The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility and the department of telecommunication and film at The University of Alabama are proud to announce that two films from the most recent class of Documenting Justice have received awards at the annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham.
The University of Alabama chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society welcomed new inductees earlier this month. Phi Kappa Phi membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify.
UA students debate election issues at forum – UA observes National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week – UA professor comments on Munchausen’s syndrome – and more…
Filmmaker Margaret Brown will screen her film “The Order of Myths” at the Bama Theatre Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences and the Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa County.
DATES TO REMEMBER This Week National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Oct. 21 Up ‘til Dawn Letter Fundraiser, Ferguson Center, 4-9 p.m. Black Student Union Inroads Forum, 300 Ferguson Center, 7 p.m. Oct. 22 Graduation Celebration, Ferguson Center Ballroom, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Domestic Violence Candlelight Vigil, Denny Chimes, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 23 EveryWoman Book Club meeting,
New UA advisors assigned to ease transferring from community colleges – UA praised for partnership with UWA – Terry Saban interview – and more…
The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility will host the semifinal and final rounds of the fourth annual Moral Forum Tournament. The semifinals will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Ferguson Center Forum (room 360) and the final round will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27 in Morgan Auditorium. Scholarships totaling $13,000 will be awarded the final night.
Ex leader of South Africa speaks at UA – Julia’s Market offers sushi, Boar’s Head products — Cornel West lecture will be replayed Oct. 29 – Paul R. Jones Art Collection – UA faculty provide expert commentary on school bus safety, Alabama’s jobless rate, PACs, negative political ads, presidential debates, law grad outlook, surviving financial turmoil – UA events
Shakespeare wrote, “Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit.” But scholars will take a stab at examining those follies Saturday, Oct. 25, when The University of Alabama’ s Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies hosts the symposium “Shakespeare’s Love Triangles.” The symposium will begin at 9 a.m. in 301 Morgan Hall.
Dr. Cornel West, a social justice activist and Princeton University professor, spoke to a capacity audience at The University of Alabama Oct. 16. A videotape of West’s lecture will be screened Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. in the theatre of the Ferguson Center on the UA campus.