The University of Alabama’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will host their fifth annual “Fade to Black” social event to raise money for the March of Dimes Foundation on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 9:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom on campus.
The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance presents Euripides’ “Medea” from Tuesday, Feb. 10, to Sunday, Feb. 15, in the Allen Bales Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
Trauma and life surrounding the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans will be the subject of a reading and panel discussion featuring noted scholar and author Dr. Jerry W. Ward Jr. Feb. 4-5 at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama Undergraduate Social Work Organization, or USWO, will host Terance B. Lester, motivational speaker and author of “U-Turn: The Teenage Turnaround,” Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 11:30 a.m. in 104 Little Hall on the UA campus.
Stand Up For Mental Health, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based organization is teaming up with local agencies to offer a comedy program at The University of Alabama Ferguson Center Theater on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. as a way of raising awareness of mental illness among college students.
One of Time magazine’s top 100 influential people of 2006 will discuss the influence global climate may have on hurricane activity at the Alabama Perspectives on Sustainability and Climate Change, or APSACC, series at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 in the Biology Building auditorium, room 127, on The University of Alabama campus.
Dr. E. Eugene Marsh III, dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences and associate dean of the UA School of Medicine, will be the featured speaker for the seventh annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Jan. 30-31 in Shelby Hall on the UA campus.
The community is invited to view the moon and Venus in the next Public Night sky-viewing session at The University of Alabama on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host Dr. Diran Apelian from Worcester Polytechnic Institute as he addresses engineering education for the 21st century related to improving enrollments and inspiring the next generation of engineers.
The 2009 Capstone Creed Week at The University of Alabama on Feb. 4-11 will be the fourth annual week of events dedicated to the ideals of the Capstone Creed.