Veteran, UA MBA Student Receives Tillman Scholarship
Dan Walters, a graduate student pursuing an MBA and a Juris Doctor degree at The University of Alabama, is one of 60 students nationwide selected as a 2016 Tillman Scholar.
Awards & Honors
UA Robotics Team Advances in NASA Centennial Challenge
After winning one NASA robotics contest, a team of engineering and computer science students from The University of Alabama successfully completed the first leg of another high-profile NASA robotics contest.
Two UA Students Recognized by National Fraternity Conference
Two University of Alabama students have received an Undergraduate Award of Distinction from the North-American Interfraternity Conference for 2016.
Dean’s List Students Named for UA Spring 2016 Term
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A total of 10,270 students enrolled during the 2016 spring semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students.
UA Theatre Professor’s Film to Premiere at American Black Film Festival
University of Alabama theater professor Seth Panitch has recently completed a full, feature-length film that has been selected as one of 25 films to be showcased in the 20th American Black Film Festival.
UA Student Team Racks Up Awards in National Vehicle Contest
A team of University of Alabama students in a competition among North American universities to design and construct an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle was recognized with several first-place awards after completing the second year of the four-year program.
UA English Professor Wins 2016 Mark Twain Award for Midwestern Literature
Michael Martone, a professor of English and creative writing at The University of Alabama, was selected as the winner of the 2016 Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature.
UA Psychology Professor Garners NIH Research Award
Dr. Ian McDonough, assistant professor of psychology at The University of Alabama, has been named a winner of the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Honors, a paper competition of the National Institutes of Health.
Student-driven UA Special Olympics Teams Lead Unified Sports Initiative
Add The University of Alabama’s Unified Special Olympics team to its ever-growing list of national champions.
For Second Straight Year, UA Engineering Students Win NASA Contest
Alabama Astrobotics took top prize at the NASA Robotic Mining Competition, besting student teams from 45 other institutions in the challenge to build a robot capable of navigating and excavating simulated Martian soil.