Joe McInnes, director of the Alabama Department of Transportation and an alumnus of The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, will present a Helen Crow Mills and John Carroll Mills Lecture Feb. 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Morgan Hall on the UA campus.
An awards ceremony and reception will be held in the lobby of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library on Monday, Feb.11 from 4-5 p.m. to recognize the 25th anniversary of the establishment of a Gay and Lesbian student group on The University of Alabama campus.
The Capstone International Center Japan Program at The University of Alabama will be celebrating the 22nd annual Sakura Festival March 1-31.
Dr. Neil Shubin, professor of anatomy and associate dean at the University of Chicago, will present his lecture, “Finding Your Inner Fish,” Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and the department of women’s studies will present their Brown Bag Series on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 12:30 p.m. in 308 Manly Hall.
Dr. Micki McElya, assistant professor of American studies at The University of Alabama, will give a lecture on “Confronting the Mammy Problem in the Montgomery Bus Boycott” in the Ferguson Center Forum on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m.
The 13th annual Kitchens of Consequence Tour to benefit WUAL-FM/Alabama Public Radio will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 from 1-4 p.m. The tour features six of Tuscaloosa’s finest private kitchens along with an assortment of food from area caterers and local music.
The founder of the Bioethics Community Quilt Project in Tuskegee will talk about how her efforts tie into the story of the still-controversial Tuskegee syphilis study at a lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 in room 205 at The University of Alabama’s Gorgas Library.
Dr. John R. Christy, Alabama’s state climatologist and winner of NASA’s Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, will present his lecture, “Global Warming: By the Numbers,” Feb.26 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 of the Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama journalism department is recruiting high school students to attend its 25th annual Multicultural Journalism Workshop July 11-19.