The University of Alabama Community Service Center and several student organizations are hosting a Hands on Tuscaloosa service day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m.-noon.
The Chris Kozak Jazz Quintet, with Eric Essix on guitar, will highlight the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream celebration, a series of special activities honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on The University of Alabama campus will open its 2012 Faculty Biennial Exhibition with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will run through Friday, Feb. 17.
The University of Alabama Institute for Rural Health Research is seeking nominations for the Rural Health Heroes Awards. The awards will honor health-care providers and others who assisted victims of Alabama’s April 27, 2011, tornadoes.
Online reservations for the 2012 Economic Outlook Conference presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research can be made through Friday, Jan. 6. The conference will be Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel in Montgomery.
Students and alumni from The University of Alabama and Louisiana State University will come together to have a positive impact in the New Orleans community at the Allstate BCS National Championship Service Project on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012.
The University of Alabama will hold its winter commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 17 in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus. Two University-wide commencement ceremonies will be held this year, at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., to award degrees.
Work by art students in a University of Alabama advanced digital photography course will be displayed through Dec.16 at the Paul R. Jones Gallery in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama Circle K student organization will host their annual Luminaries on the Quad event Sunday, Dec.11, at dusk.
The University of Alabama theater honor society Alpha Psi Omega will be presenting the contemporary musical “See Rock City & Other Destinations” Thursday-Friday, Dec. 8-9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Allen Bales Theatre.