All 4 Bama nominees for Goldwater Scholar are Selected!

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<p>[University</a> of Alabama News UA Among Top Universities in Enrollment of Goldwater Scholars; Four Students Receive Elite Award](<a href=“http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/04/ua-among-top-universities-in-enrollment-of-goldwater-scholars-four-students-receive-elite-award/]University”>http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/04/ua-among-top-universities-in-enrollment-of-goldwater-scholars-four-students-receive-elite-award/)</p>

<p>*USCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama scored a perfect four out of four with Goldwater Scholars as all four UA students who applied have been named 2011 recipients of the elite academic award.</p>

<p>UA Goldwater Scholars Paige Dexter, Matthew Kelley, Mitchell Hughes and Jessica Duke.
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<p>“All four of our nominees for the Goldwater Scholarship received the award this year. That is the first time in UA history we have received four,” said Dr. Gary Sloan, UA professor and coordinator of prestige scholarships and awards.</p>

<p>UA is among only five schools, including Princeton, Arizona State, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Washington, with the maximum number of students named Goldwater Scholars for 2011.*</p>

<p>~snipped~</p>

<p>Congrats!!!</p>

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<p>Oh my gosh, those kids are geniuses. I can’t even decipher what their specialties mean – it’s all geek to me!</p>

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<p>*Hughes is studying a very rare nuclear reaction known as neutrinoless double beta-decay. *</p>

<p>??? I’d have to learn to spell that before learning what that actually is.</p>

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<p>Fantastic news! Congratulations to the Fabulous Four!</p>

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<p>What an honor! Congratulations to the students, famillies, and faculty!</p>