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Going Public: Serving the American People from Birmingham to Kyiv
While the world watches news headlines on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, UAB alumna Rachel Hicks is getting a much closer view — as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) on assignment at the United States Embassy in the capital of Kyiv.
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David Mash of Berklee College of Music to Speak at UAB on Music Tech Trends
Music technology expert David Mash will speak to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music on Wednesday, Oct. 8.
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Kasman Set to Perform Tchaikovsky for ASO Concert
University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor of Piano Yakov Kasman, DMA, will perform as part of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s “Concertmaster and Friends” series.
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Research Civitan Newsletter
Read the latest issue of the Research Civitan Newsletter.
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Inside UAB's High-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
Most high-end lab equipment is inaccessible to the public eye, but one of UAB's most powerful drug-discovery tools is clearly visible from the Campus Green.
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UAB Alumnus Dr. Nenad Velsavljevic Honored with DOE/NNSA Award of Excellence
Recently, Nenad Velisavljevic, 2005 Physics PhD graduate from Prof. Y. K. Vohra's high pressure group and currently staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with three co-workers received a DOE-NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence.
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Three New October Exhibitions at UAB’s AEIVA
Three new exhibitions will open in October at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.
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Women Student Leaders Find Inspiration in Our Nation’s Capital
The UAB Department of Government's 2014 National Conference for Collegiate Women Student Leaders attendees say the conference was an incredible opportunity to be immersed in leadership training and network with high-achieving students from many different universities and backgrounds.
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The DFLL Welcomes New Assistant Professor in Spanish
His research focuses on contemporary historical novels on slavery from Latin America. He specializes in narrative of the Hispanic Caribbean and Brazil.
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Theatre UAB Presents “Clybourne Park” Oct. 15-19
Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play “Clybourne Park” will open the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Theatre’s 2014-2015 season, with performances Oct. 15-19.
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Seventy Years Ago: WWII's Operation Market Garden
Last week Dr. André Millard's World War Two class studied Operation Market Garden that began on September 17, 1944 — exactly 70 years ago. The class covers events of the war on the anniversary of when they occurred, which means it covers the events of August to December 1944, one of the most important and dramatic periods of WWII.
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The History of Jefferson County’s Black Gospel Quartets
The University of Alabama at Birmingham African-American Studies Program and Department of Musicinstructor Kevin P. Turner will present a lecture by George W. Stewart on “The Jefferson County Sound: Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama, Home of the Black Gospel Quartet.”
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Medical Advances that Extend Human Lifespan Will Be Topic of Forum
Steven Austad, Ph.D., chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Biology, will kick off this year’s Theodore Haddin Arts and Sciences Forum on Friday, Sept. 26.
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Campaign for UAB Launches Three New TV Spots
With three little words — “Let’s do this” — new television spots for The Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything encourage viewers to see themselves as part of a team that can forge opportunities, spark creativity, devise solutions, create cures and transform ideas into businesses.
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Eric Lu, 16, to Perform Mozart, Schubert, Chopin for UAB Piano Series
Young pianist Eric Lu will open the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s 2014-2015 Piano Series on Sunday, Oct. 12.
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Questions of Longevity, Arguments and Terrible People at Philosophy Discussions
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Philosophy will present four public discussions that bring to light philosophical questions people face in everyday life. Each installment of the 2014-15 “What’s the Big Idea?” series will be kicked off by a faculty member’s presentation and followed by an open discussion.
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Theatre UAB Presents Annual Freshman Showcase on Oct. 4
Students and the community are invited to cheer on new theater students at the fifth annual Freshman Showcase, presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Theatre.
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New Research Presents an Improved Method to Let Computers Know You Are Human
Nitesh Saxena, Ph.D., associate professor of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and information assurance pillar co-leader of the Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research, led a team that investigated the security and usability of the next generation of CAPTCHAs that are based on simple computer games.
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On Loan: Students in Government Secure Coveted Spots as United Way Loaned Executives
Ashton Johnson, a recent graduate (BA, Political Science), and two current Master of Public Administration (MPA) students, Jasmine Shaw and Tyler Slaton, were selected for the United Way’s Loaned Executive program.
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Community Town Hall on Police, Minority Relations
In light of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, community and police leaders as well as University of Alabama at Birmingham experts will participate in a discussion on police and minority relations in Birmingham.
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Dr. Aaron L. Lucius Wins Mentor Award
Aaron L. Lucius, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, was formally presented with the Dean's Excellence in Mentorship Award.
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Team Wins NIH Innovation Corps Grant
A UAB/Vivo Biosciences/Birmingham Business Alliance team will be participating in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) new Innovation Corps Program.
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Communication Professor’s Scholarship Lauded by National Organization
Mark Hickson, Ph.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Communication Studies, is the 2014 recipient of the National Communication Association Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship.
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Physics Opens New Class 7000 Cleanroom Featuring Diamond-Based Sensor
The Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration (CNMB), located within the Department of Physics, has a new Class 7000 Cleanroom.
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Sloan Receives NSF Grant for Ethics Conference
Justice Sciences' Chair Dr. John Sloan has received a $24K grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social and Economic Sciences (SES) Directorate to support a conference on ethics and digital forensics next May at NSF headquarters in Bethesda, MD.
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English Faculty-led Book Discussion Group Returns for 2014-15
Each month, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of English hosts BookTalk. The informal discussions, led by department faculty, are open to the public and will meet from 6-7 p.m. in the Director’s Conference Room 182 in Mervyn Sterne Library, 917 13th Street South.
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ASC’s “The Essentials” Spotlights Swing with Kirk Whalum on Sept. 26
Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum will star in “The Essentials: Swing,” the second installment of an original series presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.
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Biology’s Fall Welcome Back Picnic
The Department of Biology invites Biology Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni, and Friends to attend its annual Welcome Back Picnic.
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Fall Aging Symposium
The Department of Biology has teamed with UAB College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine, and Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging to bring you its fall Aging Symposium entitled: "The Basic Biology of Aging and The Future of Human Health.”
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Biology Seminar Speaker Series
Fall is here, which means it is time for the Department of Biology Seminar Speaker Series. Join us as we host weekly talks over the course of the fall semester to open up the discussion on topics prevalent to the cutting-edge scientific community.
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Sociology Graduate Student News
Kristi Stringer received an NIH dissertation grant with four years of funding through the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study HIV and substance abuse.
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UAB Music to Present “Dowland Lute Songs and the Cult of Elizabeth I”
Guest lutenist David Walker will join soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, DMA, in a faculty recital featuring the lute songs of John Dowland on Monday, Sept. 15.
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Sociology Doctoral Student Earns Fellowship Grant from NIH
Kristi L. Stringer, a doctoral candidate in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Sociology, has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship grant through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which enables promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized research training while conducting their dissertation research.
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UAB Honors College Welcomes Largest Incoming Freshman Class
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Honors College welcomed its largest-ever incoming class of freshmen this week, 375 students from 21 states and the United Kingdom.
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UAB Art History Professor Pens Book on Indian Temple's Iconography
The first book by University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor of Art History Cathleen Cummings, M.A., Ph.D., “Decoding a Hindu Temple: Royalty and Religion in the Iconographic Program of the Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal,” has been published.
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The College Welcomes New Chair of Communications Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Timothy Levine has accepted the position as Chair of the Department of Communication Studies.
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Gardner Named Director of Forensic Science Program
The Department of Justice Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Gardner is the new Director of the department's forensic science program.
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UAB Faculty Brass Quintet to Perform Free "First Thursday" Concerts at UAB Hospital
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music’s Faculty Brass Quintet, in partnership with University Hospital, is set for a new series of monthly “First Thursday” pops concerts in the hospital atrium.
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UAB Friend Lecture Series Presents Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi on Sept. 18
Artist, art historian and curator Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Ph.D., has been selected for the 2014 Edward M. and Hermione C. Friend Lecture at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.
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Liquid Chemistry
If you’ve never heard of zymurgy, you aren’t alone. But if you’ve ever tasted a beer, you’ve experienced it: Zymurgy is the science of fermentation.
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