Awards & Honors

UA’s Plank Center Recognizes Public Relations Mentors

The University of Alabama’s Plank Center has announced its 2012 Honoring Milestones in Mentoring Awards honorees.

UA Engineering Students in Finals of National Design Contest

A team of engineering students from The University of Alabama College of Engineering is among the top 12 finalists in the Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest.

UA Students Awarded Positive Parking Incentive Scholarships

Five University of Alabama students have been awarded Positive Parking Incentive scholarships in recognition of their good parking records for the spring 2012 semester.

UA Professor Recognized As A Top Travel Professional Under 40

Kimberly Boyle, an assistant professor in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences, has been chosen as a member of the Southeast Tourism Society’s Forty for the Future inaugural class.

Summer Co-Op Students Announced at UA

A group students at The University of Alabama are taking part in the Cooperative Education Program where they alternate periods of study with employment in their career areas.

UA Professors Win NSF CAREER Awards

The National Science Foundation selected three University of Alabama professors for CAREER Awards totaling more than $1.6 million for research projects related to medical imaging, earthquake seismology and solar energy.

UA Grads Receive Fulbright Scholarships for International Study

Seema Kumar of Shreveport, La., and Elyse M. McLaughlin of Birmingham, recent graduates of The University of Alabama, have received Fulbright Scholarships to study abroad during the 2012-2013 school year.

Dean’s List Students Named for UA Spring Term

A total of 6,847 students enrolled during the 2012 spring term at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above, or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0, all As.

UA Music Students Set Record in Southeast Competition

Five students from The University of Alabama School of Music’s French horn studio made history by sweeping all four competitions at the recent Southeast Horn Workshop.

UA-housed APR Wins National Edward R. Murrow Award

Alabama Public Radio, housed in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences, has been announced as a 2012 recipient of the Radio Television Digital News Association’s national Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence.