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UA Engineering Professor Named Fellow by ASME
Dr. Stanley E. Jones, the James R. Cudworth Professor and University Research Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at The University of Alabama, was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
UA Recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers
Thirteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers have received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.
UA Order of Omega Announces Award Winners
The University of Alabama chapter of Order of Omega announced award recipients at their annual banquet held recently in Tuscaloosa. Order of Omega is the national honorary for fraternity and sorority members.
UA Engineering Student Awarded NASA Fellowship
The NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship awarded University of Alabama civil engineering student Will Guin a renewable fellowship for graduate school.
UA Alumna Wins NBC’s ‘Fashion Star’
University of Alabama alumna and New York City-based fashion designer Hunter Bell's perseverance and passion finally paid off -- to the tune of $3 million and the opportunity to debut her collection with three of the nation's largest retailers.
UA-housed APR Wins National Sigma Delta Chi Award
Alabama Public Radio, housed at The University of Alabama, won a national award for its documentary "Winds of Change," that covered the first anniversary of the April 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado.
NSF Selects UA Students, Alumna for Highly Competitive Fellowships
The National Science Foundation selected seven University of Alabama students and one alumna for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program from among more than 13,000 applicants.
UA Social Work Professor Tabbed for Autherine Lucy Foster Award
Dr. Cassandra “Cassie” Simon has been named the 2013 winner of the Autherine Lucy Foster Award, given annually by The University of Alabama Black Student Union and the Black Faculty and Staff Association.
UA Student Newspaper Wins National Mark of Excellence Award
A team of University of Alabama students has been named the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' national award for breaking news reporting by a large-circulation student newspaper.
May Graduates Announced at UA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 4,097 degrees during spring commencement Friday-Saturday, May 3-4, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 231,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: CITY STATE ZIP CODE [...]
Dr. Marilyn Emplaincourt, Long-Time UA Administrator, Remembered at Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Event
Dr. Marilyn Emplaincourt, a long-time University of Alabama administrator known for her many contributions to international education, was honored recently by the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities International organization at an Earth Day event.
UA Capstone Education Society Awards Announced
The Capstone Education Society of The University of Alabama College of Education awards several honors each year to outstanding alumni in the field of education.
UA Education’s Inaugural McCrory Faculty Excellence Awards Announced
Three University of Alabama College of Education faculty were awarded the inaugural Nellie Rose McCrory Faculty Excellence Awards this spring.
UA Students Earn Language Scholarships from State Department
Two University of Alabama Honors College students have been selected to receive Critical Languages Scholarships from the U.S. State Department.
UA-housed APR Sweeps Regional Murrow Awards
Alabama Public Radio, housed at The University of Alabama, won four-of-four awards in the small market radio category in the Radio Television Digital News Association's Edward R. Murrow Awards for District 9.
Two UA PR Students Win National Minority Scholarship
A pair of students from The University of Alabama’s department of advertising and public relations has been selected recipients of the 2013 LaGrant Foundation Scholarship for ethnic minority students studying advertising, marketing or public relations.
UA-housed ASPA Names Award Recipients
Two high school seniors from Tuscaloosa and one from Madison have been named winners in the Alabama Scholastic Press Association's annual awards. The ASPA is housed at The University of Alabama.
UA Social Work Professor Named 2013 Last Lecture Recipient
The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced Dr. Cassandra " Cassie" Simon, associate professor of social work, is the recipient of the 2013 Last Lecture Award.
UA Enactus Team Wins U.S. Regional Competition
The University of Alabama Enactus team was named a regional champion at the Enactus United States Regional Competition held in Atlanta, one of the organization's 10 regional competitions being held across the United States in March and April.
UA English Professor Named Winner of Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award
Joel Brouwer, a poet and University of Alabama professor of English, will receive UA’s 2012 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.
UA Advertising Students’ Work to be Showcased in New York City Show
Student work from University of Alabama advertising classes will be featured in a Creative Week New York City exhibit that will be viewed by hundreds of industry professionals.
UA Junior Wins Regional Advertising Scholarship
Katie Bontrager, an advertising and public relations major at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the American Advertising Federation's District 7 Jan Gardner Scholarship.
UA Student Wins National Poetry Interpretation Championship
Senior Thaddeus Fitzpatrick led The University of Alabama's speech and debate team to its first top-five national finish since 2006.
Six Earn UA Away Scholarships for Study, Service Abroad
The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs has named six students as recipients of summer and fall 2013 UA Away scholarships, as part of a scholarship initiative that supports learning opportunities for students to work, serve or study away.
UA Professor Honored By Southeastern Conference
Dr. John Lochman, Doddridge Saxon chairman in UA’s clinical psychology department at The University of Alabama, is a winner of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards.
