Anyone connected with the commercial real estate business should be able to find something useful and interesting at the Alabama Commercial Real Estate Conference scheduled for Friday, Jan. 18 at the Birmingham/Jefferson County Civic Center/ Sheraton Hotel. The conference is presented by the Alabama Center for Real Estate, which is part of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Dr. Edward Larson, Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, will deliver his lecture, “From Dayton to Dover: A Brief History of the Evolution Teaching Controversy,” Jan.15 at 7:30 p.m. in 127 Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Dr. Drew Mays performs cataract surgery by day and Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata by night. He will perform Jan.12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Concert Hall as part of The University of Alabama’s School of Music’s continuing Celebrity Series.
The annual statewide Alabama Launchpad business plan competition for technology and high-growth ideas has attracted 41 teams to compete in its second season. The University of Alabama has 12 participating teams, the most of any institution.
Dennis Lockhart, the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 Economic Outlook Conference scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17 and presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
In an annual event that helps others while getting the community in the holiday spirit, The University of Alabama chapter of Circle K will host its Luminaries on the Quad on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 5-8 pm.
Dr. James R. Otteson, University of Alabama professor of philosophy and Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Fellow, will speak on “Grand Unification Social Theory: Bringing It All Together in Ethics and Politics” Thursday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
Dr. Jeff Weddle, assistant professor in The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies will talk about his new book “Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press” and screen a documentary film on the subject Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
The 2008 Miss University of Alabama competition will take place Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in Morgan Hall Auditorium on the UA campus.
As the number of diagnoses increase, autism continues to be a major concern for Alabama lawmakers and faculty at The University of Alabama. A legislative tour of UA’s Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Clinic and Speech and Hearing Center’s preschool classroom is planned for Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, followed by lunch.