Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, an associate professor in New College, was recently awarded the Robert M. Stevenson Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology for his 2018 experimental opera, “Volver.” […]
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News about Awards
UA Honors Opera Director with Blackmon-Moody Award
Dr. Paul Houghtaling, coordinator of voice and director of opera at The University of Alabama, has received the 2019 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. […]
Black Warrior Review Awarded National Literary Magazine Prize
From the August 2019 Desktop News | The Black Warrior Review, a literary magazine run entirely by UA graduate students, was recently awarded a Whiting Literary Magazine Prize, the largest national prize for nonprofit literary magazines. “It’s very impressive and welcome news that the Whiting Foundation took notice of this student publication here at UA […]
Lochman Named 2019 Buford Peace Award Winner
Dr. John Lochman, retired director of the Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems at The University of Alabama, is the 2019 recipient of the Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award. […]
Honors Week 2019: Schedule
Honors Week, The University of Alabama’s weeklong recognition of our students’ academic achievements, takes place this year from April 1–5. As in previous years, the College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate Honors Week with a variety of College-wide and department-specific events. Following is a quick rundown of those events; for details, contact the sponsoring […]
UA Professors Selected For Prestigious NHC Summer Residency
Two UA professors, Dr. Mairin Odle and Dr. Rekha Nath, were recently awarded summer residencies with the National Humanities Center. Nath and Odle will join 40 other professors from across the country in a state-of-the-art research facility for one month during the summer. […]
UA Wheelchair Tennis Champ Earns National Honor
The Professional Tennis Registry has named University of Alabama wheelchair tennis player Shelby Baron the PTR Wheelchair Professional of the Year. Baron, who will complete her master’s in speech pathology in May, is currently ranked No. 2 in singles in the United States. […]
UA Breaks Records Reaching Almost $100 Million in Sponsored Funding
From the January 2019 Desktop News | The University of Alabama had a record year in sponsored funding for fiscal year 2018, reaching almost $100 million in sponsored funding through external grants and contracts for research, instruction, service, and fellowship. The total includes $62 million in research awards, the highest in the University’s history and a 23 […]
Dixon Selected for UA’s Blackmon-Moody Award
From the January 2019 Desktop News | Dr. David Dixon, the Robert Ramsay Professor of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, is the recipient of the 2018 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He received the award at a recent ceremony at the President’s Mansion. Based on a specific accomplishment that is innovative, creative, useful or captures the imagination, […]
Professor to Strengthen Digital Dynamics of Dance via NEH Grant
Rebecca Salzer, an assistant professor of dance and the interim director of the UA Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, recently received a Digital Humanities Advancement grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to lead an innovative effort, improving online access to digital dance resources for education and scholarship. […]
