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Broadway Breakthroughs: Alumnus Plays Lead Role in Hamilton

August 11, 2016

Michael Luwoye starred in Othello at UA in 2013.

From the August 2016 Desktop News | UA alum Michael Luwoye hasn’t just made it to Broadway; he’s playing the lead role in Hamilton—the new musical sensation that The New York Times says “is on track to become one of the biggest critical and commercial hits in Broadway history.” Hamilton—an unlikely pairing of hip hop and history—tells the story of founding father Alexander Hamilton and his transformation from an impoverished orphan in the Caribbean to the first U.S. Secretary of Treasury. […]

Professor Emeritus Receives Legendary Geoscientist Medal

August 11, 2016

From the August 2016 Desktop News | Dr. Ernest A. Mancini, a professor emeritus of geological sciences, received the 2016 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal from the American Geosciences Institute. The medal recognizes a senior scientist who has a record of achievements and service in earth sciences and who has been acknowledged for accomplishments in fields of expertise by professional societies, universities, or other organizations. Mancini’s career in the geosciences includes having served as a distinguished research professor at UA as well […]

Twins Named Parker and Adam to Honor UA Program Where Parents Met

July 11, 2016

UA Alums name their twin boys Parker and Adam after the Parker-Adams Living-Learning Community where they met.

From the July 2016 Desktop News | Late one evening in the common room of the old Parker-Adams freshman dorm, Tracy Fowler sat struggling with her biology homework. It wasn’t her best subject, but, lucky for her, microbiology major Matt Hanserd was nearby and willing to help. “Biology was by far the worst class I ever took in college,” Tracy said. “I just didn’t get it.” “And I thought she was cute,” Matt added. Five years later, the study partners got married, and, […]

Protecting the Coosa: New College graduate leads environmental nonprofit

April 27, 2016

From the 2016 Celebrating Excellence | Growing up, Justinn Overton, a native of Birmingham, spent many of her Saturdays barely awake and fishing on Logan Martin Lake in the Coosa River system with her parents. “I have a distinct memory of feeling the wind on my face in this little john boat we had at the time and learning how to bait my own hook,” she said. Today, Overton, a 2010 New College graduate, is the executive director of Coosa […]

UA Names Director of the Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies

March 9, 2016

From the March 2016 Desktop News | Alabama’s State Geologist and Oil and Gas Supervisor, Dr. Berry H. “Nick” Tew Jr., has been named director of The University of Alabama’s Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies and a research professor in the UA’s Department of Geological Sciences. His work with the University will be in addition to his duties directing the Geological Survey of Alabama and the staff of the State Oil and Gas Board. Geological sciences chair, Dr. Fred Andrus, is […]

UA Alumna and Artist Receives International Awards

March 7, 2016

From the March 2016 Desktop News | Susan McCollough, an internationally recognized artist and alumna from The University of Alabama, recently won one of Florence, Italy’s most prestigious art awards and has been invited to participate in several international exhibitions. Her prize, the International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci—The Universal Artist, was awarded in January at the Borghese Palace in Florence. She was also invited to share her work at various exhibits between January and May in cities across the globe—New York […]

Alumnus Awarded for Contributions to Southern Literature

March 7, 2016

From the March 2016 Desktop News | Due to the large contributions historian and alumnus Dr. Harvey Jackson III has made to the literature of the South, The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences, along with the journalism department, recently honored him with the 2016 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing. “I grew up with a natural interest in history because I grew up around people who talked about history,” Jackson said. And in the 50 years since […]

Contemporary Realist Dale Kennington Returns to UA

February 8, 2016

From the February 2016 Desktop News | From sun up to sun down, contemporary realist Dale Kennington is in her studio painting. “I get up in the morning; I have a cup of coffee; I walk back into the studio; and I paint until it gets dark in the afternoon,” Kennington said. “And since the days are longer in the summer, I’m in there longer.” Kennington, who graduated from The University of Alabama in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in art history […]

Founder and CEO of IntegraNet to Address McCollough Forum

January 13, 2016

From the January 2016 Desktop News | Larry Wedekind, founder and CEO of IntegraNet Health Systems, will be the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum on Friday, Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Shelby Hall rotunda on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture and discussion will be followed by dinner with UA students at 5:45 p.m. in the Shelby Hall rotunda. The McCollough Medical Scholars Forum was established by UA alumni Dr. […]

Biologist, alumnus receives 2016 Harper Lee Award

December 17, 2015

Noted biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has been selected to receive the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2016. The award is made to a living, nationally recognized Alabama writer who has made a significant, lifelong contribution to Alabama letters. Wilson will receive the honor during the Awards Dinner at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville, Alabama, on March 31, 2016. “Although—perhaps because—I’m primarily a scientist, I’m doubly honored to receive […]