Professors aren’t known today for the practice of “spying” on their students during class, but a recently rediscovered historical artifact at The University of Alabama suggests that one legendary UA professor fashioned a peephole in a massive bookcase to do just that.
Historic Tuomey Hall on The University of Alabama campus will be rededicated as an Academic House in UA’s Blount Undergraduate Initiative Saturday, April 27 at noon at Tuomey Hall on UA’s main Quadrangle. The ceremony will also dedicate the new Danford-Yarbrough Library, housed within Tuomey.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association will present tours this summer to Sicily, Spain and Tuscany.
The University of Alabama Army ROTC will hold its annual Military Ball on Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom.
Robert Ressler, considered to be this country’s foremost criminologist and the world’s leading authority on violence in contemporary society, will be speaking at The University of Alabama on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Ballroom.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor the third annual Celebrate Girls banquet on Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m. at the University Club.
The University of Alabama and the department of modern languages and classics will host an international colloquium, “Hermes and Aphrodite in Contemporary Literature and Culture,” Thursday-Saturday, April 25-27, in the Ferguson Center.
Army ROTC Cadet Alan L. Stephens of Roanoke was recently named the George C. Marshall Award winner at The University of Alabama.
Alumni and supporters of The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing will celebrate the College’s 25th anniversary on Saturday, April 27.
The Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama has received a $600,000 gift from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world’s largest professional services firm.