The University of Alabama Honors College and University Honors Program are pleased to announce that 10 fellows have been selected for the Honors Capstone Design Fellowship. Each fellow receives a $5,000 summer stipend to develop a section of UH 401 Senior Capstone: Signature Work. “The Honors Capstone Design Fellowship is designed to cultivate an environment…
Dr. Cassie Smith has been selected for the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. According to its website , “The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. It has three components, a university-level development program designed by each institution for its own participants…
The Honors College is excited to name Nicholas Kaple as May’s Student of the Month. Kaple is majoring in mechanical engineering and is in the Randall Research Scholars Program. Kaple, who is from Orland Park, Ill., is actively involved with the Tuscaloosa Rocketry Challenge and serves as the Vice President of Alabama Rocketry Association. Kaple…
The Alpha of Alabama’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has inducted 103 students, 80 of whom are Honors College students. This is the highest academic honor an undergraduate can receive. The inducted students will unite with a distinguished group of scholars, which include 17 U.S. Presidents, 42 U.S. Supreme Court Justices and more than 150…
The Honors College is proud to name Isabele Airey as the Student of the Month for March 2025. Airey is a chemical engineering major in the STEM Path to the MBA program and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers from Slidell, Louisiana. Airey is also a Student Alumni Ambassador, a summer athletic…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Tara Mock, an assistant professor in the Honors College at The University of Alabama, has been selected as an International Affairs Fellow for the 2025–26 academic year by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The CFR International Affairs Fellowship is a highly competitive program that provides scholars and professionals with the…
Every year, The University of Alabama’s National Alumni Association selects 18 alumni under the age of 31, honoring The University of Alabama’s legendary young alumni who have made a vital impact on their industry, field or community. The 18 Under 31 Class of 2025 included 11 Honors College alumni. Honors College Dean Tiffany Sippial spoke…
The Honors College is proud to name Christian Stephens as the February 2025 Student of the Month. Stephens is a psychology and criminal justice major from Arlington, Tenn. and is in the Randall Research Scholars Program. He described how the Honors College has facilitated aspects of his educational, social and personal achievement. “My passion for…
Dr. Jeff Gray, a Distinguished University Professor in the department of computer science and director of the Randall Research Scholars Program in the Honors College at The University of Alabama, has been awarded The University of Alabama System’s McMahon-Pleiad Prize. The McMahon-Pleiad Prize recognizes a member of the UA System faculty or staff who has…
The number of National Merit Scholars enrolled has set a new University record every year since 2018, nearly doubling from 614 in 2018 to 1,173 this fall. Emily Rabbideau, a senior from Birmingham with a double major in studio art and creative media and minor in Spanish, came to UA as a National Merit Scholar.…
