The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal have announced the finalists for the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The three books chosen to compete for the prize are: “Allegiance” by Kermit Roosevelt; “Pleasantville” by Attica Locke; and “Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo” by C. Joseph Greaves.
Two students from The University of Alabama Honors College earned awards at the 15th annual University of Alabama System’s Honors Research Conference, held on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus in April.
A University of Alabama student will receive a scholarship from the Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers
A team of students from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will defend its title at one NASA robotics contest before tackling another contest.
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations announces 2016 “Milestones in Mentoring” honorees.
The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences 2016 Holle Awards for creativity in communication honored five students with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes.
Two graduating seniors at The University of Alabama have accepted admittance to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Sarah McFann from Arlington, Tennessee, and Samantha Tilson from Littleton, Colorado, both in chemical and biological engineering, are two of 2,000 NSF Graduate Research Fellows selected from more than 13,000 applicants. The students from UA will receive financial support for graduate studies.
The University of Alabama’s Action Card Office was presented with the 2016 National Association of Campus Card Users’ Best Social Networking and/or Website Award at the 23rd annual NACCU conference in San Francisco.
The Office of Design/Production in The University of Alabama’s Division of Strategic Communications has received a National ADDY in the American Advertising Awards competition.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 5,350 degrees during spring commencement Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 254,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: