Choice Magazine Selects Books by UA Authors as Outstanding Academic Titles for 2008
Choice magazine named two books written by University of Alabama faculty members to its list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2008.
Awards & Honors
Native American Festival at UA’s Moundville Park Named One of Top 10 Events for Alabama History in 2009
Historical festivals and celebrations are the focus of the 2009 Top 10 Events released by the Alabama Tourism Department. October’s Moundville Native American Festival, staged at The University of Alabama Museums’ Moundville Archaeological Park, makes the list this year along with other venerable festivals around the state.
December Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama awarded some 1,500 degrees during winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 13 on campus.
Bataan Death March Survivor Bert Bank to Receive Honorary Degree During UA’s Winter Commencement Ceremonies Dec. 13
Bert Bank, Bataan March survivor, former Alabama legislator and broadcasting executive, will receive an honorary doctorate during The University of Alabama’s winter commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m., in Coleman Coliseum.
UA’s Adam Harbison Wins George J. Mitchell Scholarship to go with His Truman Scholarship
Chalk up another prestigious scholarship for The University of Alabama’s Adam Harbison.
UA College of Human Environmental Sciences Presents Alumni Awards
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences presented the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Award to Roberta E. Donahue, Quinn M. Franklin, Daniel E. Glover, Stephen D. Iaconis, Hunter Lingle, Debra W. Morrison, Jessica Bradford Odom, Justin D. Shelton and Donna Wesley during recent homecoming activities on campus.
UA’s Alabama Productivity Center Names Keynote Speakers for 2008 Quality Award Conference
The Alabama Productivity Center at The University of Alabama will feature Bradley R. Byrne, Kathy Harris and Fonda Vera as keynote speakers for the 2008 Alabama Quality Award Conference and Ceremony.
UA Parkinson’s Researcher Joins ‘Scientific Dream Team’ Through HHMI Collaborative Innovation Awards
Surprising—sometimes groundbreaking—findings can emerge when scientists follow ideas that stray from the primary path of their research. But these promising detours may prove challenging to pursue for scientists who need to marshal time, expertise, and resources in a constrained funding environment that favors more predictable research proposals.
Movement Disorder Researchers Named Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professors at UA
A husband and wife professorial research team, who developed a microscopic worm as an animal model for studying human neurological diseases, are winners of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.
UA Receives Challenge Grant from The Kresge Foundation
The University of Alabama has received a $200,000 challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation that will be used to help renovate and expand the Jones Archaeological Museum at Moundville Archaeological Park.