The Center for Public Television and Radio at The University of Alabama is hosting a screening of its documentary film “Not My Son” Saturday, Jan. 23 at 5 p.m. at the Woodland Park Church of Christ in Birmingham.
Acclaimed concert organist Stephen Tharp will highlight The University of Alabama School of Music’s 2010 Church Music Conference Friday, Jan. 29, and Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Concert Hall in UA’s Moody Music Building.
Dr. Carlos D. Bustamante, a professor at Stanford University, will present his lecture, “Evolutionary Theory in the Age of Genomics,” Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus. His lecture will conclude the 2009-2010 Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, known as ALLELE.
Emerging artists from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham will highlight the “21st Annual Realizing the Dream Concert Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, in the Concert Hall of Moody Music Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Students from The University of Alabama Student Government Association are joining their counterparts from The University of Texas in a show of good will through a service project to feed homeless people in Pasadena, Calif., prior to the BCS National Championship football game between the two schools.
Kelly King, the chief executive officer of BB&T Corp., the nation’s 10th largest financial holding corporation, will deliver the keynote address at the Alabama Commercial Real Estate Conference and Expo next month, sponsored by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.
Seven University of Alabama football players will be among the 1,000 graduates receiving degrees at UA’s commencement ceremonies Dec. 12.
The vice president and associate director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will address “The Fed and the Post-Crisis Economy” at the Economic Outlook Conference 2010, presented by a University of Alabama center, Thursday, Jan. 14 at the Renaissance Montgomery hotel.
Students in a University of Alabama advanced television production course will host their television pilot premiere, titled “Cast & Crew,” at the Bama Theater Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
The 2009 Alabama Quality Award Conference and Ceremony will feature two keynote speakers, Pam Brock and Bill Taylor, to encourage organizations in Alabama to continue to strive for performance excellence.