisements and images of women that are offensive, harmful, dangerous and disrespectful.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council will sponsor a candlelight vigil at Denny Chimes, Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Dr. Monica Driscoll of Rutgers University will speak about biological research in the areas of aging and longevity Thursday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. in room 202 Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Phenix City and its notorious past, including the events surrounding the assassination of Albert Patterson, former state senator and Democratic Party nominee for state attorney general, will be the topics of a night at the historic Bama Theatre.
Maury Wilkinson of Clinton, Miss., was named homecoming queen for 2003 at The University of Alabama. Her selection was announced at UA’s homecoming pep rally on Friday, Oct. 10.
Many West Alabama children will get the medical care they need thanks to a partnership between The University of Alabama and Kid One Transport System. The partnership has provided $500,000 in federal funds to support the expansion of Kid One services in West Alabama.