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.
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.
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.
Funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research will allow University of Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers to further study a promising lead in efforts to treat and prevent Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein, assistant professor in The University of Alabama department of criminal justice, will be honored by the American Sociological Association for her research on health issues and women in the South.
A total of 4,316 students enrolled during the spring 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).
The University of Alabama’s clinical psychology doctoral faculty average productivity was recently ranked 25th in the nation, according to a study published in the June issue of Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. The program ranked 12th in total number of publications.
Rob Cramer, a University of Alabama graduate student in clinical psychology from Shrub Oak, N.Y., has been selected as a recipient of a National Science Foundation Fellowship.
The Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority at The University of Alabama has announche Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority at The University of Alabama has announced that member Patti Ann Green of Columbus, Miss., was recently named a recipient of the Delta Zeta Foundation Charline Chilson Scholarship for Women in Science.
Dr. Rich Houston, professor of accounting in the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, has been elected chair of the Accounting, Behavior and Organizations section of the American Accounting Association.