Back in 2000, Shelby County had a population density of about 180 people per square mile. The U.S. Census estimates Shelby has grown by 34,889 people, packing about 220 people into each of its 810 square miles, a jump of 24 percent, and raising the county’s total population to an estimated 178,182.
The department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama will host the 28th English Symposium, March 29-30, at the Ferguson Center.
Visitors can view the moon and Saturn through a University of Alabama telescope Tuesday, March 27 and take in a talk on neutrinos, tiny, invisible objects said to pass through the human body by the millions every second.
The fifth in a series of public lectures on evolution will continue at The University of Alabama with physical anthropologist Douglas Crews. Crews will speak on “Human Senescence and Longevity: Evolutionary Theories, Biological Models and Biocultural Influences” March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in 127 Biology Building Auditorium on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama’s collegiate license tag program raised almost $2.5 million during the 2006 calendar year. Funds raised through the statewide program are used for scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students.
Dr. Paul Bushkovitch, one of the leading scholars of Russia in the United States, will give a public talk at the second annual Friends of History Lecture Thursday, March 22, at 4 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will hold a dedication ceremony in honor of naming the James Massey Hire Jr. and Mildred Ray Hire Design Clinic Laboratory on Friday, March 23, at 10 a.m.
A group of nine students from The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance recently participated in the Kennedy Center America College Theatre Festival for Region IV in Americus, Ga., taking top awards in several events.
The University of Alabama African-American Graduate Student Association has announced the winners from the final round of the 2006-2007 Business Plan Competition for African-American students.
The Rose Gladney Lecture for Justice and Social Change will be held at The University of Alabama W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library on March 21 at 7:30 p.m. with guest speaker Joan C. Browning.