Events

UA Recognizes Outstanding Members of Academic Community During 2015 Honors Week

The University of Alabama honored its top students for their academic achievements and leadership Friday, April 4, during the Honors Day Tapping Ceremony, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, March 30-April 5.

UA Event Sparks Business Ideas For the Backyard, Websites, Breast Cancer Detection

Bamboo Charcoal, a breast cancer indication system and a personalized website tracking system are among the winning ideas of The University of Alabama and Culverhouse College of Commerce’s second annual Startup Weekend.

Yale Psychologist to Deliver Annual Basowitz Memorial Lecture at UA

Dr. John F. Dovidio, the Carl I. Hovland Professor of Psychology at Yale University, will deliver the 2015 Basowitz Memorial Lecture at The University of Alabama April 10.

Noted Behavioral Health Expert to Speak at UA Symposium

A noted behavioral expert will give the keynote address for a graduate student symposium in The University of Alabama College of Education April 9.

Ethical Dilemmas in Legal Profession Focus of UA Symposium

The nation’s foremost experts on professional responsibility and legal ethics will discuss ethical and moral dilemmas in the legal profession during an April 10 symposium at The University of Alabama School of Law.

Selections from $1.5 Million Art Collection to be Displayed at UA Gallery

A selection of contemporary fine art prints from the William and Sara Hall Collection will be on display at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center April 10-June 10.

UA’s Honors College Hosts One-Man Theatrical Performance

The University of Alabama Honors College presents Jhino “The Piper” Ferreira in his one-man play, “Cops and Robbers,” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Tuscaloosa River Market, 1900 Jack Warner Parkway. Ferreira, a rapper as well as a Bay Area police officer, plays 17 different characters in the play, which centers on a police shooting.

Vedic Society at UA Offers Festival of Colors Event

The Vedic Society at The University of Alabama invites the public to its first Festival of Colors event at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway NE in Tuscaloosa.

Hundreds of UA Student Researchers to Display, Discuss Findings

More than 700 University of Alabama students representing a cross section of campus will present research findings April 7, during UA’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference at the Bryant Conference Center.

UA Social Work Alumna to Deliver Honors Day Convocation

Latrelle Porter, executive director of Hospice of West Alabama, will deliver The University of Alabama School of Social Work’s Honors Day Convocation Friday, April 3 in room 120 of Farrah Hall.