The outer layers of this sun-like star, the Ring Nebula, float away, leaving the star’s former core to slowly cool and fade as a white dwarf, in this image captured from a University of Alabama campus telescope.
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center in conjunction with the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Association, Intrafraternity Council, women’s studies department and the interactive drama group Unscripted will sponsor a candlelight vigil at Denny Chimes on Wednesday, Oct.11 at 6:30 p.m.
The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility will host the final round of the second annual Moral Forum Tournament Monday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater on campus.
Dr. Brian Latell, a noted Latin America and Caribbean specialist, will give a talk as a guest of The University of Alabama department of history and its Program in Latin American and Hispanic Studies. The talk will be in room 205 Gorgas Library on the UA campus at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16.
Bullet ballistics, finger print comparisons, and DNA analysis; it’s not all Hollywood magic like what you see on television. Students from Hoover High School will demonstrate what they have learned in their forensic science class during “Natural History with the Experts” Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama is hosting the 19th annual meeting of the North American Agromedicine Consortium Oct. 15-17 at the Four Points Sheraton on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences will be hosting Bruce B. Friend, one of the world’s foremost experts in youth-targeted media and youth culture, Oct. 26-27 on campus.
Lewis Bowling, instructor of physical education at Duke University and North Carolina Central University, will be on The University of Alabama campus Saturday, Oct. 7 to promote his new book, “Wallace Wade: Championship Years at Alabama and Duke.”
The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour will make a stop in Tuscaloosa as part of The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. Several poets will give a reading Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bama Theatre.
The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance presents “The Pillowman” Oct. 10-13 and Oct. 15, in the Allen Bales Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.