Archive for the ‘Awards & Honors’ Category 
UA Professor Selected for Fulbright Specialist Grant in China
Dr. Joy Burnham, associate professor and program coordinator in counselor education at The University of Alabama, was selected for a Fulbright Specialist grant in Education at Shenyang Normal University in China.
UA Researcher Receives Oak Ridge Powe Grant
Dr. Brian Fisher, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, is one of 30 researchers selected nationwide to receive a competitive grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program.
UA Social Work Professor Named Hartford Faculty Scholar
Dr. Avani Shah, assistant professor of social work at The University of Alabama, is one of eight geriatric social work professionals nationally to be named a 2012 Hartford Faculty Scholar by the Gerontological Society of America.
Award Winners Announced by UA Order of Omega
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.
New Members Named to UA Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta
Some 850 University of Alabama students recently accepted membership and were initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for first-year students.
UA Professor’s Book Makes Best-Seller List
A "best seller" designation wasn’t on Dr. Wayne Urban's radar until his book made the American Educational Research Association's Sense Publishers Top 12 Best Selling Book List for 2012.
May Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama will award some 3,778 degrees during spring commencement Friday-Saturday, May 4-5, on campus.
With Sturdy Helmet Design, UA Students Win Metalcasting Contest
For the second year in a row, a team of University of Alabama engineering students won the Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society. By designing and casting a helmet for soldiers, the students were exposed to leading-edge metallurgical-engineering technology.
UA Art Student Wins Prestigious Windgate Fellowship
University of Alabama senior Adam Hill of Douglasville, Ga., has been awarded a $15,000 Windgate Fellowship from the UNC Asheville Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.
UA Student Selected Recipient of $5,000 LAGRANT Scholarship
Benjamin T. Ladrillono, a University of Alabama sophomore in the department of advertising and public relations, was one of 16 undergraduate minority students nationwide to receive a $5,000 scholarship from The LAGRANT Foundation.
UA Senior Earns Lucy Foster Award; Nominated for ‘Do Something Awards’
University of Alabama senior social work major Adrienne McCollum recently received the 2012 Autherine Lucy Foster Award, given annually by the UA Black Student Union and Black Faculty and Staff Association
UA Culverhouse Grad Marillyn Hewson Named President, COO of Lockheed Martin
Marillyn A. Hewson, a graduate of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, succeeding president and COO Chris Kubasik. The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2013.
UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior
Blake Whitley, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2012 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.
Students Receive UA Away Scholarships to Work, Serve and Study
The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs has named five students as recipients of the summer UA Away scholarships.
Best in Engaged Scholarship to Be Recognized at UA
A Veterans Affairs program for people entering or returning to college after military service is among the exemplary projects that will be recognized Friday, April 20, at The University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships awards luncheon.
UA Chemistry Professor Among First to Receive New SEC Award
Dr. David Dixon, professor and holder of the Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, has been named a recipient of one of the first Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards.
UA Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships
University of Alabama students continue to rank among the best in the country with three students chosen to receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships and one student given an honorable mention.
UA-Based Media Outlets Win Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Media stations housed in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences have won seven regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
Center for the Book at UA Announces Winners of Letters About Literature
Students from across Alabama have won recognition from Letters About Literature, a national reading and writing program. The Alabama Center for the Book, based at The University of Alabama, sponsors the contest.
UA Student Interns with U.S. Supreme Court
Chip Harrison, a junior at The University of Alabama from Tuscaloosa, has been selected as a judicial intern for the U.S. Supreme Court.
UA Engineering Professor Receives Metallurgical Award
Dr. Ramana Reddy, ACIPCO Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently named the recipient of a distinguished service award from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.
UA-housed APR Wins National Journalism Award
The University of Alabama's APR news team has been named one of 10 radio winners for the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award.
The Coca-Cola Foundation Honors UA Scholarship Students
The Coca-Cola Foundation recently awarded scholarships to a select group of University of Alabama students, providing them with the opportunity to be the first in their families to earn a college degree.
UA’s Garner Named to Top Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Post
Margaret P. Garner, associate professor in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, has been named director-at-large for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association.
UA Journalism Professor, Pulitzer Prize Winner Rick Bragg Wins 2012 Last Lecture Award
University of Alabama journalism professor Rick Bragg will give the 2012 Last Lecture, titled "So People Won't Forget," at 6 p.m. Monday, April 23.