Library Journal Names UA Professor Recipient of Teaching Award
Dr. Steven L. MacCall, an associate professor in The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies, was named the recipient of the 2010 Library Journal Teaching Award.
Awards & Honors
Nominations Sought for UA Entrepreneurship Awards
Nominations are now being accepted in five categories of entrepreneurship, with the winners being announced during the week of Feb. 21-25 as part of The University of Alabama campus-wide week of entrepreneurship.
UA Student’s Hometown Names Her Grand Marshal of Christmas Parade for Tartan Design
The city of Stevenson is honoring a University of Alabama student who earlier created the University’s official tartan design by selecting her as grand marshal of its Christmas parade.
UA Awarded Grant to Help Make ‘Accessible Libraries for All’
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a University of Alabama professor a three-year grant to educate and train students to evaluate resources and technologies for users who have physical impairments but do not meet the legal definition of disabled.
UA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team to Get Championship Rings
The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team will receive their rings for winning a second, consecutive National Championship on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Student Recreation Center.
Engineering Professor at UA Receives Young Leader Award
Dr. Nitin Chopra, assistant professor in The University of Alabama College of Engineering, has been selected by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society as the 2011 Young Leader International Scholar.
UA’s Stone Appointed to Accounting Foundation Board
The Financial Accounting Foundation has announced that Dr. Mary Stone, director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, is one of four appointed to the FAF Board of Trustees.
UA Student’s Award-Winning Research Seeks to Improve Hurricane Warnings
A team of undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Alabama set out to survey people at public events in Pensacola and Jacksonville, Fla., to see how they interpret the “Cones of Uncertainty” and to evaluate different designs that could be easier to interpret.
UA Engineering Student Wins ASME National Award
Bianca Covington, a 2009 University of Alabama graduate in mechanical engineering, was recently awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Charles T. Main Student Section Silver Award, which recognizes student leadership and service.
UA Social Work Student Named Nicol Volunteer Firefighter of the Year
University of Alabama student Robin Sullivan was named Volunteer Firefighter of the Year by the Nicol Fire Department at its recent awards ceremony.