Awards & Honors

UA’s Rural Medical Scholars Program Celebrates 20th Class

The Rural Medical Scholars Program at the College of Community Health Sciences will honor the graduates of its 20th class, as well as alumni of the now two-decade-old program, on Sunday, May 1, at Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus. A reception for program alumni will be at 3 p.m. and will be followed by the 20th Annual Rural Scholars Convocation, where the current classes of the Rural Medical Scholars and Rural Community Health Scholars will be recognized.

Baker Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. John Baker, head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics, is the 2016 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.

UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships to Hold Awards Program

UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships to Hold Awards Program

A University of Alabama awards program recognizing the best of engaged scholarship conducted by faculty, staff, student and community teams turns 10 years old Friday, April 29.

UA Student Team Wins Dow Big Data Challenge

A University of Alabama student team from the Culverhouse College of Commerce recently won first place in the 2016 Dow Big Data Challenge.

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior

Stephen Peter Rowe, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2016 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.

UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship

UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship

Sarah McFann, a University of Alabama senior from Arlington, Tennessee, has received an elite Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 2016. McFann is the first UA student to be named a recipient of the award, which has been presented to fewer than 1,200 students in its 53 year history.

2 UA Students Named Truman Scholars for 2016

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named two University of Alabama students — Ciara Malaugh, of Huntsville, and Dana Sweeney, of Kingsland, Georgia, — as Truman Scholars for 2016.

Bonner, Parker Named 2016 UA Distinguished Alumni

Bonner, Parker Named 2016 UA Distinguished Alumni

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has named the recipients of its top awards. The 2016 Distinguished Alumna Award winner is Dr. Judy Bonner, of Tuscaloosa, and the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner is Tim Parker, of Tuscaloosa.

UA’s Spears Named 2016 Recipient of Buford Peace Award

UA’s Spears Named 2016 Recipient of Buford Peace Award

Dr. Ellen Griffith Spears, associate professor in New College and the department of American Studies at The University of Alabama, is the 2016 winner of the Buford Peace Award.

Three Innovative Teams Win UA Business Plan Competition

Three Innovative Teams Win UA Business Plan Competition

Three University of Alabama student teams are on their way to starting their own businesses after winning the Culverhouse College of Commerce’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition.