UA to Host Regional Science Olympiad Featuring Area Schools
The University of Alabama will host a regional Science Olympiad competition for middle and high school students on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 9 a.m.
Events
Run for the Roses 5K Race Set for Feb. 26 at UA
Project R.O.S.E. (Recycled Oil Saves Energy), the volunteer motor oil recycling program for the state of Alabama, will hold its eighth annual “Run for the Roses” 5K race at The University of Alabama on Feb. 26.
Cal Bedient Welcomed by UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series
The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series welcomes Cal Bedient to campus for a reading from his latest work Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall.
UA Presents a Tale of Worms and Brains
The University of Alabama will present “A Tale of Worms and Brains: Using Comparative Genomics to Model Human Neurological Disease,” a lecture by Drs. Kim and Guy Caldwell, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m. at the Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering.
Historian to Detail Attempted Overthrow of Spanish Government in Cuba During Upcoming UA Talk
A history professor and author of an award winning book on the antebellum slave market will give a public talk at The University of Alabama Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall, room 30.
Queen Quet to Highlight African-American Heritage Month Events at UA
Marquetta L. Goodwine, a historian and founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, will be giving a historic presentation at The University of Alabama on Feb. 10 as part of the activities set for African-American Heritage Month.
See the Stars Through UA’s New Telescope
The University of Alabama’s astronomy department will hold its first free public sky viewing of the spring 2005 season and will focus on Saturn, the Orion Nebula and the comet Machholz at Gallalee Hall on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.
UA Museum to Host Exhibit on Skulls and Skeletons
The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a new traveling exhibit, “Skulls and Skeletons,” Feb. 1-May 15 in Smith Hall, 427 Sixth Ave., on the UA campus.
‘True West’ An Obie Award Winning Play Opens at UA
“True West,” the modern American classic by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard, will be presented at The University of Alabama’s Marian Gallaway Theatre in Rowand-Johnson Hall on Feb. 8-12 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.
UA Museum of Natural History to Host Valentine Event, ‘Bouquet: A Winemaker’s Dinner’
The Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a St. Valentine’s Day dinner, featuring a presentation by California winemaker Victor Hugo Roberts, Feb. 14 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall, located near Sixth Avenue on The University of Alabama campus.