What is culture? This semester, The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center seeks to find the answer to that question and to start an open dialogue with UA students through its new program “Wednesday’s at Crossroads.”
The public is invited to gaze at the stars this fall through Public Nights sponsored by the Astronomy Group at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama’s EveryWoman Book Club will discuss Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the Globe Restaurant in Northport on Thursday, Aug. 28 at noon.
The University of Alabama’s 2008-2009 Celebrity Series promises to dazzle audiences with internationally acclaimed stars representing diverse musical styles unlike any previously seen on the UA campus.
Students at The University of Alabama have the opportunity to learn more about the various student organizations on campus during the fall 2008 Get on Board Day Wednesday, Aug. 27 on the Quad from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
National Academy of Sciences member and University of Alabama alumnus Dr. Michael B.A. Oldstone will present his speech, “How Viruses Changed our Country, Continent and Culture: Past, Present and Future Plagues,” 2 p.m. Sept. 5 in 127 Biology Building on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute is presenting a Board Builder Workshop at WorkPlay in Birmingham on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 1-5 p.m.
Incoming students at The University of Alabama will be celebrating the start of their college careers in the 2008 Capstone Convocation – a solemn and inspiring occasion – Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum.
Telehealth – the use of state-of-the-art telecommunications and computer technology to help health-care professionals – will be one of the key topics at a conference on the future of health care in the United States on Thursday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 5, at The University of Alabama.
SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 2008, 9 a.m.
COLEMAN COLISEUM