In keeping with its strong record of attracting some of the nation’s most outstanding students, The University of Alabama ranks 12th among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars for 2007-2008 and 30th among all universities.
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor one corporation during a Feb. 16 ceremony at the Marriot Legends at Capitol Hill in Prattville.
Dr. C. Heath Turner, Reichhold-Shumaker assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. CAREER Awards are NSF’s most prestigious recognition of top-performing young scientists and engineers who are beginning their careers.
A total of 4,949 students enrolled during the fall 2007 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).
A select group of students at The University of Alabama, who are all “number one” in their families, were recognized as this year’s UA Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at a luncheon held in their honor on campus this week.
Dr. Douglas Gibler, assistant professor of political science in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for research into understanding global conflict.
In its annual ranking of accounting programs, Public Accounting Report again ranks The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy in the top 25 in the nation at all three levels: undergraduate, graduate and doctoral.
The University of Alabama awarded some 1,500 degrees during fall commencement held Saturday, Dec. 15 on campus.
Meri-Glenn Freeman, a junior at The University of Alabama from Vestavia Hills majoring in political science and public relations, has been selected Miss UA for 2008.
University of Alabama sophomore biology major, University Honors Program student and Caldwell Lab undergraduate researcher Kyle Lee of Millry has been named a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Benjamin Cummings Biology Prize.