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.
Six fellows have been selected for The University of Alabama Leadership Academy class of 2009.
Dr. Paul S. Ray, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, was awarded the Institute of Industrial Engineers’ Fellow Award during the IIE annual conference in Vancouver.
Science faculty members from historically black colleges and universities nationwide are visiting The University of Alabama campus to attend a three-week engineering workshop.
Two University of Alabama professors are among 15 finalists for the Inspire Integrity Awards, a national award recognizing faculty members who have had a significant impact on their students’ lives and instilled a high degree of personal and academic integrity.
At the beginning of June, Dr. Faythe Freese, associate professor of organ in The University of Alabama School of Music, will spend four nights doing something only one other American has been allowed to do – record a CD at L’Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris (Church of the Holy Trinity).
Dr. Subhabrata “Subha” Chakraborti, a professor of statistics at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association.
A University of Alabama nursing faculty member who helped reservists injured in Iraq receive follow-up medical care closer to their homes will receive the military’s Legion of Merit Award in a May 7 ceremony on the UA campus.