The University of Alabama Society of Automotive Engineers collegiate chapter is the recipient of the 2009 Honeywell Outstanding Branch Award. The chapter will be presented with a plaque and $600 at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, Mich., April 20-23. This is the second consecutive year UA’s SAE has received this award.
The University of Alabama honored its top students of 2008-2009 for their academic achievement and leadership Friday, April 10, during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored three alumni of the College by inducting them into its class of 2009 Distinguished Engineering Fellows. Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., John S. Richardson and Dr. Angela Summers received the top honor the College presents at a ceremony on April 4 at NorthRiver Yacht Club.
The University of Alabama Students in Free Enterprise team was named the 2009 Regional Champion at the recent SIFE USA Regional Competition in Atlanta. The event was one of 16 such competitions held across the United States in March and April.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently awarded John W. Covington III with the 2009 Outstanding Alumni Volunteer Award.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering announced Dr. Viola Acoff, professor of metallurgical and materials engineering and interim head of chemical and biological engineering, as the 2009 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.
Dr. Kim Sydow Campbell, professor of management communication in the marketing and management department at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named winner of the 2009 Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for outstanding contributions to engineering communication.
More than 100,000 people are waiting to receive a life changing organ transplant, but many of those people are waiting in vain. Despite national legislation governing the organ procurement system, a shortage of donors remains.
The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute — recognized this year by NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education as one of the nation’s premier leadership development organizations — has named its 2009-2010 UA student fellows.
The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School’s programs in accounting and marketing are included in the Top 15 nationally in a survey published by Entrepreneur Magazine in the April 2008 issue. The study was conducted by The Princeton Review.