The Honors College proudly named Ruby Tilghman Student of the Month for September 2024. Hailing from Panama City, Florida, Tilghman is a chemistry major and a Witt Fellow who is wholeheartedly invested in turning knowledge into action. When Tilghman was a freshman, a piece of wisdom given by Dr. Robert E. Witt resonated with her.…
Victor Luckerson, author of Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street won the Stone Book Award’s top prize and was also named a 2023 book of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Read more here.
Honors College Instructor Wade Langer received a Tide Teaching Grant Award for his “Mythos to Logos” course. “This grant allows me to qualitatively research how using a video game to teach theology impacts a student’s ability to objectively examine religious traditions through comparative study,” said Langer. Once a week, the “Mythos to Logos” class will…
This year’s BIG Ideas contest winners are StudyBuddy. The team consists of Andrès Calderòn, Arden Markin, Taylor Schnorbus, Malachi Crain, Adam Nguyen. Congratulations to team StudyBuddy. Read more about this year’s contest and other winners here.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama Honors College has selected “Birding to Change the World” by Trish O’Kane for its Common Book Experience in 2024/2025. Harper Collins Publishers describe “Birding to Change the World” as an uplifting memoir and how a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and…
The University of Alabama Honors College and University Honors Program are pleased to announce that 11 fellows have been selected for the Honors Transdisciplinary Course Design Fellowship. Each fellow receives a $5,000 summer stipend to develop their course. “The Honors College Honors Transdisciplinary Pedagogy Summer Course Design Fellowship is designed to cultivate an environment of…
Dear Honors College Family, It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our Honors College Founding Dean, Dr. Robert “Bob” Halli. Dr. Halli’s obituary, written by his daughter Anne, can be found at https://www.northportfuneralservice.net/obituaries/mr-robert-halli. If you would like to share your memories or a tribute for both the Halli family…
On Friday, March 29, the Randall Scholar Speaker Series hosted Senator Katie Britt, a UA alumna. To read more, click here.
The Honors College would like to congratulate Lena Barrido for being chosen as April’s Student of the Month. Barrido is a Chemistry major on the STEM Path to the MBA from Brookfield, Illinois. Barrido is the current Honors College Assembly President, having been a member for four years. As President, some of her achievements include…
Of the 100 students joining the Alpha of Alabama’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 83 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 Nobel…
