The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents the Pulitzer Prize nominated play, “Three Days of Rain,” March 16-20 at 7:30 p.m. and March 21 at 2 p.m. in the Allen Bales Theatre, located in Rowand-Johnson Hall on the UA campus.
Charles Simic will read a selection from his latest work at 7:30 p.m. on March 18 in the Rast B room of the Bryant Conference Center at The University of Alabama as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has planned an Alumni Weekend for the Class of 1954 and the Golden Fifties Club (alumni who graduated prior to 1954). The festivities will take place during the annual A-Day Weekend, March 19-20.
Dr. Gary Moynihan, professor of industrial engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently elected as vice president for Region Three of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
The CARE Research & Development Laboratory at The University of Alabama was recently awarded a $500,000 federal grant to use toward a new phase of an electronic traffic citation program. The grant for this E-citation program is sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Other agencies partnering in the program include the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center Everywoman Book club will meet Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m. to discuss “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou.
The University of Alabama Wesley Foundation will host an alternative spring break program on “The Civil Rights Experience in Alabama” for 11 students from Western Illinois University (WIU) March 7-12.
More than 40 presenters from around the nation and Europe will discuss racial issues during The University of Alabama’s third annual “Race and Place” conference March 11-13.
A national expert in stress and coping will give a talk at noon on Friday, March 12, in Gordon Palmer Hall, room 208, on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama Law School held the 2004 Farrah Law Society Alumni Banquet at the Harbert Center in Birmingham this past Friday, Feb. 27.