Dr. Richard C. Bradt has been appointed as the Alton N. Scott Professor at The University of Alabama College of Engineering for his excellence in research. The Alton N. Scott Professorship was established in 2002 through an $8 million endowment funded by Alton N. Scott.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will present the Albritton Lecture at The University of Alabama School of Law on Friday, Oct. 24, at 11:30 a.m. Rehnquist will speak in the Law School’s lecture hall, room 187-188 of the Law Center.
The Women’s Resource Center will present “Crimes Against Nature” on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Theatre. The show, also sponsored by the Office of Student Judicial Affairs, Men Against Violence, Students for Gender Justice and the Healthy Campus Initiative, is part of Character Counts week at UA. Admission to the show is free and open to the public.
The University of Alabama’s astronomy department will hold a free public sky viewing of nebulae and star clusters at Moundville Archaeological Park on Friday, Oct. 24, from 7-10 p.m.
Jane Smiley is the author of 12 books, including “A Thousand Acres,” which won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and was made into the 1991 movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange. She will read from her most recent book, “Good Faith” at the Bama Theatre on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. as part of The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
Marr’s Field Journal, The University of Alabama undergraduate literary journal, will host its first multicultural reading “More Than Shakespeare: A Reading Celebrating Diversity Within Literature,” on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 7-9 p.m. at the Ferguson Center Anderson Room.
Tonya Watts has been living in Los Angeles for nine years, but when the opportunity arose for her to help out the major college in her home state, she jumped at the chance.
Dr. George C. Rable, a history professor at The University of Alabama whose latest published work has won three national book awards, is the winner of the University’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He will be honored in a ceremony at the UA President’s Mansion at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, is Love Your Body Day, a national day of action to speak out against media advertisements and images of women that are offensive, harmful, dangerous and disrespectful.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council will sponsor a candlelight vigil at Denny Chimes, Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.