Events

UA 2005 Honors Week Set for April 11-15

The University of Alabama will honor the scholarship and leadership of students and faculty with 2005 Honors Week activities on campus April 11-15.

See Jupiter and Saturn Through UA’s New Telescope

The University of Alabama’s astronomy department will host its fourth free public sky viewing of the spring 2005 season at 8 p.m., Friday, April 8. The viewing will focus on the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

UA Hosts American Society of Civil Engineers Regional Conference

The University of Alabama will host the American Society of Civil Engineers Southeast conference on April 8-9. The Southeast regional conference is the largest ASCE conference in the nation.

UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series to Feature Poet Eliot Weinberger

The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series at The University of Alabama will feature poet Eliot Weinberger reading from his latest work in Room 200 of the Bryant Conference Center at 7:30 p.m. on April 7.

UA Conference Focuses on the Place of African Cultures in the Study of Religion

The department of religious studies at The University of Alabama is hosting “The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion” conference on April 7-8 at the Bryant Conference Center. The conference is free and open to the public.

UA Parking Services Offers Car Wash During Customer Appreciation Day

Parking Services at The University of Alabama is sponsoring a car wash for all holders of UA parking permits on Wednesday, March 23, from 1-3 p.m. at the Campus Drive parking deck by Shelby Hall.

UA Hosts Tim Wise, Anti-Racist Writer, Wednesday, March 16

The University of Alabama Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness is sponsoring a lecture by Tim Wise on Wednesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Forum.

UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series Hosts Harryette Mullen

The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series will feature Harryette Mullen for a reading from her latest poetry at noon on March 18 in the Ferguson Center Forum on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Social Work Lecture to Focus on Baby Boomers’ Impact on Federal Budget

Dr. Bruce S. Jansson, professor of social policy at the University of Southern California and noted historian of the U.S. federal budget process, will present “From Boomers to Bust? Some Implications of Boomers’ Rising Costs for American Society in Coming Decades,” Monday, March 14 at noon in 104 Little Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Alumni Association to Host A-Day Weekend Events

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) has announced the schedule of Alumni Weekend activities for the Class of 1955 and the Golden Fifties Club (alumni who graduated prior to 1955) to be held during the annual A-Day weekend, March 18-19.