Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, as part of The University of Alabama School of Music Celebrity Series.
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra will perform “Dream, Child. Hope,” an original composition by Aldophus Hailstork, as the featured work of the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Moody Music Building concert hall at The University of Alabama.
Dr. Alison M. Jaggar, professor of philosophy and women and gender studies at The University of Colorado at Boulder, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in 205 Smith Hall, on The University of Alabama campus, as part of the Philosophy Today lecture series.
The University of Alabama ALLELE lecture, “T. Rex Under the Microscope: A New Look at an Old Dinosaur,” will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in the Biology Auditorium on the UA campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
A concert by organist and composer Dr. Pamela Decker will highlight the 2011 University of Alabama Church Music Conference from Friday, Jan. 21, to Saturday, Jan. 22, at the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.
Although it will heighten the experience, a telescope will not be required to view an upcoming total lunar eclipse, but an alarm clock might be.
Nominations are now being accepted in five categories of entrepreneurship, with the winners being announced during the week of Feb. 21-25 as part of The University of Alabama campus-wide week of entrepreneurship.
The New York-based contemporary jazz group The Thirteenth Assembly will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, in the Ferguson Center Theatre at The University of Alabama.
The underlying reasons for the weak economic forecast and how Alabama will fare next year will be discussed at the 2011 Economic Outlook Conference Jan.13 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel. The information may provide some insight on how best to deal with the economic climate.
Dr. Hopi Hoekstra of Harvard University will present her lecture, “From Darwin to DNA: How Organisms Adapt to their Environment,” Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Building auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.