Laurence Leamer, a New York Times bestselling author, will present the 13th Rose Gladney Lecture on Justice and Social Change at The University of Alabama at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Gorgas Library, room 205, on the UA campus.
Ten faculty members at The University of Alabama will take part in the 2016-17 Southeastern Conference Faculty Travel Program, which provides travel support and encourages collaboration among colleagues at other SEC member institutions.
Doug McCraw, art collector and founder of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, arts district FATVillage, will discuss “The Creative Entrepreneur: The Nexus of Art and Technology” during the Helen Crow Mills and John Carroll Mills Lecture at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in room 3111 of the Ferguson Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences has selected Dr. Lori Turner as the 2016 recipient of the HES Leadership Board Excellence in Scholarly Research Award.
For three generations, one family from north Alabama – the Bankheads — became fixtures on the American landscape. Their improbable run to national prominence is traced in The University of Alabama’s Center for Public Television’s documentary “The Bankheads.” “The Bankheads” will air statewide on Alabama Public Television at 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 13, and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16.
The former director of the Department of Youth Services and one of the leaders of Alabama’s trailblazing Children’s Health Insurance Program are among the 2016 inductees to the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame.
The University of Alabama School of Music’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra will perform in its second concert of the 2016-2017 season Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Moody Music Building Concert Hall.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s department of communicative disorders is providing free hearing screenings to students, faculty and staff on Oct. 13. From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., the Hear Here Alabama truck will be set up behind Gorgas Library. Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon, an auditory expert at UA and associate professor of communicative disorders, said
Dr. Prasad Gogineni, an international-recognized expert in the field of remote sensing, will join the faculty of The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
A new study, led by Fredrick Vars, a University of Alabama School of Law professor, suggests many patients at risk for suicide would voluntarily place their name on a Do Not Sell list, prohibiting gun shops from immediately selling them a firearm.