Bird watching enthusiasts from eight Alabama counties will come together Friday, Sept. 21, at 9:30 a.m. in the Tom Bevill Visitor’s Center in Pickensville to launch the West Alabama Birding Trail, thanks to assistance from the UA Center for Economic Development.
The University of Alabama Museums’ Moundville Archaeological Park will host its 23rd Native American Festival from Wednesday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Oct. 13, at the park. Among the highlights will be performances by storyteller Gayle Ross, the great-granddaughter of John Ross, the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation during the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.
The University of Alabama Community Service Center is hosting the 2012 Volunteer Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 5.
Hoping to inspire girls to consider engineering, The University of Alabama section of the Society of Women Engineers, or SWE, will host close to 200 middle-school girls in a day-long event of activities.
Dr. E.O. Wilson, a University of Alabama alumnus and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is widely considered one of the world’s most influential scientists, will visit UA as a scholar-in-residence with the College of Arts and Sciences Sept. 11-12.
The University of Alabama Adapted Athletics program will have seven athletes and one coach representing their respective countries at the Paralympics in London, England Aug. 29.
The Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa will unveil its next exhibit, “Depicting Portraits” with an opening reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23.
New York artist Brian Novatny will bring his figurative drawings and paintings to the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art for a show beginning Thursday, Aug. 23, in the gallery on The University of Alabama campus.
More than 200 University of Alabama Honors College students will kick off the fall semester with community service projects throughout Tuscaloosa and surrounding communities.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will host its 11th annual Fall Social Work Conference Aug. 23-24 at the Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus.