Events

Best-selling Author to Deliver Dinoff Lecture at UA

Dr. Steven C. Hayes, professor and director of clinical training at the University of Nevada, will deliver the 2014 Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture Jan. 30 at The University of Alabama.

UA’s Program in Sports Communication Will Host SEC Network Speaker

Ben May will discuss his role as senior director of sports management for the network.

UA Social Work to Host Drug-Use, Addiction Symposium

The Phi Alpha Honor Society of The University of Alabama School of Social Work will host a symposium titled “What’s the Problem? A Dialogue about Drugs” Friday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. in Room 223 of Little Hall on the UA campus.

UA UnlockED Offers Forum on Race in Public Schools With Noted Journalist

UA UnlockED, a student-run organization at The University of Alabama, will offer a forum titled “Confronting Reality: Race in our Public Schools,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, in room 1093 of Shelby Hall.

UA Library School’s Annual Book Sale Scheduled for February

The University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies will host its annual children’s and young adult book sale Feb. 11-13 in Gorgas Library.

UA Fraternity, Honor Society to Sponsor Bone Marrow Donor Event

The University of Alabama’s Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-health honors society and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will host Saving America’s Marrow for a donor registration event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Ferguson Student Center and the University Recreation Center on campus.

UA’s Moundville Park Hosting Volunteer Training

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park is hosting a volunteer training course Jan. 31.

UA’s CCHS Co-Sponsors Evening of African Films

The third annual Tuscaloosa Evening of African Films will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Anthropologist to Discuss Alcohol’s Relationship to Evolution in UA Lecture

Anthropologist Patrick McGovern is starting off the new year with some cheer as he presents a lecture on the history of alcohol and its relationship to evolution Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Building Auditorium, room 127, on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Kicks Off Public Sky Viewings Friday with Comet Lovejoy

The public will have six opportunities to search the sky through University of Alabama telescopes in coming months, starting Friday night with the first of two viewing slots featuring Comet Lovejoy.