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Doss and Corley Honored for their Years of Service
Professors Harriet Amos Doss and Robert Corley were among the nearly 300 employees who will be honored during this year’s UAB Service Awards Program.
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UAB Findings Take Honors at Internet Security Conference
Nitesh Saxena, Ph.D., associate professor of computer and information sciences, wondered what was happening in people’s brains when they encountered malware warnings or malicious websites. His collaboration with Rajesh Kana, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, and three students revealed a surprising answer that won them a “Distinguished Paper Award.”
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Two Students Accepted for Membership in Honor Society
Two African American Studies Program students, Amy Kincaid Thomas and Martez Files, have been accepted into Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society of the National Council of Black Studies (NCBS).
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UAB Faculty, Students Create Free Cancer App for Jefferson and Surrounding Counties
A team of University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty and students have created a free, downloadable smartphone application to help health care providers and cancer patients identify more than 500 valuable community resources for people in North Central Alabama battling cancer.
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UAB Faculty, Students Create Free Cancer App for Jefferson and Surrounding Counties
A team of University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty and CIS students have created a free, downloadable smartphone application to help health care providers and cancer patients identify more than 500 valuable community resources for people in North Central Alabama battling cancer.
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UAB Students, Faculty Win Big at Birmingham American Advertising Awards
University of Alabama at Birmingham students and faculty were big winners at the Birmingham American Advertising Awardsheld at Regions Field Banquet Hall on Thursday, Feb. 6.
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In the News: History Professor Discusses the Beatles with CNN
Department of History professor André Millard thinks the 1960s supergroup the Beatles would not have made it big if they had formed in the age of the Internet.
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UAB’s Walking Bus Initiative Published in Journal
The first paper associated with UAB’s walking bus project was published in the Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. Co-authors Adrienne Milner, Ph.D., teaching assistant professor of sociology, and her colleague Assistant Professor Elizabeth Baker, Ph.D., led the campus effort.
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Come to the 2014 Graduate History Forum
UAB’s Graduate History Forum will take place on March 7 and 8, 2014. The keynote lecture will be given by Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Professor of History at Louisiana State University and author of Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia.
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Interdisciplinary UAB Researchers Collaborate to Establish New Imaging Method
An interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently established a research method that has expanded the institution’s already robust capacity for discovery, addressing a need that will aid in critical initiatives addressing a variety of diseases including cancer, chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases and age-related degenerative diseases.
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UAB Professor’s Insights on Religion in Prisons Published in New Book
It is not uncommon for prison inmates to claim that a spiritual experience has changed their nature and made them a better person. Kent Kerley, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Justice Sciences, has heard these stories and examined religion-based programs to discover the effect they have on inmates who are still imprisoned.
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UAB Faculty Mentor, Student Leader to Attend a2ru Emerging Creatives Conference
University of Alabama at Birmingham Assistant Professor of Art Doug Barrett, MFA, and senior Betsy Cates, who is majoring in studio art graphic design, have been chosen to attend the a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Conference from Thursday, Jan. 30, through Saturday, Feb. 1, at Stanford University.
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ACM Tutoring Schedule
UAB’s student chapter of the ACM runs a tutoring program for CIS undergraduates. This service is available free of charge for CIS majors and minors in these classes.
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KDDM Students Received Several Awards at the ACM Mid-Southeast Conference 2013
It was a moment of pride and honor for KDDM students at the recent ACM Mid-Southeast Conference. The conference was held on November 15, 2013 at Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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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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