The University of Alabama will host the photo exhibit “Visualizing Black Writers: An Extra-literary Exhibit” from the Eugene B. Redmond Collection, Nov. 10-Dec. 5, on the second floor of Gorgas Library.
The University of Alabama’s 2005-2006 Ad Team will be holding a fund-raising silent auction on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on the steps of Reese Phifer Hall on campus.
The University of Alabama’s Everywoman Book Club will meet to discuss the book “Food for Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-Americans and Arab-Canadian Feminists” by Joanna Kadi on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. in Hooligan’s Restaurant on University Blvd. in Tuscaloosa.
The Indian Association of Tuscaloosa will hold their annual Diwali Night festival along with a week-long celebration of the culture of India at The University of Alabama.
Dr. John Howard will read excerpts from his book, “The Same Language” by Ben Duncan, Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at The University of Alabama W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall. The reading is part of the Rose Gladney Lecture on Justice and Social Change.
The University of Alabama department of history and Center for the Study of the South will sponsor a lecture by Olin B. King on Dr. Thomas Fearn on Friday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m., in the Henry Jacobs Reading area on the second floor of Gorgas Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Tim Alford, director of Alabama’s Office of Workforce Development, will be the luncheon speaker at the 2006 Economic Outlook Conference, presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research. The conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery.
The Blackburn Institute and the Office of Community Affairs at The University of Alabama will host a statewide forum for Alabama youth on “Innovation and Technology: Making Choices for Alabama” Friday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom on campus.
The second in a series of public lectures on evolution will continue at The University of Alabama with science educator Dr. Jim Lacefield. Lacefield will speak on “Using Evidence from Alabama’s Geologic Record in Support of Teaching Concepts Related to Evolution and an Ancient and Dynamic Earth” on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in 127 Biology Building Auditorium on the UA campus.
Col. James Kelly, who earned his Master of Science in aerospace engineering from The University of Alabama in 1996, will deliver a presentation about the recent Space Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight Mission on Nov. 10.