Student Achievement

Scholarship Awardees, Celebrate!

Austin Robinson Wins the Mu Alpha Theta Award
Austin Robinson, a high school senior student at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, won the Mu Alpha Theta Award for “the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to high school students” at the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
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Kavita Nadendla Earns Outstanding Neuroscience Student Honors
Kavita Nadendla is the Outstanding Neuroscience Student for 2012.
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Physics Honors Students to Present at UA System Honors Research Day
Physics Honors students Ustun Sunay and Alex Skinner have been selected to give oral presentations of their undergraduate honors research at the Eleventh Annual University of Alabama System Honor Research Day on Friday, April 13th, on the Tuscaloosa campus. Their abstracts were 17 out of 51 selected for oral presentations. Professors Mary Ellen Zvanut and Renato Camata are their honors research advisors.
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DFLL Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship
Devin Thorne, a junior with a double major in Chinese Studies and Psychology, has been selected for the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship.
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Wheeler Wins UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award
Ashton Wheeler, a junior and first generation college student, has received one of 15 (nationwide) UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards for 2012.
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DFLL Student Nicholas Price Awarded Clinton Scholarship
Nicholas’ interest in the workings of the Middle East began in an International Studies elective course with Dr. Zayzafoon.
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Governor’s Committee Names UAB Psychology Major Student of the Year
The Birmingham Area Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities honored UAB Department of Psychology senior Lauren McCartney with its Student of the Year award.
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From Dark Past to Bright Future
Chernell Bizzell’s first night spent in an old, abandoned yellow-brick house was a reality check. Today, the 35-year-old readies herself for Dec. 17, 2011, the day she tops the summit.
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Society of Pediatric Psychology to Feature Work of UAB student
A doctoral candidate in the UAB Department of Psychology will have her work featured in Progress Notes, the Society of Pediatric Psychology’s tri-annual newsletter.
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Scholarship Opens Doors for Two DFLL Students to Study Abroad
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program has awarded UABseniors Ashley Foster and Markelle Smith $5,000 each to study abroad.
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A Taste of Hockey History, Southern Style
Rebecca Dobrinski, a master's student in the UAB Department of History and Anthropology, has researched the expansion of hockey into the South over the past 70 years.
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Everett wins UAB’s first Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
She is the first University of Alabama at Birmingham student to receive the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship.
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DFLL Student Markelle Smith Awarded the College Language Association Study Abroad Scholarship
Upon receiving his degree in Spanish from UAB, Markelle plans to attend pharmacy school and use his language skills to work as a pharmacist in urban areas with large Hispanic populations.
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Krish Varma Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Teach in India
Krish Varma, a senior majoring in economics and Spanish, has been awarded a 2011 Fulbright scholarship to teach in India for a year.
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DFLL Student Molly Morrison Wins AAFLT Joanna B. Crane Scholarship for Study Abroad
After studying abroad, she hopes to begin the Alternative Masters Teacher Education Program at UAB.
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UAB Student Grace Benton Receives Critical Languages Scholarship
Grace Benton, an International Studies major with a regional concentration in the Middle East and minors in Spanish and Arabic, has been awarded a 2011 Department of State Critical Languages Scholarship to study advanced Arabic in Jordan.
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Honors Student Jennifer Ghandhi's Story of Her UAB on the Camino Study Away Experience Published
UAB Alum Jennifer Ghandhi had one last UAB adventure after her senior year: She spent a month hiking Spain's Camino de Santiago, a centuries-old pilgrim route to the bones of Saint James in the town of Santiago de Compostela.
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Study Away 2010: Japan
In 2010, Dr. John E. Van Sant led a study away group focusing on the history and culture of Japan.
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Study Away 2010: Historic Preservation in the South
In 2010, Pamela Sterne King led a group of UAB students on a study away focusing on Historic Preservation in the American South.
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