Events

Parent-Teacher Academy to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary April 10

Parent-Teacher Academy to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary April 10

The Parent Leadership Academy and the Teacher Leadership Academy will hold a joint graduation ceremony of the year-long Parent Teacher Leadership Academy program Tuesday, April 10, in the Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center beginning at 6 p.m.

National Humanities Center President to Give Hidden Humanities Talk

National Humanities Center President to Give Hidden Humanities Talk

Dr. Robert Newman’s lecture, “Saving the World with Metaphor: Toward an Ecological Poetics,” emphasizes the link between the humanities and ecology based on the methods used to study them, as well as their original impulses.

New Guidelines Lower Hypertension Threshold, Author to Speak at UA

New Guidelines Lower Hypertension Threshold, Author to Speak at UA

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association recently announced new clinical guidelines for blood pressure management that lower the threshold for hypertension, resulting in nearly half of the U.S. adult population having high blood pressure.

Dr. Mark Harrison

National Academy of Sciences Member to Lecture on Early Earth Origins

Harrison’s work has changed the paradigm of early Earth from hellish to life-friendly.

Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson to speak at UA

Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson to speak at UA

Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. will discuss the evolving cultural landscape in the Deep South Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom at The University of Alabama.

Thornton Dial's Scratching for Life, 1998 (paint and gravel on wood, 48 x 48 inches), photographed by Edward Badham.

Native Alabama Artists Featured at UA Gallery

The University of Alabama Gallery will feature pieces from Doug McCraw’s collection of art March 2 to April 30 in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Visits Campus

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Visits Campus

On March 2, Dr. Vernon Smith will give a public talk about how commonly held and false beliefs about economic behavior and the market have changed over time.

Paul R. Jones Museum to Show Graduate Student Exhibit “Mecca”

Paul R. Jones Museum to Show Graduate Student Exhibit “Mecca”

The Paul R. Jones Museum will feature the curatorial work of seven University of Alabama graduate students from March 2 to April 27.

UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park Set to Host Annual Knap-In

UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park Set to Host Annual Knap-In

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park welcomes the West Alabama community to learn the Native American skill of flintknapping at the 18th annual Moundville Knap-In, March 9-10.

UA Adapted Athletics Set for Collegiate Classic

UA Adapted Athletics Set for Collegiate Classic

The University of Alabama wheelchair basketball teams will host their final regular season games Feb. 23-24 in the New College Life Track Collegiate Classic on the UA campus.