University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt will speak during a reception honoring UA’s National Merit, National Achievement and National Hispanic Scholars Wednesday, Jan. 31 from 2-3 p.m. at The Zone in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Author Joy Williams will give a reading Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave., as part of The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team will play the University of Missouri Men’s Team Friday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. at the UA Student Recreation Center.
The annual celebration of National African-American Heritage Month at The University of Alabama will begin Thursday, Feb. 1 and continue throughout the month with a wide variety of events including film screenings, forums, radio shows, lectures and performances.
Winners of the sixth annual “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest were honored Friday, Jan. 26, with a luncheon awards ceremony and reception/book signing with noted author Harper Lee at The University of Alabama.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.