UA Program to Lead State Observance Highlighting Entrepreneurial Opportunnities

The University of Alabama’s Entrepreneurship Program is serving as the State Leadership Team for Alabama’s activities associated with the nationwide Entrepreneurship Week U.S.A. that will take place Feb. 24 through March 3.

Poet, Author to Give Readings as Part of UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series

Poets Quan Barry and Lisa Jarnot will give a joint reading Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus, as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.

UA, Stillman Join Forces for Diversity Weekend Workshop

Students from The University of Alabama and Stillman College will attend a Diversity Weekend Workshop on the Stillman campus Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26-27.

Medical Psychiatrist and Authority on Deception Charles Ford Featured at UA’s McCollough Medical Forum

Dr. Charles Ford, an authority on the psychology of deception, will be the featured presenter at the fifth annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 2-3 on The University of Alabama campus. The Forum begins at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 2 in 107 Shelby Hall.

Sky Viewing Opportunities Using UA Telescopes Begin Feb. 1

A total lunar eclipse and multiple opportunities to be awed by Saturn and its magnificent rings highlight the public’s spring 2007 sky viewing opportunities, as hosted by University of Alabama astronomers.

Graduate Research and Thesis Conference to be Held at UA

The 10th annual Graduate Student Association Research and Thesis Conference will be held at The University of Alabama on Saturday, Feb. 10 in Ferguson Center.

Interest in Physics Rising Nationally, Including at UA; Annual Contest to Attract Hundreds from Across Region

As roll calls are taken in high school physics classes nationwide, an increasing number of students are responding, “here.”

UA Law School Presents Exonerated Death Row Inmate as Guest Speaker

Each year, speakers are invited to The University of Alabama School of Law to talk about public interest law opportunities. As part of the acclaimed series, the Law School’s Public Interest Institute will feature exonerated death row inmate Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon as a 2007 guest speaker on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 12:15 p.m. in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to Speak at UA School of Law

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. will deliver the eighth Albritton Lecture at The University of Alabama School of Law on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. in McMillan Lecture Hall at the Law School.

Church Music Conference to Feature Organist Jefferey Brillhart at UA’s Moody Music Hall

The University of Alabama’s Church Music Conference will feature organist Jeffrey Brillhart and faculty from the UA School of Music and American University in Cairo at UA’s Moody Music Building Saturday, Jan. 27.