UA Student Selected to Attend Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany
Brandon Hill, a University of Alabama doctoral student, is one of 600 students from around the world selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting June 29-July 4.
Campus Impact
Dean’s List Students Named for UA Spring Term
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A total of 8,388 students enrolled during the 2014 spring semester 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 A’s). The UA Dean’s and President’s List recognizes full-time undergraduate students.
Orlando Magic Official to Speak at Foster Youth Program Luncheon at UA
Lucas Boyce, director of business development and legislative affairs for the Orlando Magic basketball team, will speak to participants of the nsoro College Bound Pre-Collegiate Program at The University of Alabama at noon Friday, June 20, in 205 Gorgas Library.
UA Journalism Professor Wins National Top Dissertation Award
Dr. Scott Parrott’s dissertation on disparagement humor, completed at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, was named the best mass communication dissertation in the United States for 2014.
UA Doctoral Student Selected for Gerontological Social Work Award
Quentin Maynard, a doctoral student at The University of Alabama School of Social Work, has been selected for the fifth cohort of the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative.
International Programs at UA Receive Honor
The Capstone International Academic Programs at The University of Alabama recently received recognition for excellence by CISabroad at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference in San Diego.
UA’s McKinney Receives Outstanding Educator Award
Lisa McKinney, accounting lecturer at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, was recognized with the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award from the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants.
UA’s Alabama Public Radio Wins National Diversity Award
University of Alabama-housed APR won a national award for “Remembering 1963,” a look at Civil Rights era events in the state.
Nelson Named Dean of UA College of Communication and Information Sciences
Dr. Mark Nelson has been named dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama. Nelson has served as vice president for student affairs and vice provost for academic affairs at UA since 2008 and has been a member of the College of Communication and Information Sciences’ faculty for more than 20 years.
UA’s Computer-Based Honors Program Names Participants for 2014-2015
he University of Alabama’s Computer-Based Honors Program has begun announcing its selections for the 2014 freshman class. The program, which has been named among the six most intriguing honors programs in the United States by the National Institute of Education, pairs academically elite students directly with leading research professors and cutting-edge computing technology to complete scholarly research projects in any field of study.