The University of Alabama faculty art exhibition will be open in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art through Nov. 7. This annual exhibition features works of art by current studio faculty and emeritus faculty members of the department of art.
The University of Alabama’s astronomy department will hold a free public sky viewing that will focus on Ring Nebula at Gallalee Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15.
Lisa Heinzerling of the Georgetown Law Center will deliver The University of Alabama School of Law’s first “Risk and the Law” lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the law school’s Moot Courtroom. The lecture will begin at 11 a.m. and is open to the public.
The fifth annual University of Alabama McNair Scholars Research Conference will be held Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall on the UA campus.
George McGovern and Bob Dole — two men very familiar with presidential debates — will share their political views with The University of Alabama community when they discuss current politics in a debate Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center.
Step into the parlor of the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus to visit the creepy, crawly collections. See giant bugs, and visit the kid’s camp to taste, touch and hear the tricky, tickly creatures of the night. The hands-on exhibit for kids will feature items from the Museum collections and will be on display until Oct. 30.
Leading Latin America experts will participate in an upcoming symposium focusing on that regions’ political challenges during an Oct. 13 event to be held on The University of Alabama campus.
American art scholar Tom Armstrong will present “Abstraction and American Folk Art” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6 in the Huey Recital Hall of the Moody Music Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Chi Omega sorority at The University of Alabama will hold the ‘Just Wish for It!’ pancake breakfast to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 8-11 a.m.
The University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee have long been fierce rivals on the gridiron, but this fall they are battling each other off the field, as well.