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.
The state of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor three corporations during a Feb. 26 ceremony at the Renaissance Hotel and Spa in Montgomery.
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq., chair of the National Congress of Black Women and former council to the U.S. Congress, will speak at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21 at the Capstone Hotel on The University of Alabama campus.
Screenings of the upcoming PBS documentary “Freedom Riders” and the satiric film “CSA” will highlight the 23rd Annual Southern Intellectual History Circle Conference from Thursday, Feb. 24, through Saturday, Feb. 26, at The University of Alabama.
Thomas L. Friedman, internationally renowned author, reporter, and New York Times columnist, will visit The University of Alabama Feb. 22.
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center invites the campus and community to participate in a variety of events throughout February during African-American Heritage Month.