Awards & Honors

NASA Grant Allows UA Student to Peer into Active Volcano

On weekends, University of Alabama graduate student Jonathan Stone is the lead guitarist for a rock band, but Monday through Friday he can be found in a lab conducting scientific research focused on predicting the timing and scale of a volcanic eruption.

UA Multicultural Journalism Program Wins National Diversity Award

A national panel of journalism educators has named The University of Alabama’s Multicultural Journalism Program the winner of the Journalism Education Association’s 2011 Diversity Award.

Students Compete for Miss UA Title

A new Miss University of Alabama will be crowned Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA’s School of Accountancy Makes Strong Showing in Rankings

The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy made a strong showing in Public Accounting Report’s top 25 school rankings for 2010. The undergraduate program placed 23rd, up from 25th in 2009, and graduate programs rose to 22nd from 2009’s 25th place.

UA Opera Theatre Students Take National Awards

The University of Alabama Opera Theatre won second and third place in the 2011 Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition at the annual convention of the National Opera Association on Jan. 6.

UA Archaeologist Named AAAS Fellow

Dr. Richard A. Diehl, a University of Alabama archaeologist specializing in MesoAmerica, has been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow.

Poets & Quants Ranks UA’s Manderson Graduate School 34th among Publics

The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama placed 34th among public institutions in a new ranking of MBA programs created by John Byrne, former editor of Business Week and founder of the original Business Week rankings back in the 1980s.

NACAS Mentor Award Goes to UA’s Caples

Susan Caples, assistant director of transportation services at The University of Alabama, has received the Regional Mentor Award from the National Association of College Auxiliary Services.

UA’s ‘My Football Ticket’ Program Named Technology Award Winner

The University of Alabama Action Card Office has received the National Association of College Auxiliary Services Technology Award for the ‘My Football Ticket’ program.

UA Computer Scientist Co-Authors Two of Journal’s Most Downloaded Articles of Year

Two research articles co-authored by a University of Alabama computer scientist are among 2010’s “Top 25 Hottest Articles” appearing in the scientific journal Information and Software Technology, according to an online database regularly accessed by nearly 11 million users.