Awards & Honors

UA Student Selected as 2013 Newman Civic Fellow

University of Alabama student Koushik Kasanagottu has been named as a 2013 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a national coalition of college and university presidents who are committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education.

UA’s C&IS to Award Dean’s Medal to Retired ABC News’ Cochran

The College of Communication and Information Sciences will honor alumnus and former ABC News correspondent John Cochran with its Dean’s Medal.

Luncheon to Honor Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at UA

A luncheon honoring The University of Alabama’s 2012-2013 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars will be at noon Tuesday, April 2, in Smith Hall on the UA campus.

UA’s Rural Pipeline Program Receives National Award

The University of Alabama’s Rural Health Leaders Pipeline was recognized nationally with an Outstanding Rural Health Program Award from the National Rural Health Association.

UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce No. 29 among Publics in BloombergBusinessweek

The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration at The University of Alabama moved up four places to No. 29 among public universities in the just-released BloombergBusinessweek rankings, and it moved up seven places to No. 73 among all business schools.

UA Honors Six Distinguished Engineering Fellows

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored six alumni by inducting them into its 2013 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.

UA Students Win SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

Students from The University of Alabama were named winners in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2013 regional Mark of Excellence contest.

2013 Honors Week Events at UA Highlight Scholarship, Leadership

The University of Alabama will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during Honors Week activities on campus from Monday, April 1, to Tuesday, April 9. The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, a tradition since the early 1900s, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, on the Mound at the west side of the UA Quad (rain location will be Moody Music Building Concert Hall).

UA’s Honors College Selects University Fellows for Freshman Class

The University Fellows Experience, housed in the Honors College at The University of Alabama, has selected 37 prospective freshmen members.

Gupta Named UA Distinguished Research Professor

The University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees has named Dr. Arunava Gupta, a professor of chemistry and chemical and biological engineering at UA, a Distinguished University Research Professor.