A portrait by University of Alabama assistant professor of art Brian Bishop has been chosen for inclusion in an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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 2007. UA is ranked 39th among public national universities.
The Alabama Alumni Magazine has received an Award of Excellence in the 2006 Communicator Awards and an Award of Excellence in the 2006 APEX Awards.
The University of Alabama awarded some 1,100 degrees during summer commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Aug. 12 in Coleman Coliseum on campus.
University of Alabama graduate student Shaw Gargis of Muscle Shoals has received a Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Dr. Phil Bishop, professor of kinesiology at The University of Alabama, has been appointed to the inaugural Coach Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professorship in the UA College of Education.
Dr. Stanley L. Brodsky, University of Alabama professor of psychology, has recently been named recipient of the American Psychology-Law Society Award for distinguished contributions in psychology and the law.
Andrea Seabol, a University of Alabama student from Florence, has been selected as recipient of a $1,500 scholarship from the Alabama Advertising Education Foundation.
A total of some 4,100 students enrolled during the spring 2006 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or above or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all As).
University of Alabama student Renee Rivas, a junior biology major from Plano, Texas, has received the prestigious Benjamin Cummings Biology Prize for 2006.