Events

UA Engineering Offers Summer Program for High School Students

The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host two weeklong Student Introduction to Engineering programs this summer for rising high school juniors and seniors who have an interest in science, mathematics and engineering.

UA’s Astronomy Public Viewing to Feature Saturn

The department of physics and astronomy within The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences will host its third in the series of public viewing events March 11 at 7:30 p.m.

UA Museum to Show Documentary Celebrating Forest Service’s 100th Anniversary

As the US Forest Service celebrates its 100th year anniversary, a new documentary is coming to Alabama that brings the history of the agency to a broad audience. The public is invited to view “The Greatest Good,” a two-hour documentary to be shown free of charge March 5 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, located in Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Museum of Natural History and Hoole Special Collections Library to Host 9th Annual J.C.C. Lecture Series

The University of Alabama’s Museum of Natural History and The Hoole Special Collections Library will host the 9th annual John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders Lecture Series Saturday, March 19 at 4 Stadium Drive, Alston Hall, room 30, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

UA Psychology Department to Host Annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture

The University of Alabama psychology department will host the annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture on Friday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in 208 Gordon Palmer featuring guest speaker Dr. Marvin Zuckerman who will discuss, “Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior: Drinking, Drugs, Smoking and Sex.”

UA to Host Alabama Collegiate Summit March 11-12

The University of Alabama, through the VOTES Coalition, will host the Alabama Collegiate Summit Friday, March 11, from 6:30-9 p.m. and Saturday, March 12, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the UA School of Law.

UA Classics Program to Hold Latin Day March 4

The University of Alabama Classics Program will host the third annual Latin Day for Alabama high school students on Friday, March 4, in the Ferguson Center from 9:10 a.m.-2:15 p.m.

UA presents ‘New Currents in Regional Painting’

The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at The University of Alabama surveys the contemporary painting of nine regional artists with the exhibition “New Currents in Regional Painting.” The exhibition opens March 3 with a reception from 6-8 p.m. at the gallery.

UA Welcomes Author Steve Tomasula

The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series welcomes author Steve Tomasula to The University of Alabama March 3 for a reading from his latest work at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall.

MTV Stars to Come to UA to Discuss Eating Disorders, Body Images

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association along with Healthy Campus will be hosting Body Images, a frank and open interactive program on eating disorders and self-esteem, featuring MTV’s Amaya Brecher of “Real World Hawaii” and Veronica Portillo of “Road Rules Semester at Sea.”