Events

African-American History Month Program at UA Promotes Community Ties

The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center invites the campus and community to participate in a variety of events throughout February during African-American History Month.

UA Symposium: Using Analytics in Preventing Biological Terrorist Attacks

A terrorist attack using infectious diseases is considered inevitable by some. The use of analytics to circumvent the intended outcome of such an event by alerting health officials in its earliest possible stages is one of many topics to be presented at the second major analytics symposium scheduled for Feb. 2 and 3 at the Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus.

Student Affairs Expo Showcases Campus Activities at UA

The University of Alabama Student Affairs Expo on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Ferguson Center, second floor, will feature information about how students can get involved on campus by participating in events, volunteering, getting a campus job and more.

UA ALLELE Lecture Series Explores Teaching Evolution in American Classrooms

Teaching evolution in American classrooms will be examined in the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, known as ALLELE, lecture series Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 of the Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Real Estate Center’s Conference Focuses on ‘Shift Age,’ Global Business

The new mindset of interconnected global thinking is considered by some as the “new normal” and is the focus for this year’s Alabama Center for Real Estate conference to be held Friday, Jan. 27, at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham.

UA Event ‘Something about Sam’ Focuses on Using Humor with Autism

Rick Dowling, faculty-in-residence, and his wife will share their experience of using humor while raising a son with autism in “Something About Sam, Autism Told Through the World of Sitcoms,” Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.

UA First Year Experience Launches Peer Leaders Program

Applications for Peer Leaders — a program at The University of Alabama that gives upperclassmen the opportunity to serve as role models and mentors to first-year students — are available at fye.ua.edu until Jan. 30.

UA’s Bryant Museum to Host Preview of HBO Namath Documentary

The Bryant Museum will host a preview of “NAMATH” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 in the Ballroom of the Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus.

See Four Planets, Moon through UA Telescopes

The moon and four planets are among the celestial objects visitors can peer at through University of Alabama telescopes during public sky viewings throughout the semester.

UA’s Paul Jones Gallery of Art to Hold Grand Opening, Unveil Next Exhibit

The grand opening of the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa will begin with a public reception from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.