Events

Keegan Hankes, from the Intelligence Project at the SPLC, will speak about the kinds of work his division does.

A member of the off-campus rental education program and a member of off-campus housing resources will be coming to present to students about things to look for when exploring off-campus housing options. We will provide Oreos, milk, and water for residents to snack on during the presentation.

RA Vaughn Gingerich will host a craft night during which a speaker will come from an campus partner (likely Safe Zone) to discuss LGBTQ culture and current issues, as well as to answer any questions and facilitate dialogue. Food will be provided.

RA Katherine Nordstrom will host a trivia night. Trivia questions will include both popular culture and academic questions, so build your teams accordingly. All teams will be from the same floor as part of the "floor points" competition.  Cane's chicken fingers will be provided.

Blounter Anne Miles Golson (class entering 2009), was named the Best Tournament Advocate in UA's recent victory at the 69th Annual National Moot Court Competition in New York.  Read more here.

Silas Blackstock We are developing a way of using electron removal from an appended redox group to activate reactions of neighboring functionality in a molecule.  Current results include the creation of a norbornadiene-quadracyclane photo-electro recyclable solar fuel and azobenzene photo-electro nanomechanical switches.

RAs Katherine and Rachel have decided to bring the writing center into the residence hall the night before the first major Blount essay is due. Writing center staff will be available for last minute corrections and advice for students so that their essays can fulfill their potential. There will be coffee and donuts provided.

Asher Elbein is a Blount alumni whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Bitter Southerner, and other outlets. He'll talk about his experiences as a freelance feature reporter, and about life on the folklore, science, and weird religion beat.

“Classification matters” is the unofficial motto of UA’s Department of Religious Studies—a Department where you can certainly study the descriptive when, where, and who of the world’s religions but where you can also consider what’s at stake in calling this a cult and that a religion, this a myth and that history. It’s longtime chair,

This will be an information session about Fulbright Scholarships given by the Fulbright Program Advisor. It is tailored to Blount Scholars.

Come to prove to the world, once again, Blount's intellectual dominance.

Hank Lazer A brief talk with examples and a brief meditation session, exploring some aspects of Zen’s non-dualistic thinking and the ways in which Zen practice and radical approaches to the arts call into question our habitual attachment to utility, achievement, mastery, and excellence.

RA Isabella would like to celebrate Black History Month by holding an African American Pop Culture Trivia night. We will play a fun game of jeopardy revolving around African American contributions to American pop culture. Food will be provided.

RA Jalen hosts Health Promotion and Wellness personnel, who will give advice on how to stay healthy and safe over Spring Break. Pizza will be provided for the attendees.

Main Hall of Oliver Barnard Closed for Dean's Office Event

Friday, March 1st, an exhibit of works from the Blount Art Collection will open at the Dinah Washington Center downtown. The show will feature 12 works that usually hang in the Blount buildings as well as two new works by local artists Celeste Pfau and Kenya Inge.  The event runs from 5 to 8 pm and