Winners in The University of Alabama’s tenth annual “To Kill A Mockingbird” Essay Contest for high school students were recognized on campus with a luncheon and awards ceremony Friday, Feb. 4.
The state of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor three corporations during a Feb. 26 ceremony at the Renaissance Hotel and Spa in Montgomery.
Anna Embree, an associate professor in The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies book arts program, was awarded the Emerging Educator Award from the College Book Art Association.
A total of 6,901 students enrolled during the 2010 fall term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all As).
Winners of the 2011 University of Alabama entrepreneurship awards will be honored at a Feb. 24 ceremony and reception in the North Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
On weekends, University of Alabama graduate student Jonathan Stone is the lead guitarist for a rock band, but Monday through Friday he can be found in a lab conducting scientific research focused on predicting the timing and scale of a volcanic eruption.
A national panel of journalism educators has named The University of Alabama’s Multicultural Journalism Program the winner of the Journalism Education Association’s 2011 Diversity Award.
A new Miss University of Alabama will be crowned Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy made a strong showing in Public Accounting Report’s top 25 school rankings for 2010. The undergraduate program placed 23rd, up from 25th in 2009, and graduate programs rose to 22nd from 2009’s 25th place.
The University of Alabama Opera Theatre won second and third place in the 2011 Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition at the annual convention of the National Opera Association on Jan. 6.