Awards & Honors

Top Honors for Scholarship, Leadership Announced at UA

Recipients of the 2009 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced by UA President Robert E. Witt Friday, Feb. 27 at a recognition ceremony.

UA Supply Chain Management Program Ranks Seventh Globally

The five-year-old Supply Chain Management program at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce is quickly making a name for itself.

UA Physicist Wins International Calendar Contest With Scientific Image

For Dr. Gary Mankey, professor of physics at The University of Alabama, the material permalloy represents not only the future of magnetic data storage, but also the grand-prize-winning entry in an international calendar contest.

UA Digital Cinema Collaboration ‘Moving Around Heidegger’ Chosen for Prestigous European Exhibition

“MAH: Moving Around Heidegger,” an interdisciplinary art project conceived and produced by University of Alabama faculty and students, has been chosen for screening in the international exhibition “Globalscreen 2008-2010: Simulations.”

Capstone Creed Week to Feature Coach Nick Saban, Campus Leaders

A finale event for The University of Alabama’s Capstone Creed Week will be held Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 11:45 a.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom on campus.

UA Real Estate Center Director Earns CPM Designation

Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Real Estate Center at The University of Alabama, has earned the Certified Property Manager designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest Winners Recognized at UA

Winners of The University of Alabama’s eighth annual “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest were recently honored on campus with a luncheon awards ceremony and reception with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and UA faculty member Rick Bragg.

UA Cason Award to Honor Journalist and Novelist Roy Hoffman

Roy Hoffman, an acclaimed novelist and journalist, will receive the 2009 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Thursday, March 5 at a dinner in his honor at the Hotel Capstone.

Dean’s List Students Named at UA

A total of 5,477 students enrolled during the fall 2008 semester at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all As).

Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame to Hold 2009 Ceremony

The state of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor one project during a Feb. 21 ceremony at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center in Auburn.