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UAB Researcher, Entrepreneur Among Top 10 influencers in Banking Information Security
BankInfo Security has named University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Gary Warner one of the Top 10 influencers in banking information security.
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The College Welcomes New Director of Development
The College of Arts and Sciences is excited to announce the appointment of Randall Ledkins as the new Senior Director of Development.
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The College Welcomes New Communications Director
The College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to announce Julie Keith as its new Communications Director.
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Two Graduate Students Receive 2014 CAS Graduate Entrepreneurship Awards
Two graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have received 2014 CAS Graduate Entrepreneurship Awards. The program promotes student innovation and entrepreneurship across all graduate programs in CAS.
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UAB’s New Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts Opens to the Public
The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences will open its new Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts to the public Thursday, Jan. 16.
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Nominations Sought for the Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction
Nominations are now being accepted for this year’s Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction. The prize will be presented at a reception to be held later in the spring.
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CAS Graduate Student Entrepreneurship Awards
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) announces a FY2013 competition for graduate student entrepreneurship awards. CAS plans to award six such graduate student projects of up to $10,000 each. The goal is to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship across graduate programs in CAS.
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UAB Cyber Summit Explores New Threats, Innovative Responses
Andrew Turner, head of Global Cyber Security at Visa, is the opening keynote speaker for the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research Cyber Summit 2014 to be held Feb. 18-19 in the UAB National Alumni Society House.
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UAB Concert Choir to release new CD, “Unceasing Love”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Concert Choir will release a new CD on Jan. 28, to help fund the choir’s trip to the eighth World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, in July.
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Cognitive Training Shows Staying Power in Reasoning and Speed
Training to improve cognitive abilities in older people lasted to some degree 10 years after the training program was completed, according to results of a randomized clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health. The University of Alabama at Birmingham was one of seven institutions involved in the study.
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UAB Group’s Two Papers Accepted to Top Security Conference
Two research papers featuring the work of students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Security and Privacy in Emerging computing and networking Systems (SPIES) Lab will be presented at the 2014 Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium.
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African American Studies to Participate in Ballard House Project
The African American Studies Program and the Department of History will partner with the Ballard House Project to involve students and faculty in Ballard House programs.
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Exploring Cultural Identity, Masculinity and Hip Hop Music
Dr. DeReef Jamison, visiting assistant professor, will deliver a talk on “the relationship between cultural identity, masculinity, and hip hop music preference” to interested students and faculty.
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Spring 2014 Department of Biology Seminar Schedule
Join us as we host weekly talks over the course of this semester to open up the discussion on topics prevalent to the cutting-edge scientific community. For more information on guest speakers and series schedule please contact biology@uab.edu.
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Lecture: Amidst a World Filled with Abuse and Cybercrime
Dr. Samuel McQuade, Director of the MS in Professional Studies Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, will speak at UAB on Jan. 15 in HUC 313.
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Save the Date: Cyber Summit 2014
Cyber Summit 2014, presented by the Center for Information Assurance and Joint Research, will be held at UAB on Feb. 18-19.
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UAB Professor Pens Book on Director of Some of the Greatest Movies of All Time
University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor Larry Powell, Ph.D., co-wrote a book that gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes look into the making of some of the greatest movies of all time.
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Chemistry Seminars Fall 2014
The Fall 2014 schedule for Department of Chemistry seminars.
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Lewis Featured in New Video
In Conservatism in the Black Community: To the Right and Misunderstood, Angela Lewis (Government, African American Studies) examines the true level of support for conservatism among blacks at the grassroots level in light of the growing prominence of a number of black conservative political intellectuals.
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Green Lantern: A Student Voice for Sustainability
Dexter Forbes came to UAB because of the city scene, but he found his niche as an advocate for the land.
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Joy to the World
Happiness may be a universal emotion, but it has an accent, with every culture interpreting it—and expressing it—differently.
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CAS Student Featured in New UAB Promos
Angelica Jaimes, a Sophomore majoring in Spanish and international studies, is one of several UAB students and faculty members featured in the new The Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything commercials.
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Recipients of 2014 Physics Undergraduate Scholarships Announced
The 2014 Physics Scholarship and Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the following Physics undergraduates have been selected for undergraduate scholarship for Spring 2014.
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The College to Honor Distinguished Alumni and Friends
The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences will host its Distinguished Alumni Awards Reception on Thursday, Dec. 12.
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Music Student Supplies Soundtracks for New UAB TV Commercials
You won’t see Kevin Peek in UAB’s new student recruitment ad, but the senior music technology major plays a prominent role.
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UAB Names Chair of Social Work
David Pollio, Ph.D., has been named chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Social Work. Pollio comes to UAB from the University of Alabama.
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UAB Names New Chair of Biology
Steven Austad, Ph.D., has been named chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Biology. Austad comes to UAB from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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UAB Unveils State’s Largest, Most Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
The University of Alabama at Birmingham unveiled the state’s largest and most advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility this morning at a grand-opening event and tour.
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How a Cybersecurity Expert Protects His Smartphone
Smartphones are vulnerable, but a majority of people fail to protect their mobile devices. Cybersecurity expert Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s SECuRE and Trustworthy computing Lab (SECRET Lab), follows several simple steps to protect himself.
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Eric Foner to Speak on the Emancipation Proclamation
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences will commemorate the life and legacy of 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln with a week of events Nov. 15-21.
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Dan Warner Selected as 2014 Bartholomew Award Winner
The Department of Biology congratulates Dan Warner, who was selected as the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology's 2014 Bartholomew Award winner.
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Snapshots from Space Could Improve the Picture of Global Public Health
Lewis Featured in New Video
The Department's Angela Lewis recently sat down to discuss her recent book, Conservatism in the Black Community: To the Right and Misunderstood, which attempts to unravel the the political phenomenon of conservatism in Black communities.
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Acclaimed Author to Speak at UAB
Novelist Kathryn Davis will read from her works at the University of Alabama at Birmingham at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30.
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UAB to Commemorate Proust’s Centennial Work
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will commemorate the centennial of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of renowned French writer Marcel Proust’s classic “In Search of Lost Time,” with a special exhibition that opens Saturday, Nov. 9.
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Poet to Kick Off Writing Series
Irish poet Joan McBreen will give a reading at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, as part of the BACHE Visiting Writers Series.
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Gunther-Canada Honored by National Alumni Society
UAB's National Alumni Society (NAS) honored five people, including the Department of Government's Wendy Gunther Canada, at the 13th annual Alumni Leadership Recognition Awards Luncheon.
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Forman Honored by The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham
Michele Forman, Director of the College of Arts and Sciences' Media Studies Program, will be honored by The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham.
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Cynthia Ryan Receives the 2013 Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award
The Department of English's Cynthia Ryan and Jennifer Kilgo, professor of Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education, are the recipients of the 2013 Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award.
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Corbetta Named New Director of International Studies Program
Renato Corbetta, associate professor of government in the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the new director of the International Studies program.
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