More than 80 trained, IRS-certified undergraduate, graduate and law students from The University of Alabama are providing free income tax preparation services and financial literacy information to low-income families in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham this tax season.
The Women’s Resource Center and the department of women’s studies at The University of Alabama are hosting a Brown Bag Lecture Wednesday, Jan 24 at 12:30 p.m. in 107 Manly Hall.
Poets Jean Valentine and Martha Collins will give readings Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Bama Theatre on Greensboro Ave., at 7:30 p.m., as part of The University of Alabama Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
Students, faculty and staff at The University of Alabama will take part in an international effort to take a stand opposing violence against women by joining the White Ribbon Campaign Jan. 22-26.
Determining a 2,900-year-old artifact contained the oldest writing ever known in the Americas is one of the top science findings of 2006, according to two prominent science publications which cite the earlier discovery by a group of archaeologists, including a University of Alabama researcher, in their current issues.
Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, will deliver the luncheon address at the annual Alabama Commercial Real Estate Conference on Thursday, Jan. 25, at Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
A University of Alabama history professor will have access to the Vatican Secret Archives, a privilege granted to only a limited number of researchers each year.
Dr. Robert Sternberg, a leading researcher on creativity and intelligence, will be the guest lecturer for The University of Alabama psychology department’s annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture to be held Friday, Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. in 107 Shelby Hall.
The University of Alabama’s department of political science was recently ranked seventh in the nation on research in the area of armed conflict by Essential Science Indicators and its ESI Special Topics Web site, a national in-depth analytical tool that offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries and journals.
A fusion of bluegrass, classical and modern music will be presented by nationally-known musicians Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile on Jan. 28 as part of The University of Alabama School of Music’s Celebrity Series. The performance will be held at 3 p.m. in the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.