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UA’s Capstone Agency was awarded Best Student-Run Firm by the Public Relations Student Society of America for the third time in 2020. Foster and Trost join last year's Marshall Scholar Caroline Yuk as the only three UA students to earn the award in the past four decades. UA senior Jackson Foster and alumnus Nathaniel Trost were among 41 Americans selected for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
Students for the fifth time in six years. In February 2021, UA was recognized as a Top Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Six UA students were awarded Fulbright Awards for 2021-2022. And 52 UA faculty researchers are in the National Academy of Inventors. During the 2019-2020 academic year, seven professors received this award, the most awards in a single year at UA. Thirty-seven current UA faculty have received NSF CAREER Awards, one of the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top-performing young scientists, in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences. UA's Nicholas Hayes was one of 32 Americans selected to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious academic award for American college graduates and the oldest award for international study. The University of Alabama has produced a total of 16 Rhodes Scholars, 16 Truman Scholars, 36 Hollings Scholars and 16 Boren Scholars. Fifty-nine UA students have been named Goldwater Scholars. University of Alabama students continue to win prestigious national awards.
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UA has achieved R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity status in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Both fall 2021 numbers are the highest in UA history. The freshman class includes 281 National Merit Scholars, bringing the total number of currently enrolled National Merit Scholars to 940. Graduate School enrollment of 6,152 is a 7% increase from fall 2020 and breaks last year's record enrollment number. It is the third year out of the last four years with a fall enrollment of more than 38,000 students. At 38,320 students, UA enrolled the largest freshman class in history in fall 2021.