In a survey of more than 700 schools just released by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine, The University of Alabama was distinguished as one of the top schools for entrepreneurs.
The American Society of Civil Engineers recently honored Dr. G. Edward Gibson Jr., a University of Alabama professor, with election to the grade of fellow. Fewer than 6 percent of ASCE members achieve fellow grade.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the four recipients of its 2006 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching.
The Licensing Executives Society today named an agreement between The University of Alabama and chemical giant BASF one of its “2006 Deals of Distinction” in connection with its annual meeting in New York City.
Four students at The University of Alabama have received the prestigious and highly competitive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.
Lacey Watts of Northport, a University of Alabama senior majoring in restaurant, hotel and meetings management, has been selected as UA’s student representative to attend the “Lodging Management Students to National Industry Conferences” program in Phoenix Sept. 18-21.
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced that the late James D. “Jim” Loftin Sr. and Robert “Bobby” Kendall Luna are the 2006 recipients of the Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award.
A study published in the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association ranks The University of Alabama real estate program 28th in real estate research. The study also ranks Dr. Leonard Zumpano, professor of finance and director of the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center, No. 46 among the top 50 individual authors who have published in the top three real estate journals based on the influence of research works as measured by citations.
Five of the state’s leading business and civic leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The finance department at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce ranks 14th and 35th nationally, according to a study done by two professors at Western Kentucky University.