Two UA Engineering Professors Named Fellows by ASME
Two University of Alabama mechanical engineering professors have been elected as Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Awards & Honors
UA TCF Class Project Selected to Screen at New York Television Festival
A class project produced by a group of University of Alabama telecommunication and film students has been picked to screen at the New York Television Festival’s Independent Pilot Competition.
UA’s Manderson Graduate School of Business No. 22 among Publics on Forbes List
In the latest Forbes Best Business Schools list, the Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama is ranked no. 57 among all graduate schools of business and No. 22 among public institutions.
May, August Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama is holding three commencement ceremonies Aug. 5 and 6 to award degrees to more than 4,000 graduates. The ceremonies include students who were scheduled to participate in both May and August commencement ceremonies.
John Grisham Wins 2011 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
For his work in The Confession, #1 best-selling author John Grisham is being awarded the 2011 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, a new literary award co-sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association.
UA Honors Student Receives Boren Scholarship for International Study
University of Alabama Honors College student Caitlin Trotter was recently awarded a National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship to study in Morocco during the 2011-2012 academic year.
UA Engineering Student Awarded UNCF/Merck Scholarship
Aeriel Murphy, a junior from Wetumpka majoring in metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, recently received a 2011 United Negro College Fund and Merck Foundation Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award.
UA Tech Transfer Associate Earns ‘Certified Licensing Professional’ Designation
Dr. Richard P. Swatloski, a licensing associate within The University of Alabama’s Office for Technology Transfer, has earned the Certified Licensing Professional credential.
‘Discovering Alabama’ Wins 2011 Emmy Awards
Discovering Alabama earned two Emmy Awards in the 2011 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Southeast competition for the program “Discovering Alabama: Oil Spill.”
UA Student Wins $5,000 Scholarship for 3D Tornado Film
Xavier Burgin, a University of Alabama senior from Columbus, Miss., was awarded a $5,000 scholarship as winner of the inaugural 3D Movie Award at the Campus MovieFest International Grand Finale, held June 23-26 in Hollywood, Calif.