Hubbard, 20, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, also won the Miss Congeniality and Talent awards, winning $2,800 in scholarships.

UAB neuroscientist Kauê Machado Costa, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, received a Parkinson's Foundation grant to test an intriguing hypothesis: The cognitive deficits now known to occur in the early years of Parkinson's disease may be a clue that learning-oriented dopamine circuits shift gears to cover for their movement-focused cousins. If Costa’s...

Up for the challenge are senior Sammy Sledd, who stars as every member of the D’Ysquith family, and costume designer Cade McCall, who is graduating in December.