The University of Alabama Council on Community-Based Partnerships invites University and community partners to its third annual Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 1, at noon in the Hotel Capstone ballroom.
The University of Alabama Graduate School announced the 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student award recipients during UA Honors Day held earlier this month.
Jared Arambula, a freshman at The University of Alabama from Valparaiso, Ind., has been named to the 2009 USA 23-and-under National Wheelchair Basketball Team.
Annette Watters, project manager for The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research and manager of the Alabama State Data Center, has been awarded the 2009 Dr. Minnie C. Miles Endowed Excellence Award.
Half of the eight finalists in a state-wide competition designed to help launch start-up companies have ties to The University of Alabama, including both the second and third-place teams.
The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 30th in the nation and the UA School of Library and Information Studies is ranked 22nd, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2010 edition of its annual “Best Graduate Schools” publication.
Five University of Alabama alumni were presented with Outstanding Alumni Awards, and two faculty members were presented with the Board of Visitors Teaching Excellence Awards from the University’s College of Communication and Information Sciences.
Dr. Utz McKnight, assistant professor of political science at The University of Alabama, has won the 2009 Last Lecture Series Award from UA’s Graduate School.
The University of Alabama SOURCE, formerly known as the Coordinating Council of Student Organizations, has announced its new executive board of governors to help student organizations on campus.
A group of talented students in The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance recently participated in the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Greensboro, N.C., receiving awards in several events.