UA Event Will Teach You How to Be a DJ
The University of Alabama’s University Programs will host disc jockey lessons at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at The Ferguson Center.
Adventurous Percussion Trio Meridian Pounds Out Concert at UA
Adventurous percussion trio Meridian will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in the Moody Music Building recital hall on The University of Alabama campus. UA’s Sonic Frontiers concert series is sponsoring the concert.
Lecturer at UA to Discuss the Defeat of Shining Path in Peru
he University of Alabama’s department of history invites the public to hear Dr. Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo, chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics, deliver a lecture titled “Defeating the Shining Path: A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Peru” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 in 205 Gorgas Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Jazz Artist Frank ‘Doc’ Adams to Appear at UA
The University of Alabama’s Creative Campus invites the community to an afternoon with legendary jazz artist Frank “Doc” Adams from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the Ferguson Center.
Take Note: UA Professor Explores 17th-Century Shorthand in England
The University of Alabama and University Libraries invite the public to hear a lecture by Dr. Michael Mendle, professor of history at UA, titled “Absolutely the Most Important Thing You Know Nothing About: Shorthand and Civilization in 17th Century England.” The lecture will take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in 205 Gorgas Library. The lecture is free; refreshments will be served.
New UA Website Connects Students With Off-Campus Housing
The University of Alabama’s Housing and Residential Communities office is launching a website to aid students in finding off-campus housing. The site is http://offcampushousing.ua.edu.
UA Hosts Lecture on Honey Bees, Food Security
The University of Alabama department of political science will host guest lecturer Dr. Tammy Horn, senior researcher in apiculture at Eastern Kentucky University, to speak on the critical importance of honey bee pollination to agriculture and food security from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in 1092 Shelby Hall.
UA Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Honors Fallen Soldiers, Wounded Warriors in Washington D.C.
The University of Alabama’s Office of Veteran Military Affairs will send representatives to the Washington, D.C., area this month to honor soldiers wounded and killed in the line of duty. David Blair, VMA director, and Dr. Lowell Davis, assistant dean of students, will join US. Rep. Terri Sewell and UA alumni for a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14.
UA English Department Hosts Poetry Lecture
Dr. Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon professor of English at the University of Virginia, will give a public lecture titled “Poetry’s Dialogue with Its Others” at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in room 208 of Gordon Palmer Hall on The University of Alabama campus. The UA English department is sponsoring the event, which is free and open to students, faculty and staff. A reception will follow the lecture.
UA’s Honors College Presents Documentary Series on Global Women’s Issues
The University of Alabama’s Honors College is exploring global issues of gender, agency, civil rights and representation in a three-week film series that explores the stories of marginalized women.