UA Scientist Named AAAS Fellow
The world’s largest general scientific society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected a University of Alabama scientist to the rank of Fellow.
Awards & Honors
UA Professor Elected to Prestigious Antiquarian Society
Dr. Ian Brown, professor and chair of the department of anthropology at The University of Alabama, was recently elected to The Society of Antiquaries of London—the oldest and most prestigious association for antiquarian studies in the world.
Three UA Faculty Members Named Endowed Elmore Professors
In honor of Marilyn Williams Elmore and her husband John Durr Elmore, The University of Alabama Board of Trustees recently approved the establishment of The Marilyn Williams Elmore and John Durr Elmore Endowed Professorship in the College of Arts and Sciences.
UA Athletics among SEC Leaders in NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate
The University of Alabama men’s basketball program, along with six other Crimson Tide programs, led the Southeastern Conference in Graduation Success Rate figures released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tuesday.
UA Students Earn Multicultural Award
Students from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences were selected as part of the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Student Class of 2017.
UA Education Policy Center Receives Honor
The University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center recently received the Committee on Public Policy in Higher Education’s Excellence in Public Policy Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
UA Couple Each Win Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jim Knight, a professor emeritus of anthropology at The University of Alabama, and his wife Dr. Judith Knight, were each awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southeastern Archaeological Conference for their decades of groundbreaking work in the field of archaeology in the South.
UA Center Hosts Moral Forum Competition
Two pairs of University of Alabama students will compete for $10,000 in scholarships in the final round of the 11th annual James P. Hayes Jr. Moral Forum debate tournament at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Ferguson Theatre.
UA Economic Research Center Receives National Honor
The Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce received national attention this week during the Association for University Business and Economic Research’s annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Panitch Wins UA’s Blackmon-Moody Award
Seth Panitch, professor of acting in The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance, has earned the 2016 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award.