In an atypical collaboration, an assistant professor in The University of Alabama’s English department and a UA undergraduate have co-authored an article publishing in May in a top academic journal.
Thanksgiving will be a little different this year for Beth Gottlieb, a percussion instructor in The University of Alabama’s School of Music. She and other members of a 12-piece band, led by actor Gary Sinise, will be entertaining hundreds of military troops in Afghanistan.
Steven Pinker, one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists and a best-selling author, will speak Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa on “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.”
Dr. Amie Thomasson, a professor of philosophy at the University of Miami, will speak Nov. 17 at The University of Alabama on “Do Tables and Chairs Really Exist?” at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall.
Fifty top prospective graduate students from across the country will visit The University of Alabama campus Nov. 13-15 for the College of Arts and Sciences’ Bama Grad Expo.
The musical duo Trout Fishing in America will bring their offbeat brand of folk rock to The University of Alabama campus Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building.
Dr. Robert C. Richardson, a professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, will present his lecture, “The Natural History of Morality,” Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
Dr. Jonathan Marks, a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, will present his lecture, “Darwin’s Ventriloquists,” Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
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 University of Alabama’s School of Music begins its 2009-2010 Celebrity Series on Oct. 6 with a performance by renowned Russian flutist Maxim Rubtsov at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.