Awards & Honors

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.

UA Students Selected for Cannes Film Festival Internships

Four University of Alabama students have been selected for internships in the American Pavilion Student Program at the Cannes Film Festival.

UA to Honor Wade as Part of ‘Through the Doors’ Activities

As part of The University of Alabama’s “Through the Doors” activities, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of integration at UA, Dr. Archie Wade, one of the first black faculty members to teach at UA, will soon be honored with a ceremony and plaque commemorating his 30 years as a faculty member in the kinesiology department.

UA Journalism Announces 2013 Cason Winner, J-Day Schedule

“Rocket Boys” author Homer Hickam will speak at The University of Alabama’s Cason Award luncheon and during its annual Journalism Day.

UA Alumna Contestant on NBC’s ‘Fashion Star’

University of Alabama alumna and New York City-based fashion designer Hunter Bell will show the world what she’s made of when NBC premieres its new season of “Fashion Star” Friday, March 8.

UA’s Stone Wins National Faculty Merit Award

Dr. Mary Stone, director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the Federation of Schools of Accountancy (FSA)/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award for 2012.