Events

Honors Week to be Held at UA April 14-18

The University of Alabama will recognize the scholarship and leadership of students and faculty with 2008 Honors Week activities on campus April 14-18.

UA Crossroads Center to Celebrate Scottish Culture

The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center is hosting a celebration of Scottish culture on Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Crossroads Lounge.

Itzhak Perlman Performs at UA

Seats have sold out for the Itzhak Perlman concert April 12, wrapping up the 2007-2008 Celebrity Series in The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Music.

Congress to Classroom Program Comes to UA

The University of Alabama Honors College, political science department and Blackburn Institute will host former Congressmen Barry Goldwater Jr. (R-Calif.) and Judge David Minge (D-Minn.) on campus Monday, March 31, at 5:30 p.m. in 310 Bidgood Hall as part of the Congress to Campus program.

Noted Chicago Dance Company Brings Expertise, Performance April 7-8 to UA Campus

The Dance COLEctive, a top contemporary company from Chicago, will present two days of master classes and lectures culminating in a free public performance of its seminal work, “Written on the Body,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at The University of Alabama’s Morgan Auditorium.

Author Sapphire, Talks, Symposium Highlight African American Studies Open House April 7-11 at UA

The University of Alabama’s African American Studies Program is celebrating the expanding work of its mission with a series of events during its Open House Week, which runs from Monday, April 7 to Friday, April 11.

Gladney Lecture at UA to Feature Interfaith Leader

The 2008 Rose Gladney Lecture for Justice and Social Change will be held at The University of Alabama W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library on Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. Dorsey Odell Blake.

UA’s Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and Phi Mu Sorority Host ‘Get on the Ball’ for Children’s Miracle Network

Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and Phi Mu Sorority at The University of Alabama want everyone at the Capstone to “Get on the Ball” for Children’s Miracle Network.

UA’s Everywoman Book Club to Discuss ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’

The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, will meet to discuss “The Other Boleyn Girl” by Philippa Gregory on Thursday, March 27, at noon in The Globe Restaurant.

UA’s Summersell Center Stages ‘Race, Place’ Conference, Plans Significant Projects on History of Alabama

Through an upcoming conference, an investigation of an African-American architect and a database for Civil War manuscripts, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South at The University of Alabama continues to broaden our knowledge of the region’s exciting and varied heritage.