Events

UA to Offer Engineering Day at Perry County School

The University of Alabama’s 57 Miles initiative and The College of Engineering will host Engineering Day for high school students from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Francis Marion High School in Perry County.

UA School of Law to Host Meador Lecture on Equality

The University of Alabama School of Law will host the 2014 Meador Lecture Series on Equality Friday April 11, in room A255 of the law school.

Media Advisory: UA College of Nursing to Host Live Simulation of Inter-professional Care

Media are invited to attend a live, interprofessional rural health simulation with standardized patients playing the role of military veterans with multiple chronic conditions Monday at The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.

Producer, Star of ‘The Unbelievers’ to Present Next ALLELE Lecture at UA

Dr. Lawrence Krauss, an internationally known physicist, bestselling author, public intellectual and executive producer of the feature film documentary “The Unbelievers,” will present “A Universe from Nothing: Cosmic Evolution, Natural Selection, and How to Get Something From Nothing, ” as part of The University of Alabama’s 2013-2014 ALLELE lecture series.

UA Hosts Town Hall Meetings to Discuss ‘Obamacare,’ Government Trust

The University of Alabama presents a pair of town hall meetings designed to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the federal government.

UA to Host Robotics Competition

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — More than 350 students from across Alabama, from third graders to seniors in high school, will be at The University of Alabama April 5 programming robots and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition. The competition, which is in its fourth year, is hosted by the UA

Former CIA Spy Valerie Plame to Speak at UA

Former CIA covert operations officer Valerie Plame knows what it’s like to be a spy, and she’ll share her experiences with students and the community when she visits The University of Alabama March 31.

Steppenwolf’s Michael Wilk to Perform at Fundraiser Benefitting UA’s School of Music

Guitars autographed and played in concert by Lynyrd Skynyrd and the John Kay and Steppenwolf band, a drum head autographed by singer John Legend, and custom-made items used in concert and signed by members of the band Kansas are just a few of the one-of-a-kind items that will be auctioned at the 10th Arty Party fundraiser hosted by the Leadership Board in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences.

UA’s Slash Pine Poetry Festival to Feature Readings

More than two dozen writers will read from their work during the Slash Pine Poetry Festival Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, in venues at The University of Alabama and in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations Set to Host ‘Betsy Day’

A University of Alabama-based public relations center will honor the late UA alumna, ‘first lady of public relations’ Betsy Plank.