A University of Alabama history professor’s acclaimed book about the worst military defeat that Abraham Lincoln’s Union armies suffered during the Civil War has won the 13th annual Lincoln Prize.
The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series will host acclaimed “Black Mountain” poet, fiction writer and essayist Robert Creeley on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in 10 Mary Alston Hall. Creeley also will lecture at noon on Friday, Feb. 21, in 301 Morgan Hall.
The University of Alabama will host a regional Science Olympiad for middle and high school students on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 9 a.m.
Dr. Shirley Wesley King will be the featured speaker for The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work’s 15th Annual Celebratory Colloquium Friday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in 223 Little Hall on the UA campus.
The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), a federally funded protection and advocacy agency for persons with disabilities housed within The University of Alabama School of Law, has been chosen to be the sponsoring agency for a nationally recognized consumer-training program for persons with developmental disabilities.
University of Alabama student Allison Kellogg of Madison, Miss., received a national honor when she was named the Point of Light Foundation National Volunteer of the Day on Nov. 13.
The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa and Temple Emanu-el of Tuscaloosa will present Tuscaloosa’s first Jewish Film Festival Feb. 15-18.
The University of Alabama Japan Program will hold its 17th annual Sakura Festival, or cherry blossom festival, March 1-31.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association in conjunction with the UA Student Government Association, Council of Coordinating Student Organizations (CCSO) and Office of Leadership Development will host the Capstone Leadership Assembly and Seminar (CLAsS) on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Bryant Conference Center from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Shelli Williams of Robertsdale, a second year doctoral student at The University of Alabama, was recently awarded The Worthington Award from the American Society of Cell Biology. This honor is given to the top six students selected from a pool of thousands and based on scientific merit from nearly 3,000 abstracts presented.