One of the world’s leading astronomers of the 19th century, who was responsible for construction of The University of Alabama’s only remaining original classroom building, will be the focus of an April 7 talk by a UA professor.
University of Alabama senior mechanical engineering students have designed and created shingle lifting devices for Habitat for Humanity. The lifts are used to save labor by lifting shingle bundles and other materials to the roof of houses in the process of being built.
The University of Alabama will literally roll out the red carpet for guests Saturday, April 22 for the third annual Arty Party. Silent and live auctions, dinner and a special tribute to long-time UA dance leader Edie Barnes, professor emerita of dance in the department of theatre and dance, will highlight the evening.
University of Alabama football players will go face-to-face with student Ambassadors from UA’s College of Arts and Sciences in the fifth annual Croquet Bowl Saturday, April 8 from 10-noon on the Quad behind Denny Chimes.
Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz Trio will perform in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall at The University of Alabama Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the UA’s School of Music Celebrity Series, sponsored by the Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation.
U.S. News and World Report has ranked The University of Alabama School of Law among the Top 50 law schools in the nation for the eighth consecutive year.
The University of Alabama will honor the scholarship and leadership of students and faculty with 2006 Honors Week activities on campus April 3-7.
Constitutional reformer, tax expert and University of Alabama law professor Susan Pace Hamill, whose attack on taxes from a theological standpoint has earned her nationwide attention, will deliver the fifth annual Estan and Star Bloom Lectureship in UA’s Blount Undergraduate Initiative Monday, April 3, at 4 p.m. in the Ferguson Theatre on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society and the UA Criminal Justice Student Association will host a career fair on Tuesday, April 11 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in rooms 300, 301, 305 and 309 of the Ferguson Center.
A pair of University of Alabama astronomers will host, weather permitting, a free public sky viewing of star clusters, Saturn and the Orion Nebula Friday night, March 31 from 7-10 using telescopes at UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park.