Awards & Honors

UA Scores High in Academics With Three Hollings Scholars

From investigating fuel cell membranes to studying DNA of corals, three of The University of Alabama’s best and brightest students are being nationally-recognized for their top-notch research.

UA Law Library Collection Named in Honor of Law School Alumnus Thomas G. Mancuso

Thomas G. Mancuso, a 1968 graduate of The University of Alabama Law School, has established a fund to support a special library collection in the Bounds Library at the UA School of Law.

May Graduates Announced at UA

The University of Alabama awarded some 2,714 degrees during spring commencement Saturday, May 12 on campus.

National Alumni Association Names Award Recipients

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association recently named the recipients of the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards, 2007 Alumni Student Awards and 2007 Outstanding Senior Awards.

UA Law Alumnus Nominated as President-Elect of American Bar Association

H. Thomas Wells Jr., partner and a founding member of the Birmingham law firm Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., has been nominated as president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA). Wells is a 1975 graduate of The University of Alabama School of Law.

Chemistry Professor One of Three in Nation to Receive Fulbright to City of Light

Dr. Kevin Redding, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Alabama, has been chosen as one of three scholars in the nation to receive a Fulbright Fellowship to Paris, France for the 2007-08 academic year.

Sarah Patterson Named 2007 Sayers Award Winner at UA

Sarah Patterson, associate athletic director and women’s gymnastics head coach at The University of Alabama, has received the University’s E. Roger Sayers Distinguished Service Award for 2007.

UA’s Rabel Receives Alabama Finance Association Outstanding Faculty Award

Dr. William Rabel, professor of insurance and financial services at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award by the Alabama Finance Association.

UA Announces Winners of Student-Funded SGA Spirit Scholarships

Winners of scholarships funded by The University of Alabama’s SGA S.P.I.R.I.T. campaign were announced today during a celebration event at Gorgas Library. Six UA students, all first-generation college students, were selected to receive the awards funded by their fellow students. The SGA S.P.I.R.I.T. campaign asked students to donate $5 each to UA for “first-in-family” scholarships.

Creative Campus Awards Gala to Honor Top UA Performers

The University of Alabama Creative Campus Initiative will host the second annual Al Arts Award Gala May 3 in Morgan Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.