The third annual Central Alabama Construction Safety Conference will be held at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery on March 27, sponsored by The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Safe State Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Program, the Mobile Area OSHA Office, local government, major contractor associations and businesses, and Hyundai-HMMA.
The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and the UA Arboretum will host the annual St. Valentine’s Day gourmet dinner featuring big band and swing jazz music from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in Smith Hall on Sixth Avenue on the UA campus.
Werewolves howl, portraits bleed and mummies come to life in Charles Ludlam’s “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” opening Tuesday, Feb. 12 at The University of Alabama’s newly renovated Allen Bales Theatre. But this campy tribute to the Gothic horror films of a bygone era is played for laughs rather than chills.
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor one corporation during a Feb. 16 ceremony at the Marriot Legends at Capitol Hill in Prattville.
Dr. Yang Xiao, assistant professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, and Dr. Fei Hu, of Rochester Institute of Technology, were recently awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Cyber Trust Program to research advancements in wireless telemedicine.
The University of Alabama is celebrating African-American Heritage Month in February with the theme “Creating History Every Day” to recognize the range and diversity of contributions African-Americans have made.
Long-time University of Alabama history professor Dr. Robert Erwin Johnson died Monday, Jan 28, after battling a short-term illness. He was 84.
Distinguished filmmaker John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi are screening the West Alabama premiere of their award-winning film “Honeydripper” at the Bama Theatre Monday, Feb 4 at 7:30 p.m., sponsored in part by The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences.
As part of the Alabama Clay Conference 23, The University of Alabama will be hosting several notable exhibits of pottery ranging from the distant past to the here and now.
The Ferguson Center Student Union will host the third annual Hip-Hop Summit at The University of Alabama with the theme “Changing Lives Through Hip-Hop,” beginning on Monday, Feb. 4 at noon and ending with a major event closing out the summit on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m.