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Dexter Forbes’ Unlikely Beginnings
Five years ago Dexter Forbes would never have predicted that he would graduate with an African American Studies major. Forbes typically found himself in the minority in his home community in Maine, and UAB provided a new environment where he could explore his personal identity.
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Congratulations to our Faculty!
It is with great pleasure we celebrate the awards that our colleagues have won this semester: Raymond Mohl, Carolyn Conley, Glenn Feldman, and Andrew Demshuk.
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UAB Professor Noted for Outstanding Academic Advising
Alison Chapman, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of English, has been awarded the Outstanding Advising Award — Faculty Academic Advising by the National Academic Advising Association.
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UAB Jazz Ensemble, Student Win Top Honors at Hall of Fame Competition
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Jazz Ensemble won the top award, Most Outstanding College Band, on Saturday, April 19, at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame’s 12th annual Student Jazz Band Festival competition.
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UAB Presents Artist Leslie Wayne: Mind the Gap June 5-July 17
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art Historyand the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts will present artist Leslie Wayne and an exhibition of her works, “Mind the Gap.”
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“How Islam Saved the Jews” in Birmingham this Week
The Department of History and the Birmingham Islamic Society will host a free, public lecture on “How Islam Saved the Jews” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24.
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Feldman's Book Receives Critical Acclaim
Glenn Feldman received the Anne B. and James B. McMillan Book Prize from the University of Alabama Press for his book The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944.
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UAB Physics Department Awards Day - 2014
UAB Physics Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff all gathered for the department’s Annual Awards Day on April 18, 2014.
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Composing a Music Career: Kevin Peek Sets Sights on Sound
If the University of Alabama at Birmingham had a soundtrack, graduating senior Kevin Peek of Birmingham would write it.
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Acclaimed French Author and Professor to Speak at UAB
The Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures and Alliance Française of Birmingham will present a lecture in English by Fredéric Gros, professor of political philosophy at theUniversité de Paris-Est Créteil and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po Paris), at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26.
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Spring 2014 Awards and Honors for College Faculty, Advisors, and Students
Congratulations to these highly accomplished, hardworking, and talented individuals in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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BFA Student Works on Exhibition April 30-May 22
Student works including graphic design, drawing, painting, printmaking and photography will be featured in a new Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the undergraduate professional degree for studio art in the Department of Art and Art History. These exhibitions are the pinnacle of achievement for those students accepted into the BFA program at UAB. Read more
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is the undergraduate professional degree for studio art in the Department of Art and Art History. These exhibitions are the pinnacle of achievement for those students accepted into the BFA program at UAB. Read more
CIS Professor, Ragib Hasan to Make Cloud Computing More Secure
As a world-renowned doctoral research university, UAB expects its teacher-scholars to win competitive grants and other awards to support their research. And they do not disappoint. This year, four professors have been chosen to receive National Science Foundation Career Awards — a prize the foundation describes among its most prestigious.
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My Experience as a Pathways Intern
UAB alum Logan Talbot writes about his experience interning for the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Goldwater Scholarship Foundation Honors UAB Students
Two University of Alabama at Birmingham students were named 2014 Goldwater Scholars by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in Excellence in Education Foundation. A third UAB student earned an honorable mention.
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The DFLL Wins at the UAB Expo for Undergraduate Research 2014
Eleven DFLL students won 1st Place and 3rd Place at the UAB Expo for Undergraduate Research on April 11, 2014.
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UAB Public Relations Group Wins Chapter of the Year
The UAB chapter of the Public Relations Council of Alabama/Public Relations Student Society of America won Chapter of the Year honors at the Public Relations Council of Alabama annual conference.
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UAB Professor Receives Award to Compare History, Memory
Andrew Demshuk, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, has received a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Award that will enable him to pursue a comparative history of post-1945 reconstruction and urban planning in three cities divided by Cold War borders — Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, Leipzig, East Germany, and Wrocław, western Poland.
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Physics Undergraduate Awardees at Spring 2014 UAB Expo
The following physics undergraduate majors were awarded best presentations awards in their categories at the UAB Expo on Friday, April 11.
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Preserving the Past: Unearthing the Stories of What Came Before
Pamela Sterne King, an assistant professor of history at UAB and former historic preservation officer for the city of Birmingham, wants students to learn about the city’s "often-forgotten fun personality."
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UAB’s Give Something, Change Everything, off to a Good Start Online
Online contributions over six months since the public launch of The Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything, the most ambitious fundraising initiative in the history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, have already surpassed total online gifts from the entire previous fiscal year.
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African American Studies Students at the UAB Undergraduate Expo
Three students from the African American Studies Program participated in the 7th Annual Undergraduate Student Expo on April 11, 2014.
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Third UAB student Awarded a Critical Languages Scholarship
Rebecca Hyde, a freshman majoring in international studies, has received a prestigious Critical Languages Scholarship. She is the third UAB student named this year, joining juniors Leah Berkebile and (Charity) Yoonhee Ryder.
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UAB Artists Create Mural for Sun Ra Tribute Concert
This week, while the Birmingham Seven perform Ra’s music for “Sun Ra: Musician, Philosopher, and Poet,” the audience will see a set created by University of Alabama at Birmingham students, faculty and staff.
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Alabama High School Student Places Second in Preliminary for International Brain Bee
High school students from across Alabama tested their neuroscience knowledge at the fourth annual Alabama Brain Bee held at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham on Feb. 22, and the winner placed second nationally in March.
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Alys Stephens Center Presents Free 3-D Light Dreams II Festival May 8-10
Join the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center and some of Birmingham’s most innovative artists for the second annual Light Dreams festival, a free celebration of art, music, dance and light.
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Research Improves Ease and Security of Password Protections
In a paper presented at the 2014 Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium, researchers offered innovative options to improve the security of two-factor authentication systems while also ensuring the systems’ usability.
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Ryan Honored for Efforts to Help Homeless Receive Cancer Care
Cynthia Ryan is known for her ability to tie academia to community service. The two-time breast cancer survivor has made homeless people with cancer her main focus, publishing several articles about the issue.
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UAB Produces the First-ever Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior and Society
A collaborative effort among UAB faculty has produced the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness.
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UAB Art Students Paint Bay of Pigs Memorial
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History students are part of a big historical art project — so big, it is held inside an airplane hangar.
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Startup Co-Founded by Warner named on Inc's Best Industry Startups list
Malcovery Security, a startup co-founded by UAB researcher and Center member Gary Warner, has been named on Inc.'s 2014 Best Industry Startup list.
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UAB’s Ryan Awarded the Odessa Woolfolk Award
University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor of English Cynthia Ryan, Ph.D., has been named the 2014 recipient of the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award for her work in breast cancer awareness, outreach and advocacy.
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An Early African American Studies Graduate Shares Her Wisdom
"Exposure to information and exposure to people" — Michelle Craig says this is what she gained from UAB’s African American Studies Program, experiences that lead to a successful career.
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Facebook Cybersecurity Capture the Flag
A Facebook-sponsored game of cybersecurity “Capture the Flag” was held March 22nd from 9am -3pm at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB joined Stanford University as the first U.S. universities to host the Facebook event designed to test the skills of up-and-coming cybersecurity programmers as they try to penetrate peers’ online security while defending their own.
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UAB Writing Students Help Youngsters Publish a Book
Sixteen University of Alabama at Birmingham writing students are helping 100 third- and fourth-grade students at Inglenook Elementary School publish their first book.
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Fifteen Students with Global Health Interest Named Sparkman Fellows
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Sparkman Center for Global Health has announced its 2014 class of Sparkman Fellows. Fifteen undergraduate, graduate and professional students from 13 majors were selected to join the program, which is designed to enhance students’ understanding of global issues.
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UAB Mathematics Student Gets Top Honors at National STEM Conference
Graduate Mathematics student Nichole Pompey won first place for a presentation during the 2014 Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
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Four Faculty Members Recognized by the National Science Foundation
In a stunning achievement, four College faculty members have been awarded CAREER Awards by the National Science Foundation.
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