Awards & Honors

UA Student Selected Recipient of $5,000 LAGRANT Scholarship

Benjamin T. Ladrillono, a University of Alabama sophomore in the department of advertising and public relations, was one of 16 undergraduate minority students nationwide to receive a $5,000 scholarship from The LAGRANT Foundation.

UA Senior Earns Lucy Foster Award; Nominated for ‘Do Something Awards’

University of Alabama senior social work major Adrienne McCollum recently received the 2012 Autherine Lucy Foster Award, given annually by the UA Black Student Union and Black Faculty and Staff Association

UA Culverhouse Grad Marillyn Hewson Named President, COO of Lockheed Martin

Marillyn A. Hewson, a graduate of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, succeeding president and COO Chris Kubasik. The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2013.

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior

Blake Whitley, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2012 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.

Students Receive UA Away Scholarships to Work, Serve and Study

The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs has named five students as recipients of the summer UA Away scholarships.

Best in Engaged Scholarship to Be Recognized at UA

A Veterans Affairs program for people entering or returning to college after military service is among the exemplary projects that will be recognized Friday, April 20, at The University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships awards luncheon.

UA Chemistry Professor Among First to Receive New SEC Award

Dr. David Dixon, professor and holder of the Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, has been named a recipient of one of the first Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards.

UA Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships

University of Alabama students continue to rank among the best in the country with three students chosen to receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships and one student given an honorable mention.

UA-Based Media Outlets Win Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Media stations housed in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences have won seven regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association.

Center for the Book at UA Announces Winners of Letters About Literature

Students from across Alabama have won recognition from Letters About Literature, a national reading and writing program. The Alabama Center for the Book, based at The University of Alabama, sponsors the contest.