Dr. Shadi Martin, assistant professor of social work at The University of Alabama, is one of nine geriatric social work professionals nationally to be named a 2009 Hartford Faculty Scholar by the Gerontological Society of America.
Andrew Pair, a UA junior from Montgomery, has received the Top Salesperson award for advertising in Horizons magazine, a special edition of The Crimson White student newspaper.
Jonathan M. Cobb, a UA junior from Alabaster, has won the Alabama Philosophical Society Undergraduate Essay Contest for a second time.
A documentary directed by Max Shores, a producer-director in The University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio and adjunct instructor in the department of telecommunication and film, received awards from two international competitions.
Dr. Wayne J. Urban has been named the 2009-10 Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professor in The University of Alabama College of Education.
Dr. Walter Enders, professor at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named to the Committee on Developing Metrics for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Research: A Study.
Melody Kelley, an award-winning chemistry graduate student at UA, is focused on a high level of science, but she hasn’t forgotten what inspired her to pursue her education in the first place – a high school teacher.
A total of 352 students enrolled during the 2009 summer term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all As).
An international school of astrophysics presented the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2009 to an adjunct University of Alabama professor during a recent ceremony in Paris, France.
Two former University of Alabama athletes — baseball letterman Jerry Belk and football captain Jack V. Brown Sr. — will be honored with the 2009 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award.