Dr. Harris Schlesinger, professor of finance and Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance at The University of Alabama, has received an award from the Decision Analysis Society of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, known as INFORMS, for the best decision analysis article or book published in 2006.
Laura Rector, a 2003 graduate of The University of Alabama, has been named events coordinator for the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Families and individuals who receive medical services from the Capstone Rural Health Center, a nurse-managed Federally Qualified Health Center staffed through The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, will be the ultimate beneficiaries of specialized management training completed by the center’s associate medical director.
A University of Alabama scientist, who is internationally recognized for his contributions to understanding and modeling of groundwater contaminants, has been named a distinguished lecturer by a division of the Geological Society of America.
Dr. Margaret Stieg Dalton, professor of library and information studies in The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences, recently received the Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award from the American Library Association.
In his work at The University of Alabama as an atom probe microscopist, Richard Martens usually focuses on the science of the small.
A Dutch schoolteacher has discovered a mysterious and unique astronomical object through the Galaxy Zoo project, which enables members of the public to take part in astronomy research online.
Dr. Chris Brazel, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant as a visiting professor at Keele University’s Medical Center for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Dr. William H. Rabel, John & Mary Louise Loftis Bickley Endowed Teaching Professor of Insurance & Financial Services at The University of Alabama, has been selected as the first faculty recipient of the John Bickley Innovation and Creativity Award for 2008.
Dr. John P. McGowan has been named vice provost and chief information officer at The University of Alabama, effective July 14.