Events

UA’s Asian Studies Program Screens Award-Winning Films on Mondays

Award-winning films about Asia will be screened as one of the film series that the UA Asian Studies Program is presenting this semester. Six films will be shown each Monday from Feb. 15 until March 29 (with the exception of spring break on Monday, March 15).

Wheelchair Basketball Teams at UA Hosting BAMA FEVER Tournament

The University of Alabama Men’s and Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Teams will host the second annual BAMA FEVER Intercollegiate Classic Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Friday-Saturday, Feb. 12-13.

UA Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week

The University of Alabama has scheduled activities for the observance of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 22-28, celebrating the heritage of entrepreneurship in America and underscoring opportunities for new entrepreneurs.

UA MBA Students to Run, Volunteer for Mercedes-Benz Marathon

More than 35 MBA students from the Manderson Graduate School at The University of Alabama are registered to take part in the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Weekend in Birmingham Feb. 12-14.

What Makes You Beautiful Exhibit Opens at UA Gallery

The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and University Recreation are presenting an exhibit of photographs called “What Makes You Beautiful: Loving Yourself Inside & Out” in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery through Feb. 28.

UA Celebrates African-American Heritage Month with Theme ‘Black Economic Empowerment’

African-American Heritage Month is being celebrated at The University of Alabama with a wide variety of events on campus and a 2010 theme of “Black Economic Empowerment.”

UA Conference Focuses on Latinos, Latinas in U.S. South

The University of Alabama is hosting the first conference to look at the lives of Latinas and Latinos in the southern United States. “Latinas/os in the U.S. South: Immigration, Integration and Identity” will be held Friday, Feb. 19, at the Hotel Capstone on the UA campus.

Former Village Voice Editor to Talk about Dance at UA

The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the lecture “The Crisis in Criticism: The Internet, the Economy and the Death of Dance Writing” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Morgan Auditorium.

UA Engineering Students Prepare for Concrete Canoe Competition

University of Alabama civil engineering students will “pour” the concrete for the concrete canoe Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 1 p.m. behind H.M. Comer Hall.

UA Undergraduates Invited to Enter Research and Creative Activity Conference

Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to attend The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 15 at the Bryant Conference Center. To participate, undergraduate students must register their project by submitting an application form and abstract describing their project by March 8.