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Lives, Loves of UA’s Gorgas Family is Focus of Book Talk and Signing at Hoole Library
Dr. Sarah Wiggins, professor emerita of history at The University of Alabama, will sign copies of her new book "Love & Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family" and discuss her research on Monday, Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby and reading room of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, located on the 2nd floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall on campus.
Hoole Special Collections Library to be Featured in Brown Bag Lecture
As a part of the Brown Bag series, The University of Alabama Women's Resource Center is sponsoring the event, "What’s Cool at Hoole, A Virtual Tour of Resources at the Special Collections Library for Women" on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at noon in 305 Ferguson Center.
UA Symposium Focuses on ‘Censorship, Free Speech and Free Press in the University’
Professors, authors, editors and other experts on freedom of expression will speak at the Bankhead Historical Symposium titled "Censorship, Free Speech and Free Press in the University" Oct. 13 and 14 on The University of Alabama campus.
UA’s Hoole Library Helping Preserve Stillman College History
The University of Alabama Libraries is helping the Stillman College Library protect some of its most treasured documents, using digitization equipment housed at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library.
International Television Programming Available in UA’s Gorgas Library
Two televisions with international programming, including soccer matches, have been installed in a study area on the second floor of the Gorgas Library for the benefit of The University of Alabama community.
The Life and Legacy of UA Alumnus and ‘Voice of the New York Yankees’ Mel Allen is Celebrated at the Hoole Library
The highly anticipated new book, "How About That! The Life of Mel Allen," about the former University of Alabama alumnus, will be introduced by the author on April 27 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library located at 500 Hackberry Lane on campus.
UA to Host Discussion About Jewish Literature
Dr. Steven L. Jacobs, Aaron Aronov Chair of Judiac Studies and chairman of Judaic studies in the religious studies department at The University of Alabama, will lead a discussion of "Bee Season," April 21 at 7 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Gorgas Library on campus.
UA Museum of Natural History and Hoole Special Collections Library to Host 9th Annual J.C.C. Lecture Series
The University of Alabama's Museum of Natural History and The Hoole Special Collections Library will host the 9th annual John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders Lecture Series Saturday, March 19 at 4 Stadium Drive, Alston Hall, room 30, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
UA’s African-American Cookbook Collection Serves More Than Soul Food
The University of Alabama Libraries recently received one of the largest collections of African-American cookbooks in the country – some 450 volumes covering the period from 1827, when the first book with recipes by an African-American was published, through the year 2000.
All Hail the Queen! University Libraries Celebrate the Life and Music of Tuscaloosa Native, Music Legend Dinah Washington
The University Libraries will sponsor an event honoring the life and legacy of Dinah Washington, blues legend and Tuscaloosa native, on Wednesday, March 2, from 4:30-7 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Gorgas Library at The University of Alabama.
UA Presents a Tale of Worms and Brains
The University of Alabama will present "A Tale of Worms and Brains: Using Comparative Genomics to Model Human Neurological Disease," a lecture by Drs. Kim and Guy Caldwell, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m. at the Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering.
UA Student Helps Open Presidential Library
The opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park, the nation's 12th and newest Presidential Library, had a special Alabama flair to it, thanks to the work of Michael Eady, a University of Alabama senior public relations major from Birmingham (zip code 35124) who contributed as assistant to the deputy director of the Clinton Foundation.
UA’s W.S. Hoole Library Celebrates ‘Alabama Songbook’ with Music and Words
The University of Alabama's W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library will be the site of an exciting event in conjunction with The University of Alabama Press' publication of "Alabama Songbook."
UA Welcomes Trial Expert Stanley Brodsky for Book Talk and Signing
University of Alabama Libraries will welcome acclaimed author Dr. Stanley L. Brodsky for a book talk and signing of his most recent book, "Coping With Cross Examination and Other Pathways to Effective Testimony," on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. on the second floor of Gorgas Library.