Awards & Honors

UA Receives DOE Grant for Carbon Storage Research

The University of Alabama has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy grant totaling more than $4.85 million for a multidisciplinary project that will characterize geologic formations for carbon dioxide storage in Alabama.

UA Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research

The University of Alabama announced today that an interdisciplinary research team has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

UA Professor Receives Powe Award

Dr. Yuping Bao, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been named a recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

UA Senior Heads for China on a Fulbright Scholarship

Jessica Hetherington, a University of Alabama senior, is headed for China on a Fulbright Scholarship, fulfilling a dream she had at age 17.

Order of Omega at UA Names Student Award Winners

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.

UA EMBA Programs Celebrate 25th and First Graduations

The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business and the Executive MBA Program recently celebrated the graduation of its 25th class and its first Huntsville EMBA class with a reception in The Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

UA Plank Center Announces Selections for Public Relations Educator Fellowship Program

The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama has announced the inaugural class for its Fellowship Program for Public Relations Educators.

UA’s Sixth Biennial Denny Society Event Honors a Record Number of Members

The University of Alabama’s Denny Society recently held its sixth biennial event honoring its 739 members, with a record 230 attendees.

UA Faculty Member Inducted into Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame

Dr. John Wheat, professor of community and rural medicine in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was recently inducted into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame in Montgomery.

UA Professor Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Stipend

Dr. Albert Pionke, an associate professor of English at The University of Alabama, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Award to research “Education as a Rite of Privilege.”