Caleb O’Connor, the artist commissioned to paint 16 murals for Tuscaloosa’s new federal courthouse, will move into his new studio Monday on The University of Alabama campus.
The UA program in creative writing will host a screening of the award-winning documentary “The Dhamma Brothers” and a talk by students teaching in the Alabama prisons on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Marr’s Field Journal, the University’s student literary and arts magazine, is one of six national finalists for a prestigious Pacemaker Award.
Two University of Alabama political scientists, Dr. Douglas Gibler and Dr Karl DeRouen, have received a grant of $205,000 from the National Science Foundation to analyze the effectiveness of political settlements in ending international conflict.
The University of Alabama’s Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies in the English department will offer the first Southeast Milton Seminar Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3, at Morgan Hall on the UA campus.
Four renowned communication and information leaders will be inducted into The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame Thursday, Oct. 8.
DATES TO REMEMBER Ongoing Academic Integrity Week, through Sept. 25, various activities, times and locations Sept. 23 General Interest and Business Career Fair, Bryant Conference Center, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Sept. 26 Alabama vs. Arkansas in football, Bryant-Denny Stadium, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 Afflink recruiting event, 140 Bidgood Hall, 7 p.m. Sept. 30 English Graduate Organization
Dr. Shadi Martin, assistant professor of social work at The University of Alabama, is one of nine geriatric social work professionals nationally to be named a 2009 Hartford Faculty Scholar by the Gerontological Society of America.
The University of Alabama will be represented by a cross-section of faculty, staff and students at the 10th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference Sept. 28-30.
Andrew Pair, a UA junior from Montgomery, has received the Top Salesperson award for advertising in Horizons magazine, a special edition of The Crimson White student newspaper.