TUESDAY, SEPT. 5 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 10
RESEARCH
RESEARCHER LOOKS AT WHY NATIONS FIGHT — International conflicts are similar to a game of poker, full of bargaining, aggression and bluffs. Unlike poker where players vie for the pile of chips, scholars are not always sure why countries in a conflict are even at the table. Dr. Douglas Gibler, professor and political science researcher at UA’s Institute for Social Science Research, is leading a study of international conflicts and their causes, which could help policymakers and political scientists better predict the outcomes of high-stakes, international bargaining. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA communications, 205-348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
BEST BETS
JOB SKILLS, FINANCIAL TRAINING AVAILABLE — Registration is open for the fall session of Culverhouse LIFT, or Learning Initiative and Financial Training. A service sponsored by UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, LIFT provides one-on-one job skills and financial literacy training for Tuscaloosa-area adults and teens at no cost. Program participants come from different backgrounds and include urban and rural residents, veterans and high school students. Student volunteers from the College and other programs at UA serve as educators. Registration and session information is available at this link: www.culverhouse.ua.edu/lift. For more information, contact Richard LeComte, communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205/348-3782.
ALABAMA HERITAGE MAGAZINE — The Summer 2017 issue of Alabama Heritage magazine, co-published by UA, features expanded articles, a pullout map and a detailed foldout timeline that highlights Alabama becoming a territory. Feature stories outline how the Mississippi-Alabama border was well-debated and became “more or less arbitrary” and a look at Alabama’s first capital, located in St. Stephens. The issue is published in conjunction with the launching of Alabama 200, a three-year-long celebration of the Alabama Bicentennial Commemoration. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205/348-3782.
LOOKING AHEAD
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO VISIT LAW SCHOOL – Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will participate in a conversation with Dr. Mark E. Brandon, dean of the UA School of Law, and Judge William Harold Albritton III for the Fall 2017 Albritton Lecture Sept. 12 at UA. The event is scheduled for the law school’s McMillian Lecture Hall, room 287/288 at 2 p.m. Media wishing to cover the event are asked to notify, in advance, Monique Fields, manager of communications, at 205/348-5195, mfields@law.ua.edu; Shane Dorrill, 205/348-8319, shane.dorrill@ua.edu, and to observe the following restrictions: Photography will be allowed ONLY during the first two minutes of the event; arrive early – no one will be admitted after the event begins; limited reserved seating for media will be available on a first come, first-served basis for those who arrive before 1:40 p.m.; no equipment bags will be allowed in the lecture hall. For more information, contact Monique Fields at 205/348-5195.