Awards & Honors

UA Wins 2013 Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger Competition

The University of Alabama won the 2013 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 299,398 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 169,702 pounds of food.

UA’s Own Duck (Tape) Dynasty

For the second straight year, The University of Alabama’s PRSSA chapter has won the national College Duck Tape challenge, in addition to other national awards.

New Lecture Series Honors Retired UA Metallurgical Professor

A new lecture series to honor a University of Alabama emeritus professor aims to present high visibility topics in the fields of metallurgical and materials engineering and design to students and the public.

UA Journalism Students Win National Free Press Award

Three University of Alabama journalism students recently received the 2013 College Press Freedom Award from the Student Press Law Center.

UA Alumni Association Honors Four Faculty Members with Teaching Awards

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2013 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.

UA Professor Receives Honor for Research on Massage Therapy

Dr. Maria Hernandez-Reif, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Pediatric Development Research Lab at The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences, has received the Ashley Montagu Award from the Canadian Touch Research Center.

UA to Honor Yuengling Sisters With Leadership Lecture, Hall of Fame

Jennifer Yuengling, plant coordinator for D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., America’s Oldest Brewery, will be the next speaker in the Shila Bowron Leadership Lecture from 10 to 10:50 a.m. and from 1 to 1:50 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at The University of Alabama’s Child Development Research Center.

UA Student Wins Regional Advertising Scholarship

Katie Bontrager, a senior in The University of Alabama’s department of advertising and public relations, has been named recipient of the Bruce Roche Alabama Advertising Education Foundation 2013 Scholarship.

Engineering Researcher Named UA’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor

Dr. Ajay K. Agrawal, professor and Robert F. Barfield Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama, will receive the 2013 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award Nov. 15 at the UA President’s Mansion.

UA’s Zheng Wins National Association’s Top Science Award

Dr. Chunmiao Zheng, a professor of hydrogeology at The University of Alabama, will receive the 2013 M. King Hubbert Award from the National Ground Water Association for major science contributions to the knowledge of groundwater.