UA’s Scalfani Named ‘Mover and Shaker’ by Library Journal
The University of Alabama’s Dr. Vincent Scalfani was recently named one of 2014’s “movers and shakers” by the Library Journal.
Faculty & Staff
UA Engineering Professor Recognized for Diversity Efforts
Dr. Viola L. Acoff, professor and head of the metallurgical and materials engineering department at The University of Alabama, is the inaugural recipient of the Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award given by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
UA Social Work Professor Named Buford Peace Award Winner
Dr. Josephine (Jo) Pryce, associate professor of social work at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2014 winner of the Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award.
Three UA Education Faculty Earn McCrory Awards
The University of Alabama’s College of Education recently announced the 2014 recipients of the Nellie Rose McCrory Faculty Excellence Awards.
Burkett Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award
The University of Alabama College of Engineering announces Dr. Susan L. Burkett, Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, as the 2014 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.
Two Teams with UA Ties Set For Finals of Start-up Business Competition
Two teams with University of Alabama ties are part of seven young businesses hoping to prove they could be commercially viable at the Alabama Launchpad Start-Up Competition. Teams with UA ties have done well in past Launchpad competitions, with a company based off UA technology one of the winners in the most recent competition last year.
UA Announces 2014 Premier Awards for Scholarship, Leadership
Recipients of the 2014 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced at a recent presentation dinner. The 2014 UA Premier Award recipients will also be recognized at UA during Honors Week.
UA Researchers to Map West Alabama Food Insecurity
Two researchers in The University of Alabama’s journalism department were awarded $8,000 from the Knight Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to study food insecurity in West Alabama.
UA Honors College Screens Documentaries in Honor of Late Professor
The University of Alabama’s Honors College will present screenings of the documentary films “Da Vinci” and “Pablo’s Winter” in memory of Dr. Will Nolan, a UA assistant professor, who died in 2012.
UA Faculty, Students Win National BEA Awards
Representatives from The University of Alabama’s telecommunication and film department recently brought home three top paper awards, along with multiple media awards.