Dr. Brian Latell, a noted Latin America and Caribbean specialist, will give a talk as a guest of The University of Alabama department of history and its Program in Latin American and Hispanic Studies. The talk will be in room 205 Gorgas Library on the UA campus at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16.
Dr. Patti L. Harrison, professor of school psychology at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the 2006 Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award by the Division of School Psychology in the American Psychological Association.
Bullet ballistics, finger print comparisons, and DNA analysis; it’s not all Hollywood magic like what you see on television. Students from Hoover High School will demonstrate what they have learned in their forensic science class during “Natural History with the Experts” Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus.
After declining sharply in July, the Alabama housing market was back on track in August, according to figures from the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama is hosting the 19th annual meeting of the North American Agromedicine Consortium Oct. 15-17 at the Four Points Sheraton on the UA campus.
Even though he made a perfect score on the ACT college entrance exam, John Elder of Clanton, now a freshman at The University of Alabama, says he didn’t do any abnormal amounts of studying before he took the test.
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences will be hosting Bruce B. Friend, one of the world’s foremost experts in youth-targeted media and youth culture, Oct. 26-27 on campus.
Lewis Bowling, instructor of physical education at Duke University and North Carolina Central University, will be on The University of Alabama campus Saturday, Oct. 7 to promote his new book, “Wallace Wade: Championship Years at Alabama and Duke.”
The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour will make a stop in Tuscaloosa as part of The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. Several poets will give a reading Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bama Theatre.
The University of Alabama Institute of Industrial Engineers’ student chapter received the Gold Award in the 2006 IIE national chapter recognition competition. Since 2001, UA’s IIE chapter has received four gold awards and one silver award.