The Alabama Productivity Center and the Alabama Technology Network announces nine organizations as recipients of the 2009 Alabama Quality Award, the state’s highest honor for quality and performance excellence.
Dr. Amie Thomasson, a professor of philosophy at the University of Miami, will speak Nov. 17 at The University of Alabama on “Do Tables and Chairs Really Exist?” at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall.
Eyewitnesses will tell what really happened during the fall of the Berlin Wall at a panel discussion titled “The Cold War & The Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Retrospective” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Ferguson Theatre on The University of Alabama campus.
Fifty top prospective graduate students from across the country will visit The University of Alabama campus Nov. 13-15 for the College of Arts and Sciences’ Bama Grad Expo.
University Union is presenting a hair show exhibition called “My Hair My Expression” at The University of Alabama Ferguson Center Nov. 4-5.
The University of Alabama will participate in Up ‘til Dawn, a nationwide event that benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, on Nov. 4 from 2-8 p.m. in the Ferguson Center east dining room.
The musical duo Trout Fishing in America will bring their offbeat brand of folk rock to The University of Alabama campus Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building.
Dr. Robert C. Richardson, a professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, will present his lecture, “The Natural History of Morality,” Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
Lino Gutiérrez, former U.S. ambassador to Argentina and Nicaragua and a University of Alabama alumnus, will deliver a lecture and meet with faculty and students at UA Monday, Nov. 2, and Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The University of Alabama wheelchair basketball teams will kick off their season this weekend with the Eagle Classic played at the University Recreation Center.