Events

U.S. Transportation Official to Speak at UA on Connected Vehicles

Kenneth M. Leonard, director of the U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, will discuss communication among vehicles, infrastructure and mobile computing in a seminar at The University of Alabama.

UA Astronomy to Host Supermoon Viewing Event

UA Astronomy to Host Supermoon Viewing Event

The University of Alabama’s department of physics and astronomy will hold a public viewing of the “supermoon” that will be visible Nov. 14.

Fashion For Life Features UA Student Designs

Fashion For Life Features UA Student Designs

The University of Alabama apparel design students will showcase their senior collections during the eighth annual Fashion for Life Nov. 20.

UA to Host Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

UA to Host Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

Fifteen graduate students at The University of Alabama will compete for a chance to win scholarships and monetary awards in the final competition of this year’s Three Minute Thesis.

NASA, UA to Sign Space Act Agreement

Students at The University of Alabama will work with NASA to enhance understanding of propulsion systems for small satellites – CubeSats — that orbit the Earth, participating in a research project that will help further scientific discovery.

UA’s Hidden Humanities Guest Lecturer to Discuss ‘Black Lives Matter’

UA’s Hidden Humanities Guest Lecturer to Discuss ‘Black Lives Matter’

Dr. Houston A. Baker, a professor of English and African American and diaspora studies at Vanderbilt University, will present “The Black Bottom Line: Reflections on Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, and White Male Violence in America” Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. in room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.

UA’s Transportation Museum Opens Architecture Exhibit

UA’s Transportation Museum Opens Architecture Exhibit

The University of Alabama’s Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum will showcase an exhibit featuring the works of architecture Don Buel Schuyler. The exhibit will run Nov. 8-Feb. 25.

Evolutionary Biologist to Speak about Race at UA ALLELE Lecture

Dr. Joseph Graves Jr., an evolutionary biologist and geneticist, will speak about race Nov. 10 as a part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, seminar series.

“This is How We Roll”

“This is How We Roll”

  The University of Alabama Adapted Athletics Program celebrated the debut of “This is How We Roll,” a documentary series about its men’s and women’s basketball teams, during a red carpet premiere on Oct. 26 at the Bama Theatre.

Philosopher to Discuss Race, Criminal Justice in UA Lecture

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, a philosophy scholar at the University of Michigan, will speak about race and criminal justice during the second lecture of The University of Alabama’s Philosophy Today Series.