Wayne Thorp, editor of “Computerized Investing,” one of America’s most respected newsletters covering the use of personal computers for financial planning, investment analysis and portfolio management, will speak Thursday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Child Development Research Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The 13th annual Communication Career Fair, one of the longest-running campus job fairs for the communication industry, is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ballroom of Ferguson Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama Graduate School will host its Graduate School Preview Day on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center on campus.
Vladislav Lavrik, one of the most outstanding classical and jazz trumpeters of his generation, will be the first performance of the School of Music’s 2008-2009 Celebrity Series at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, in conjunction with the department of women’s studies, is hosting a screening of the documentary film “Going on 13” as a part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 12:30 p.m. in 308 Manly Hall.
The University of Alabama Alumni Association’s Tuscaloosa County Chapter is presenting “Rolling on the River with the Tide,” its annual riverboat cruise event, on Friday, Sept. 12.
Norman Fischer, a poet and Zen Buddhist priest, will be on The University of Alabama campus Tuesday, Sept. 9, and Wednesday, Sept. 10, to talk about his most recent book, “Sailing Home: Using the Wisdom of Homer’s Odyssey to Navigate Life’s Pitfalls and Perils.”
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.