A Journey in the Fight against Cancer. Holaday holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from UA and returns to Tuscaloosa to honor his former faculty adviser, Dr. William Darden, professor emeritus of biological sciences at UA and a long-time chair of UA's Department of Biological Sciences. Established by Mrs. Ilouise Hill to honor Darden's 31 years of service to the University, the Darden Lecture brings prominent biologists to campus to address environmental and humanitarian problems and the ways science offers solutions. The lecture is cosponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences Program Grant. A reception will immediately follow in Oliver-Barnard Hall, located on the UA Quadrangle.
Admission is free.
Dr. Kors is a nationally known critic and commentator on political correctness and other issues related to belief, expression and individuality within the academic environment. He has presented at multiple universities, conferences and symposia nation wide and has written for The Wall Street Journal, Society, The Pennsylvania Gazette , and an anthology edited by Howard Dickman, The Imperiled Academy . The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by UA's College of Arts and Sciences, its departments of philosophy and history and the Alabama Association of Scholars. The Youth Art Program offers a series of art classes for people ages 5-14. The program provides an opportunity to increase skills,nurture imagination and inventiveness and improve techniques.