Titanic Explorer Robert Ballard Comes to UA
Noted oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard will present a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
Events
Broadway Producer to Present UA Lecture on Musicals
Noted theatrical producer Jack Viertel, who has shepherded numerous shows to Broadway including “The Piano Lesson,” “Angels in America,” “City of Angels” and “M. Butterfly,” will speak about “The Secret Life of the American Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Marian Gallaway Theatre on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Hamlet on Jazz at UA
Hamlet is an age-old Shakespearean tale of revenge, betrayal, ghosts, incest, depression and murder. If that wasn’t enough to hold the interest of modern audiences of this more than 400-year-old legendary play, what if award-winning University of Alabama theatre and dance professor Seth Panitch jazzed it up a bit?
UA Gallery Features Photographs of American Landscapes
The photography of Ines Schaefer will be displayed from Friday, Oct. 7, to Friday, Oct. 28, at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Science Writer to Discuss Evolution in UA’s ALLELE Series
Award-winning author and science journalist Carl Zimmer will be on campus Thursday, Oct. 6, to talk about the global impact of human evolution at the 11th Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, seminar series.
UA Launches 2016 Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger Drive
The University of Alabama’s 2016 Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger drive launches Saturday, Oct. 1. The drive, which benefits the West Alabama Food Bank, has collected more than 2 million pounds of food over 20 years for those in need.
Former Psychology Faculty to Discuss Desegregation at UA
The University of Alabama psychology department will celebrate its influential role in desegregation Friday, Sept. 30 at its first desegregation symposium. The event will begin at 3 p.m. in room 208 of Gordon Palmer Hall on the UA campus.
Philosopher to Discuss Memory and Identity in UA Lecture
In the first lecture of The University of Alabama’s 2016–2017 Philosophy Today series, Dr. Marya Schechtman will discuss the role of memory using philosophy and neuroscience research.
UA Career Center Holds Biannual Career Fair
UA’s Paul Jones Gallery of Art Hosts Two Tuscaloosa Elementary Schools
Students from two Tuscaloosa schools will visit The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Gallery during October as part of the Paul R Jones Collection of American Art K-12 Fellows Program.