A roundtable titled “Understanding the Revolutions of 2011: Why the History of the Middle East Matters” will be at noon Thursday, March 10, in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will welcome civil rights pioneer and education advocate Ethel Hall to speak for its first-ever Women’s History Month lecture Monday, March 28 at 3 p.m. in 223 Little Hall on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance is presenting the world premiere of “Moby-Dick,” a play by Dr. Steve Burch, UA associate professor of theatre. The play will be performed Monday, Feb. 21, through Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Marian Gallaway Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
Dr. Angeliki Ziaka of Aristotle University will visit The University of Alabama from Monday, Feb. 21, to Friday, Feb. 25, to meet and converse with faculty and students across the College of Arts and Sciences.
Woods Quad on The University of Alabama campus will be the focus for “Starry Night,” the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board’s seventh Arty Party fundraiser to benefit student research in the department of art and art history.
More than 100 students from The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility and Impact Alabama are providing free tax preparation services to working families.
A Vestavia Hills resident whose distinguished career in the convention and meeting industry includes a stint as president and CEO of the industry’s international professional association will be inducted into The University of Alabama’s Hospitality Hall of Fame Feb. 23.
Clyde Bolton, reporter, columnist and author, will receive the 2011 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Thursday, March 3 at a dinner in his honor at the NorthRiver Yacht Club.
Dr. Paul Thompson, a professor at The University of Toronto, will speak Feb. 24 at The University of Alabama on “In Defense of Genetically Modified Food” at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall.
Dr. Robert Cialdini, an internationally recognized authority on influence, persuasion, negotiation and compliance, will deliver the annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in room 208 of Gordon Palmer Hall on The University of Alabama campus.