An array of events will be offered at The University of Alabama to recognize February as African-American Heritage Month, ranging from forums on race relations to musical performances to a health and fitness fair to comedy entertainment and hip-hop poetry.
The Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at The University of Alabama announces its spring 2006 Strode Lecture Series schedule.
The Harmonies of Liberty Society will hold “The Harmonies of Liberty: A Symposium on the Role of Religion in Public Life” on March 31 at 9 a.m. in the Moot Court Room (room 140) of The University of Alabama School of Law.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is sponsoring the first Brown Bag Hour of the semester on Thursday, Jan. 26, at noon in 360 Ferguson Center on “Women and Stress Reduction.”
The University of Alabama fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, will hold the Noble Leslie DeVotie Memorial Blood Drive on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the SAE fraternity house on University Blvd.
The University of Alabama will host a regional workshop titled, “Engineering the Automotive Future,” on Jan. 24-25 at the Bryant Conference Center. Topics include fuel cells, the hydrogen economy, hybrid electric vehicles and advanced internal combustion engines. The event is co-sponsored by UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies.
Winners of the fifth annual “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest will be honored Friday, Jan. 27, with a luncheon, awards ceremony and reception/book signing with author Harper Lee at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama’s Men Against Violence group asks all men on campus to join more than 150 students, faculty and staff at UA who have already taken a public stand against violence by signing the White Ribbon Campaign pledge and to wear a white ribbon during the week of Jan. 23-27 as a vow never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.
The University of Alabama Capstone International Center, Crossroads Community Center and Fulbright Program are hosting a public lecture commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. in 109 B.B. Comer Hall.
A 29,000 mph sprint will be the final leg of a 2.88 billion mile round-trip journey for NASA’s Stardust mission, if all goes according to plan between now and Sunday’s pre-dawn landing near Salt Lake City.