Events

UA Women’s Resource Center Book Club to Discuss Memoir

The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center at The University of Alabama, will meet on Thursday, July 26 at noon at The Globe Restaurant to discuss “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” by Elizabeth Gilbert.

UA Astronomer Co-Develops New Method to Describe Galaxy Features

A University of Alabama astronomer has co-developed a new way to characterize galaxy features that is giving scientists additional insight into how galaxies formed and changed over time, according to a paper published in the June 2007 issue of The Astronomical Journal.

Turn Ordinary Rocks into Arrowheads, Tools in UA’s Moundville Park Flintknapping Class July 14

Some of the Southeast’s best stone crafters will teach participants how Native Americans transformed ordinary rocks into useful tools and arrowheads during the July 14 Flintknapping Class and Gathering at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park.

UA Women’s Resource Center to Offer Self-Defense Class

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor a Sexual Harassment, Assault & Rape Prevention (SHARP) self-defense course open to female students, faculty and staff Aug. 14-15 from 1-5 p.m. at the University Recreation Center.

UA Club to Discuss Book on Southern Women

The Every Woman Book Club, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center at The University of Alabama, will meet on Thursday, June 28 at noon at The Globe Restaurant to discuss “All Out of Faith, Southern Women on Spirituality,” edited by Wendy Reed and Jennifer Horne.

Statewide Conference on Service Learning and Poverty to be Held at UA

The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility, the Alabama Poverty Project, Impact: An Alabama Student Service Initiative and the UAB Center for Urban Affairs are co-sponsoring “To Whom Much is Given,” a statewide conference on service learning in higher education, Sept. 27-28 at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa.

Lean Accounting Conference Registration Deadline June 22; UA’s Productivity Center Hosts

The deadline to register for the Lean Accounting Conference, hosted by the Alabama Productivity Center/Alabama Technology Network at The University of Alabama, is June 22.

UA Study Showing Economic Impact of Child Abuse to be Discussed in June 12 Press Conference in Montgomery

News conference to announce findings of study, “The Costs of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Alabama’s Experience.”

State’s Future Leaders on UA Campus for 70th Annual American Legion Boys State

Some 600 rising high school senior boys will be on The University of Alabama campus June 10-16 to attend the 70th annual American Legion Boys State convention.

UA 2007 Interim Term Classes Range from Black Belt Action Service-Learning to The Daily Show

The University of Alabama will offer its 2007 Interim Program May 14-June 1 giving UA students an opportunity to experience a creative and innovative approach to learning.