Five New Inductees Named for Alabama Business Hall of Fame
Five distinguished business leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame Thursday, Nov. 1 in Birmingham at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center.
Awards & Honors
UA Professor Selected for Fulbright Specialist Grant in China
Dr. Joy Burnham, associate professor and program coordinator in counselor education at The University of Alabama, was selected for a Fulbright Specialist grant in Education at Shenyang Normal University in China.
UA Researcher Receives Oak Ridge Powe Grant
Dr. Brian Fisher, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, is one of 30 researchers selected nationwide to receive a competitive grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program.
UA Social Work Professor Named Hartford Faculty Scholar
Dr. Avani Shah, assistant professor of social work at The University of Alabama, is one of eight geriatric social work professionals nationally to be named a 2012 Hartford Faculty Scholar by the Gerontological Society of America.
Award Winners Announced by UA Order of Omega
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.
New Members Named to UA Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta
Some 850 University of Alabama students recently accepted membership and were initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for first-year students.
UA Professor’s Book Makes Best-Seller List
A “best seller” designation wasn’t on Dr. Wayne Urban’s radar until his book made the American Educational Research Association’s Sense Publishers Top 12 Best Selling Book List for 2012.
May Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama will award some 3,778 degrees during spring commencement Friday-Saturday, May 4-5, on campus.
With Sturdy Helmet Design, UA Students Win Metalcasting Contest
For the second year in a row, a team of University of Alabama engineering students won the Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society. By designing and casting a helmet for soldiers, the students were exposed to leading-edge metallurgical-engineering technology.
UA Art Student Wins Prestigious Windgate Fellowship
University of Alabama senior Adam Hill of Douglasville, Ga., has been awarded a $15,000 Windgate Fellowship from the UNC Asheville Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.