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.
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.
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.
Representatives from The University of Alabama’s telecommunication and film department recently brought home three top paper awards, along with multiple media awards.
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted six individuals and honored a corporation during a ceremony Feb. 15 at Bryant Conference Center at The University of Alabama.
The American Council on Education has named The University of Alabama’s Graduate Parent Support program as the 2014 recipient of its State Network Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education. The award will be presented to Dr. Cori Perdue, director of GPS and UA Graduate School programs, at the Women’s Network Leadership Council reception, part of ACE’s 96th annual meeting in March in San Diego.
The University of Alabama’s Dr. John Lochman is the 2014 recipient of the American Board of Professional Psychology’s Distinguished Service Award, given annually to a certified specialist who has made outstanding contributions to the science and profession of psychology throughout his or her career.
Keith Gaskin has been named associate vice president for advancement at The University of Alabama. Gaskin comes to UA from Mississippi State University where he has served as senior director of development since 2005.
The first 3D print of a G-quadruplex DNA sequence and its molecular structure was recently created at The University of Alabama in the UA 3D Printing Lab, allowing researchers a potentially valuable new tool in the fight against cancer.
Dr. Kim Bissell received a grant from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to create a smart app for children’s nutrition tracking.