UA Wheelchair Basketball Players Bring Home the Gold
With the help of four University of Alabama players on the national team, the U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team won their first gold medal at the 2007 Parapan American Games.
Awards & Honors
UA Psychologist to Lead Prestigious Organization, Appointed to Prominent Professorship
Dr. John Lochman, professor and Saxon Chair of Clinical Psychology at The University of Alabama, has been elected to the board of directors of the international Society for Prevention Research and appointed to a professorship at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Ingram, Gryska to Receive UA’s Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award
Two former football standouts at The University of Alabama – Clem Gryska and Cecil “Hootie” Ingram – will be recognized for their accomplishments off the field as recipients of the 2007 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award.
Alabama Business Hall of Fame to Induct Five New Members
Five of the state’s leading business and civic leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Ranked in Top 10 Percent by U.S. News
The University of Alabama is again ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings for 2008. UA is ranked 42nd among public national universities and 91st among all universities, both public and private.
August Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama awarded some 1,153 degrees during summer commencement held Saturday, Aug. 11 on campus.
Two UA Graduates Named Fulbright Scholars
Two recent University of Alabama graduates, Kristen Trotter Chick of Arab and Sean Sylvia of Prattville, have received prestigious Fulbright Scholarships to study abroad during the 2007-2008 school year.
Japanese Institute Honors UA MINT Center Director for Breakthrough
Japan’s largest materials research institute presented its inaugural award for breakthroughs in materials science and technology to the director of The University of Alabama’s MINT center.
Sorority Awards National Scholarship to UA Student
Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority Inc. recently awarded its national scholarship to a University of Alabama student who has spent the past year battling stereotypes and promoting multiculturalism.
UA Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Insurance Prize
Wenan Fei, who received his doctoral degree in economics in May from The University of Alabama, has been awarded the highly prestigious 2007 Ernst Meyer Prize by the Geneva Association for the best dissertation in the area of risk management and insurance.