Dr. Brian Latell, a noted Latin America and Caribbean specialist, will give a talk as a guest of The University of Alabama department of history and its Program in Latin American and Hispanic Studies. The talk will be in room 205 Gorgas Library on the UA campus at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16.
Bullet ballistics, finger print comparisons, and DNA analysis; it’s not all Hollywood magic like what you see on television. Students from Hoover High School will demonstrate what they have learned in their forensic science class during “Natural History with the Experts” Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama is hosting the 19th annual meeting of the North American Agromedicine Consortium Oct. 15-17 at the Four Points Sheraton on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences will be hosting Bruce B. Friend, one of the world’s foremost experts in youth-targeted media and youth culture, Oct. 26-27 on campus.
Lewis Bowling, instructor of physical education at Duke University and North Carolina Central University, will be on The University of Alabama campus Saturday, Oct. 7 to promote his new book, “Wallace Wade: Championship Years at Alabama and Duke.”
The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour will make a stop in Tuscaloosa as part of The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. Several poets will give a reading Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bama Theatre.
The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents “The Pillowman” Oct. 10-13 and Oct. 15, in the Allen Bales Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
With more than 20 prehistoric earthen mounds a backdrop, the Moundville Native American Festival, held Oct. 4-7 at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park, celebrates the heritage and culture of Native Americans from the Southeast.
The second in a series of public lectures on evolution will continue at The University of Alabama with psychologist William Hopkins. Hopkins will speak on “Evolution of Hemispheric Specialization and Language: Recent Findings from Chimpanzees” Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in 127 Biology Building Auditorium on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Student Government Association is hosting Capstone Political Awareness Day Monday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza on campus.