The First Scholars Program at The University of Alabama is holding an animal food and supplies drive through Friday, Nov. 15, to benefit the Alabama SPCA. Suggested donations include dog and cat food, pet collars, treats, leashes, blankets, beds, toys and flea prevention. Monetary donations in the form of cash, checksor Bama Cash are also welcome.
University of Alabama alumni who work with NASA return to campus this week to discuss the Space Launch System Program.
Special Olympics will host a Unified flag football game at The University of Alabama recreation center at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9.
The University of Alabama College of Education will host the president of the Southern Regional Education Board during a forum in which post-recession higher education improvements will be discussed.
The University of Alabama will honor students and individuals who served their country in the armed forces with activities from Saturday, Nov. 9, to Friday, Nov. 15, including a ceremony Monday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day.
The University of Alabama’s Capstone International Center is sponsoring International Education Week from Monday, Nov. 11, to Tuesday, Nov. 19.
The University of Alabama is taking a timely look at the history of race relations on campus with a symposium on student perceptions of race relations, featuring historical and contemporary perspectives Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Gorgas LIbrary, room 205, from 1 p.m.-4p.m.
Dr. Gad Saad, an evolutionary economist and professor of marketing at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, will deliver the next lecture in the 2013-2014 ALLELE Lecture series on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Building Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama’s Women in STEM Experience initiative will host its second Pathways to Success conference from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in Shelby Hall on campus. The conference will offer support, encouragement and education to women who are juniors, seniors and graduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math-related fields.
The next exhibition in The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, “Wash by Margaret Wrinkle: Seeing Across the Divide,” features a series of photographs taken by Wrinkle at slavery-related sites throughout the South while researching her critically acclaimed novel, “Wash.”