“Charles Darwin, Hammer of the Creationists” will be the topic of a talk by Dr. Keith M. Parsons, a professor of philosophy at the University of
Houston-Clear Lake, on March 4 at The University of Alabama at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall.
Works from The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art will be on display Feb. 16-18 in Montgomery at the Alabama State House.
Noted art collector Paul R. Jones, a native of Bessemer, Ala., who built one of the largest collections of 20th Century African-American art — now the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama — died Tuesday, January 26, 2010 in Atlanta after a brief illness. He was 81.
Dr. Arnold G. Diethelm, the pioneering surgeon who performed the first transplant of any kind in the state of Alabama, will be the featured speaker for the eighth annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 5-6 in Shelby Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
Triton Brass Quintet, the dynamic ensemble that features five of the Boston area’s most talented young musicians, will perform on The University of Alabama campus at 2 p.m. on Jan. 31 in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building.
The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences will host a law school career fair for students from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 20 in the Ferguson Center Ballroom on the UA campus.
Larry W. O’Neal has been named director of development for The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences. In this role, he will lead the College’s fundraising efforts and cultivate, solicit and steward gifts to the College.
Dr. Carlos D. Bustamante, a professor at Stanford University, will present his lecture, “Evolutionary Theory in the Age of Genomics,” Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus. His lecture will conclude the 2009-2010 Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, known as ALLELE.
Dr. Daniel J. Povinelli, one of the world’s leading authorities on animal intelligence, will present his lecture, “Humanizing the Human Mind,” Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Building auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
A professor at The University of Alabama is the editor-in-chief of the recently published Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience. The massive 330 entry, two-volume work has been called “a seminal work of impeccable scholarship” by Internet Bookwatch.