Malaria is the leading cause of death and illness worldwide, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the cure for this health epidemic may be found in algae, according to Dr. Mark Farmer, the next guest speaker of The Alabama Lecture of Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series at The University of Alabama.
Dave George, president of LongHorn Steakhouse, will speak to students at The University of Alabama on Monday, April 14, at 5 p.m. at the Child Development Research Center.
The University of Alabama Athletics Department and Terry Saban will help raise funds to benefit academics for all UA students by taking donations for the University Libraries at the A-Day Game on April 12.
Itzhak Perlman will not perform at The University of Alabama’s Celebrity Series Frank Moody Memorial Concert on April 12 due to a shoulder injury, but top-tier violinist Vadim Repin will carry on the show playing the same Concerto in D major by Beethoven with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.
Football fans attending the A-Day Game Saturday will get a chance to slake their thirst and, at the same time, help children and families in Africa who are desperately in need of clean water for drinking and bathing.
Do dogs dream? Do cats recognize their owners as unique beings or just something capable of providing food? Could it be that dolphins, elephants, and monkeys have mental capacities that are similar—or supersede—those of humans?
Students in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences department of clothing, textiles and interior design will host Tee-Time, their annual, silent auction fundraiser, Tuesday, April 8, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in a tent located on the front lawn of Doster Hall.
Members of The University of Alabama Triathlon team will help celebrate the grand opening of the Dr. Bill deShazo Sports Medicine Center Saturday, April 12, at the UA Quad.
The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance presents the female version of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” Tuesday, April 15, through Sunday, April 20, at the Allen Bales Theatre in Rowand-Johnson Hall on UA’s campus.
Dr. Herbert Berg, an expert on Islam and a professor in the department of philosophy and religion at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, will give a public lecture for the “Religion in Culture” Series of The University of Alabama’s department of religious studies, part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences.