Awards & Honors

UA Engineering Professor Named Fellow by ASME

Dr. Stanley E. Jones, the James R. Cudworth Professor and University Research Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at The University of Alabama, was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

UA Recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers

Thirteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers have received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.

UA Order of Omega Announces Award Winners

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.

UA Engineering Student Awarded NASA Fellowship

The NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship awarded University of Alabama civil engineering student Will Guin a renewable fellowship for graduate school.

UA Alumna Wins NBC’s ‘Fashion Star’

University of Alabama alumna and New York City-based fashion designer Hunter Bell’s perseverance and passion finally paid off — to the tune of $3 million and the opportunity to debut her collection with three of the nation’s largest retailers.

UA-housed APR Wins National Sigma Delta Chi Award

Alabama Public Radio, housed at The University of Alabama, won a national award for its documentary “Winds of Change,” that covered the first anniversary of the April 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado.

NSF Selects UA Students, Alumna for Highly Competitive Fellowships

The National Science Foundation selected seven University of Alabama students and one alumna for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program from among more than 13,000 applicants.

UA Social Work Professor Tabbed for Autherine Lucy Foster Award

Dr. Cassandra “Cassie” Simon has been named the 2013 winner of the Autherine Lucy Foster Award, given annually by The University of Alabama Black Student Union and the Black Faculty and Staff Association.

UA Student Newspaper Wins National Mark of Excellence Award

A team of University of Alabama students has been named the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists’ national award for breaking news reporting by a large-circulation student newspaper.

May Graduates Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 4,097 degrees during spring commencement Friday-Saturday, May 3-4, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 231,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: CITY STATE ZIP CODE