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.
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.
The University of Alabama awarded some 1,153 degrees during summer commencement held Saturday, Aug. 11 on campus.
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.
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).