Tim Wise, an anti-racism speaker and author, will lecture on “Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism, Privilege and Denial In The Age Of Obama” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in Morgan Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
Applications are now available for the 2011-2012 class of Documenting Justice, a two-semester course in documentary filmmaking that gives University of Alabama students of all majors the opportunity to explore social justice issues in their state or around the world through the creation of nonfiction films.
Dr. Kim Bissell has been named director of the Institute for Communication and Information Research and associate dean for research in The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences.
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama announced plans for its second annual Fellowship Program for Public Relations Educators.
Dr. Diane Johnson, associate professor of management and Miles-Rose Professor of Leadership, has been named head of the department of management and marketing at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
A total of 6,901 students enrolled during the 2010 fall term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all As).
The University of Alabama theatre and dance department presents “Flora, the Red Menace,” a musical by the creators of “Chicago” and “Cabaret,” from Monday, Feb. 14, to Sunday, Feb. 20, in the Allen Bales Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
The Central Analytical Facility at The University of Alabama has named Drs. Karen T. Henry and Robert A. Morris as the first CAF Instrumentation Experts.
Literacy is the Edge, a student advocacy group at The University of Alabama, recruited some 1,134 volunteers through a two-week campaign launched during the fall semester with the goal of fighting functional illiteracy.
Nominations of high school students are being sought for the first Rural Healthcare Minority Summit on Friday, Jan. 21, and Saturday, Jan. 22, on The University of Alabama campus.