Calendar

Events

McNair Scholars Research Conference
The 2007 McNair Scholars will present original research they conducted with UA faculty mentors during the summer of 2007, Oct. 18, 6 p.m., Heritage Room, Ferguson Center. A reception will follow. Contact: Dr. Nancy Campbell, 348-0580, ncampbel@ctl.ua.edu, ctl.ua.edu/msp.

Lectures

Inaugural Laible Memorial Lecture
Dr. Jim Scheurich, professor of educational administration at Texas A&M University, will present the inaugural Julie C. Laible Memorial Lecture on Anti-Racist Scholarship, Education, and Social Activism Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Graves Hall Auditorium. A reception will follow. Contact: Rebecca Ballard, 348-7936, rebecca.ballard@ua.edu, education.ua.edu/.

The Agnostics: A talk and reading with novelist Wendy Rawlings
Wendy Rawlings, associate professor of English and director of the MFA program in creative writing at UA, will talk and read from her new novel, The Agnostics (University of Michigan Press, 2007) Oct. 18, 4 p.m., 205 Gorgas Library. Contact: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, 348- 0500, jlfeldma@ua.edu, www.lib.ua.edu/events.

Lecture on Global Sustainability
Dr. Rajan Gupta of the Los Alamos National Laboratory will present “Energy for All in the 21st Century,” Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., 127 Biology Building. Gupta’s lecture is the first in the Alabama Perspectives on Sustainability and Climate Change lecture series sponsored by UA’s College of Arts and Sciences and its department of physics and astronomy.

Crow to Deliver First Mills Lecture
The first Helen Crow and John Carroll Mills Lecture at UA will be delivered by Maurice Crowe, chief executive officer of RM Crowe Realty and Development Inc., Oct. 19, 1:30 p.m., Morgan Hall Auditorium. A reception will follow in Oliver Barnard Hall. In his lecture, “Lessons in Switching to Plan B,” Crowe will discuss how he built a successful real estate and development corporation.

Tales of the Used Book Trade
Dr. Maarten Ultee, UA professor of history and a former book dealer and collector, will present “Tales from the Old Book Trade,” a discussion on the compulsion to collect, Oct. 19, 1 p.m., 205 Gorgas Library. Contact: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, 348-0500, jlfeldma@ua.edu, www.lib.ua.edu.

Performances

Theater and Dance
www.as.ua.edu/theatre
348-3400

Dance Alabama!
Dance Alabama, a celebration of student art, will be Oct. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 19 at 5:30 p.m., Morgan Hall Auditorium. Tickets: $13 adults, $11 UA faculty/staff and senior citizens, $9 students.

School of Music
Moody Music Building, 348-7111 www.music.ua.edu/calendar/

Oct. 15
Tuscaloosa Winds Concert, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

Oct. 17
Endowed Chair in Music Education Dr. Lucy Green, 7 p.m., Recital Hall

Oct. 18
Faculty Recital: Annie Chalex and Peter Rovit, violin, and Noel Engebretson, piano, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

Oct. 19
Convocation, noon, Concert Hall

Oct. 21
Faculty Recital: Jennifer Cowgill, soprano; Shelly Meggison, oboe; and Pamela Gordon, piano, 2 p.m., Recital Hall

Oct. 22
The Huxford Symphony Orchestra of UA, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

Sports

www.rolltide.com

Football

• Oct. 20 UA vs. Tennessee TBA

Volleyball

• Oct. 19 UA vs. Kentucky 7 p.m.
• Oct. 21 UA vs. Tennessee 1:30 p

For more events, please visit the Crimson Calendar at http://events.ua.edu.