UA Engineering Names New Jordan Chairholder
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Dr. Samit Roy as the William D. Jordan Endowed Chairholder in Engineering.
Faculty & Staff
Marsh Named Dean of UA College of Community Health Sciences, Associate Dean of UA School of Medicine
Dr. E. Eugene Marsh III has been named dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences and associate dean of the UA School of Medicine.
David Wolf Named Assistant Vice President for Campaigns at UA
Dr. David Wolf has been named assistant vice president for campaigns at The University of Alabama. The newly created position in the Office of University Advancement will provide leadership and direction in the area of university-wide major gift campaign initiatives. Wolf currently serves as both director of university leadership gifts and director of athletic development at UA.
Gary Creek Named Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications at UA
Gary Creek has been named assistant vice president for marketing and communications at The University of Alabama.
UA Parkinson’s Researcher Named Top Professor in Alabama
Dr. Guy Caldwell, associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Alabama, was named the state’s 2005 Professor of the Year today by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, known as CASE.
UA’s Agrawal Co-Authors FMA’s ‘Best Paper;’ Research Examines Analyst Conflicts and Stock Recommendations
A paper co-authored by Dr. Anup Agrawal, professor of finance and holder of the William A. Powell Chair of Finance and Banking at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has received the “Best Paper” award at the recent Financial Management Association meeting in Chicago.
UA Professor Co-Authors Book Applying Business Principles to Terrorism Activity
A new book co-authored by Dr. Walter Enders, a University of Alabama economics professor, applies business principles to terrorism and is receiving high praise from analysts and authorities on the war on terrorism. The book, “The Political Economy of Terrorism,” is now available.
Lochman Selected as Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor at UA
Dr. John E. Lochman, professor and Saxon Chair in Clinical Psychology at The University of Alabama, is the recipient of the University’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He was honored in an Oct. 23 ceremony at the UA President’s Mansion.
UA Professor Receives Third National Honor for Aging Research
Dr. Louis Burgio, distinguished research professor in psychology and director of the Center for Mental Health and Aging at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2005 recipient of the “Outstanding Contributions to Psychology in Long Term Care” award by the Psychologists in Long Term Care organization.
UA Professor Named President of the American Geological Institute
Dr. Ernest A. Mancini, Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Alabama, will be inducted as president of the American Geological Institute during the Friends of AGI Reception on Oct. 18 in Salt Lake City.