Awards & Honors

Graduate Council Fellowship Recipients Honored at UA

The University of Alabama Graduate School recently recognized the 2007-2008 recipients of Graduate Council Fellowships — the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA — with a reception on campus.

Rosalynn Carter Institute Honors UA Professor with Prestigious Caregiver Research Award

Dr. Louis Burgio, University Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Alabama, has received the 2007 Rosalynn Carter Caregiving Leadership Award, the highest award in the caregiving field given by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving.

UA Anthropology Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Dissertation Grants

Three doctoral graduate students in The University of Alabama’s department of anthropology have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grants for the 2007-2008 academic year.

2007 Quality Award Winners Announced by UA’s Alabama Productivity Center

The Alabama Productivity Center, located at The University of Alabama, today announced 19 organizations as recipients of the 2007 Alabama Quality Award, the state’s honor for quality and performance excellence.

UA Student Receives Top Award in 2007 Garvey Fellowship Contest

University of Alabama political science major Jack Parker of Mountain Brook has received first place in the national 2007 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship essay contest, sponsored by The Independent Institute.

UA Plank Center for Leadership in PR Names New Board Members

The board of advisors for The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has added three new members to an existing group of 12.

Four Distinguished Media Pioneers to be Inducted into C&IS Hall of Fame at UA

Four distinguished communication pioneers will be inducted into The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Hall of Fame Oct. 25. The induction ceremonies will be at the NorthRiver Yacht Club.

UA Doctoral Student Chosen to Participate in Folger Institute Archives Program

University of Alabama doctoral student Ed Geisweidt, in the department of English, is one of only 14 graduate students in the country to be selected to participate in the Folger Institute’s year-long Dissertation Seminar, “Researching the Archives,” at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

UA Receives Prestigious Selection as a Truman Foundation Honor Institution

The University of Alabama is being nationally recognized for academic excellence and service as one of four schools named Truman Foundation Honor Institutions this year.

Twelve Graduate Students Selected for ‘Bridge to the Doctorate’ Program at UA

Twelve college graduates have begun their graduate study in science, engineering and mathematics at The University of Alabama as part of a new National Science Foundation-sponsored “Bridge to the Doctorate” Program at UA.