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.
When Dr. Michael Steinberg was 11, he was cutting through a coastal pine forest to go fishing while he and his parents were vacationing near Fort Meyers, Fla. As he was walking, he caught sight of three big woodpeckers, two of which seemed to be engaged in some kind of courtship ritual.
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The University of Alabama Graduate School recently hosted a reception to honor its 2008-2009 recipients of the Graduate Council Fellowships, the National Alumni Association Fellowships and the McNair Graduate Fellowships — the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA.
Dr. Bruce Lincoln, an internationally recognized scholar in religious studies and the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, will give The University of Alabama department of religious studies’ 2008-2009 Aaron Aronov Lecture.
The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 3 for “Best Campus Facilities” in the new Princeton Review rankings released this week. The magazine ranks graduate schools in 11 categories each year, and Manderson has been ranked in the top 10 in at least one of the categories for the past four years.
The annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive, sponsored by the Community Service Center at The University of Alabama, will officially begin Monday, Oct. 20 with a kickoff event on the Ferguson Center Plaza from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
The September 2008 New Construction Report which includes building permits and housing starts is now posted and available at The University of Alabama’s Center for Real Estate Web site. The address for the site is http://acre.cba.ua.edu/pdfs/construction_statistics/New%20Construction%20Report.pdf
Two specialty programs offered by The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration are ranked in the top 15 nationally by BusinessWeek magazine.