UA Professor, Students to Lead Free Memory Screenings
The University of Alabama is hosting an open-enrollment period for a free memory screening to be conducted over the next few months.
Events
Lecturer to Discuss Nobel Prize Winner in UA’S ALLELE Lecture Series
Dr. Sean Carroll, an evolutionary biologist, will present a lecture on the work of Jacques Monod, a French biologist and Nobel Prize winner, Thursday, April 23 as part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series at The University of Alabama.
Philosopher to Discuss Human, Nonhuman Animal Communication in UA Lecture
Dr. Dorit Bar-On, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, will discuss the relationship between human and nonhuman animal communication in the final lecture of The University of Alabama’s 2014-2015 Philosophy Today series.
UA Social Work Celebrates D.C. Internship Anniversary
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will celebrate its Washington, D.C. internship program Thursday with a reception in the national’s Capitol.
Beeler Honored as 2015 ‘Last Lecture’ Speaker at UA
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That maxim comes from Spanish writer and philosopher George Santayana, but that idea would fit right in with Dr. John F. Beeler, professor of history at The University of Alabama.
UA’s Culverhouse Marks 30th Anniversary of Executive MBA Program
The Culverhouse College of Commerce celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Executive MBA Program at The University of Alabama with a rooftop reception at the Renasant Bank in downtown Tuscaloosa today from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
UA Honors Faculty, Students and Residents at Excellence in Community Engagement Awards Luncheon
The UA Council on Community-Based Partnerships will honor leaders in community engagement at the ninth annual Excellence in Community Engagement awards luncheon Friday, April 17, at the Bryant Conference Center. The program begins at 10 a.m. with research poster presentations, and the awards program starts at 11:30. The council also will celebrate UA’s 2015 Carnegie recognition as an engaged institution and award the first Zachary Dodson Memorial Scholarship.
UA Ceremony to Mark Arbor Day
The University of Alabama grounds department will celebrate Arbor Day, Friday, April 24, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the north side of Woods Hall. The ceremony will be at the new location of a 25-year-old Japanese maple tree that the grounds department moved from the Peter Bryce campus in January.
Sleep Out Event to Educate UA Students About Homelessness
The Impacting Poverty Team for The University of Alabama Center for Sustainable Service and Volunteerism will hold its annual Sleep Out on the Quad event from 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, until 6 a.m. Thursday, April 23, on the soccer fields near the Student Recreation Center.
UA’s History Comes to Life during Guided Tour
The Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum hosts its first Living History Tour April 25. Through guided tours, visitors will learn from fascinating figures who have earned their spot in Alabama’s history, including the Gorgas family.