The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility and the department of telecommunication & film at The University of Alabama will host the second annual Documenting Justice Film Screening on Tuesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor its annual Take Back the Night event to support the end of violence against women on Tuesday, April 22, from 6-7 p.m.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host the 2008 Spring Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute’s Central States Section April 20-22 at the Bryant Conference Center.
Jeff Levitetz, the innovative entrepreneur who founded Purity Wholesale Grocers, will deliver the Distinguished Alumni Lecture for The University of Alabama’s New College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in 205 Smith Hall.
Malaria is the leading cause of death and illness worldwide, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the cure for this health epidemic may be found in algae, according to Dr. Mark Farmer, the next guest speaker of The Alabama Lecture of Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series at The University of Alabama.
Dave George, president of LongHorn Steakhouse, will speak to students at The University of Alabama on Monday, April 14, at 5 p.m. at the Child Development Research Center.
The University of Alabama Athletics Department and Terry Saban will help raise funds to benefit academics for all UA students by taking donations for the University Libraries at the A-Day Game on April 12.
Itzhak Perlman will not perform at The University of Alabama’s Celebrity Series Frank Moody Memorial Concert on April 12 due to a shoulder injury, but top-tier violinist Vadim Repin will carry on the show playing the same Concerto in D major by Beethoven with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.
Football fans attending the A-Day Game Saturday will get a chance to slake their thirst and, at the same time, help children and families in Africa who are desperately in need of clean water for drinking and bathing.
Do dogs dream? Do cats recognize their owners as unique beings or just something capable of providing food? Could it be that dolphins, elephants, and monkeys have mental capacities that are similar—or supersede—those of humans?