UA-housed APR Named Best News Operation in Alabama
APR, housed at The University of Alabama, won the award from the Alabama Associated Press for the fourth year in a row.
Awards & Honors
UA Scholastic Media Director Wins National Award for Blog
Meredith Cummings, also an instructor in the journalism department at The University of Alabama, won for her “Up Beat” blog on al.com.
UA Researcher Receives Emerging Scholar Award
A University of Alabama researcher recently received an award for research that looked at the connection between a married couple’s communication patterns and their financial wellness.
Deborah Johnson Wins 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
For her work in The Secret of Magic, Deborah Johnson will receive the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The prize, authorized by Lee and co-sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.
Dean’s List Students Named for UA Spring 2015 Term
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A total of 9,073 students enrolled during the 2015 spring semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). The UA Dean’s and President’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students.
UA’s Leeper Honored for Statistical Contributions to Medicine, Public Health
Dr. James Leeper, a professor in the department of community and rural medicine at The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
UA Doctoral Student Earns Tillman Scholarship
Sharon Height, a University of Alabama student in the executive doctoral program for higher education administration, is one of 60 U.S. service members, veterans and military spouses chosen as 2015 Tillman Scholars, a program of the Pat Tillman Foundation.
UA Alumna’s Gift to Establish UA Away Global Leadership Endowment
Sara Finley, a 1982 University of Alabama graduate, has made a $250,000 gift to UA to establish the Sara J. Finley UA Away Global Leadership Endowment.
UA’s College of C&IS Wins National Diversity Awards
The leading national organization for journalism and mass communication education touted The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences as a leader in equality and diversity.
UA Honored by Construction Industry for Engineering Curriculum
The University of Alabama will receive the 2015 Curriculum Partner Award at the Construction Industry Institute, or CII, Annual Conference in Boston in August.