Conference to Focus on Obesity and ‘Super-Sized’ Kids
Childhood obesity will be the focus of the Alabama Governor’s Conference on Obesity to be held Feb. 21-22 at The University of Alabama Bryant Conference Center.
Events
UA Rotaract Club to Host AIDS Benefit Dinner
The University of Alabama Student Government Association, UA Rotaract Club and the Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa will sponsor a dinner on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 7-9 p.m. in the Smith Hall Gallery to benefit an AIDS clinic in South Africa.
UA Knight Fellows in Community Journalism Program Hosting Conference in Anniston
The University of Alabama Knight Fellows in Community Journalism program will host “A National Conversation on The Emerging Mind of Community Journalism,” a conference addressing the relationship between journalists and communities, Feb. 8 and 9 in Anniston.
UA Career Center to Hold Spring Career Fair
The University of Alabama Career Center will host the Spring 2006 Career Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center.
UA Museum and Arboretum to Host Valentine Day Dinner of Rhythm and Romance
The University of Alabama Museum of Natural History and The University of Alabama Arboretum will host the annual St. Valentine’s Day gourmet dinner featuring special music and dancing Feb. 14, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Smith Hall, located on 6th Avenue on the UA campus.
UA Evolution Lectureship Series Continues With Ecologist Richard Lenski
The fourth in a series of public lectures on evolution will continue at The University of Alabama with ecologist Dr. Richard Lenski. Lenski will speak on “Experimental Evolution: Bugs and Bytes” Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in 127 Biology Building Auditorium on the UA campus.
Orman Harris Lecture in Sport Management at UA Features Former Tide Star
The University of Alabama Sport Management Program will present the 2006 Orman Harris Lecture with guest speaker William R. “Bill” Battle, founder of The Collegiate Licensing Co., on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 11:30 a.m. in room 33 of the College of Human Environmental Science’s Child Development Research Center.
Lives, Loves of UA’s Gorgas Family is Focus of Book Talk and Signing at Hoole Library
Dr. Sarah Wiggins, professor emerita of history at The University of Alabama, will sign copies of her new book “Love & Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family” and discuss her research on Monday, Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby and reading room of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, located on the 2nd floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall on campus.
UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series to Feature Fanny Howe
Poet and fiction writer Fanny Howe will give a reading Thursday, Feb. 2, in 205 Smith Hall at 7:30 p.m. as part of the ongoing University of Alabama Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
UA Women’s Studies Hosts Lecture by Philosopher Margret Grebowicz
Philosopher Margret Grebowicz will present “On Sex, Poetry, and the Violability of Children: June Jordan and Political Philosophy” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 in 140 Bidgood Hall on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is hosted by the UA women’s studies department.