Dr. Paul S. Ray, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, recently passed the final examination for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction Industry.
Dr. Ramana G. Reddy, ACIPCO Professor and head of the department of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently recognized as one of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration’s 2008 Distinguished Members.
Cason Kirby of Gadsden was elected president of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama for the 2008-2009 term.
Recipients of the 2008 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced by UA President Robert E. Witt on Friday, Feb. 29 at a recognition ceremony.
The University of Alabama was named by the Corporation for National and Community Service to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.
Hank Klibanoff, a managing editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and co-author of “The Race Beat,” will receive the 2008 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Thursday, March 6 at a dinner in his honor at the Bryant Conference Center Rast Room.
Steven Spiehler, a senior from Slidell, La., majoring in health care management at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has won second place in the prestigious Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition, sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Jay K. Lindly, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently appointed the director of the University Transportation Center for Alabama.
Dr. Paul Pecorino, the James Patrick and Elizabeth B. Hayes Professor of Economics at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, is ranked No. 22 among the top 100 authors in public economic journals.
Dr. Gregory Thompson, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently selected as a 2008 The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Young Leaders International Scholar.