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Gary Warner’s Work with FBI to be Featured on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams

Gary Warner, UAB’s director of Research and Computer Forensics, will be featured on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams at 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in a story about the FBI Trident Breach case. Read more

The Tom Sawyer Effect in Computer Security

The security of computer systems often relies on the actions or decisions of the end users. However, users tend to perform poorly at security tasks or fail to comply with security instructions. Read more

Computing Devices Become Smaller and Cheaper, but Are They Also Less Secure?

Small devices, especially Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, are being ubiquitously deployed in: contactless ATM and credit cards, access cards, e-passports, medical implants and even mobile phones (such as Google Wallet charged with NFC technology), to name a few. Read more

Professors Thamar Solorio and Ragib Hasan Receive ONR Grant

Profs. Thamar Solorio and Ragib Hasan received a three year award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to support their research on document signatures. Read more

Austin Robinson Wins the Mu Alpha Theta Award

Austin Robinson, a high school senior student at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, won the Mu Alpha Theta Award for “the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to high school students” at the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Read more

Kavita Nadendla Earns Outstanding Neuroscience Student Honors

Kavita Nadendla is the Outstanding Neuroscience Student for 2012. Read more

Physics Honors Students to Present at UA System Honors Research Day

Physics Honors students Ustun Sunay and Alex Skinner have been selected to give oral presentations of their undergraduate honors research at the Eleventh Annual University of Alabama System Honor Research Day on Friday, April 13th, on the Tuscaloosa campus. Their abstracts were 17 out of 51 selected for oral presentations. Professors Mary Ellen Zvanut and Renato Camata are their honors research advisors. Read more

DFLL Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship

Devin Thorne, a junior with a double major in Chinese Studies and Psychology, has been selected for the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship. Read more

Wheeler Wins UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award

Ashton Wheeler, a junior and first generation college student, has received one of 15 (nationwide) UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards for 2012. Read more

DFLL Spanish Professor Teaches Air Force Cadets

Dr. Long has been teaching as a distinguished visiting professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Read more

UAB Team Shoves off for Antarctica to Conduct Ocean Acidification Research

UAB’s Antarctic marine research team left campus today for their annual journey to Antarctica. Read more

Boys Scouts Learn about Native American Culture

On Thursday January 19, 2012, Anthro-TEACH gave a presentation about Native American culture for Boy Scout Pack 397 of Homewood, AL at the Trinity United Methodist Church. The student presenters were Christel Carlisle, Jade Delisle, Alea Rouse. The overall presentation showed the children how Native Americans utilized their natural environment. They covered the topics of lithics (stone tools) and music and dance. Read more

Physics Study Suggests Nanodiamonds Safe for Implants

Nanodiamonds designed to toughen artificial joints also might prevent the inflammation caused when hardworking metal joints shed debris into the body, according to an early study published this week in the journal Acta Biomaterialia. Read more

APT and UAB go to Fiji

UAB Anthropology went to the Fiji Islands and Alabama Public television was there to see it. Read more

Sweatt Wins International Plasticity Award

David Sweatt, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UAB Department of Neurobiology, has been awarded the 2012 neuronal plasticity prize from the Fondation IPSEN, an entity of the Fondation de France. Read more

Sweatt Wins International Plasticity Award

David Sweatt, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UAB Department of Neurobiology, has been awarded the 2012 neuronal plasticity prize from the Fondation IPSEN, an entity of the Fondation de France. Read more

DFLL Student Nicholas Price Awarded Clinton Scholarship

Nicholas’ interest in the workings of the Middle East began in an International Studies elective course with Dr. Zayzafoon. Read more

Psych Students Get Inside Look at the Life Within the Lesson

John Harris doesn't mind public speaking. Yes, he admits to being a little nervous at first each time he does it, but he feels he has a duty to do it. In fact, he considers it "a goodwill mission." Read more

Don’t Let a Gift Dog Take a Bite out of Fun

“Everyone thinks their dog is good and will never bite, but we can’t forget that all dogs are animals,” says David Schwebel, Ph.D. director of the UAB Youth Safety Lab. Read more

Professor Sergey Mirov Elected Fellow of Optical Society of America

On November 18, 2011, the Optical Society of America (OSA) announced that Sergey B. Mirov, UAB Professor of Physics and University Professor, was elected to the rank of Fellow. Read more

Milton’s Captive Audience: Teaching Paradise Lost in a Maximum Security Prison

An excerpt from Alison A. Chapman's award-winning essay on her experiences teaching inmates at Alabama's Donaldson prison. Read more

Governor’s Committee Names UAB Psychology Major Student of the Year

The Birmingham Area Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities honored UAB Department of Psychology senior Lauren McCartney with its Student of the Year award. Read more

From Dark Past to Bright Future

Chernell Bizzell’s first night spent in an old, abandoned yellow-brick house was a reality check. Today, the 35-year-old readies herself for Dec. 17, 2011, the day she tops the summit. Read more

Peak Experience: Study Away Trip Explores Religion and Medicine in Nepal

Art and science. Buddhism and Hinduism. Religion and medicine. Interdisciplinary education is a hallmark of UAB courses, but two faculty members took that boundary-bending mindset to new heights this summer for a unique Study Away experience. Read more

Small World: UAB Researchers Build the Nanoscale Future

The poet William Blake once imagined seeing “a world in a grain of sand,” but Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., a UAB physics professor and director of UAB’s Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration(CNMB), sees a world of possibilities on a much smaller scale. Read more

Witnesses to History

UAB secured its place in history—actually, two places—this summer when two history professors, John Van Sant, Ph.D., and Raymond Mohl, Ph.D., were invited to present their research at the 20th Annual World History Association (WHA) Conference in Beijing, China. Read more

Thomas Jefferson's Gender Revolution

Jefferson’s views wouldn’t gel with modern attitudes, says UAB historian Brian Steele, Ph.D., who recently received UAB’s Frederick W. Conner Prize in the History of Ideas for his essay exploring the subject. Read more

Digging for the Truth

Sarah Parcak says debunking myths can be crucial to educating students about archaeology.

The ancient Maya have been busted. So have King Tut and the entire population of Atlantis. For that you can thank students in a UAB “Mythbusters” honors seminar led by archaeologist Sarah Parcak, Ph.D. Last fall, they went hunting for the facts behind popular archaeological myths, debunking everything from cursed Egyptian tombs to cities lost beneath the sea. Read more

UAB Students Join Search for Slave Quarter Remains

Thirteen University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) anthropology students are participating in an excavation at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park this month as part of a course on the history, archaeology and culture of slavery. Read more

ADHD Doubles the Risk of Injury in Grade-school Kids

Injury kills more 11-year-olds in the United States than all other causes combined, and a new study from University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals ADHD almost doubles the risk of serious injury among this age group. Read more

Society of Pediatric Psychology to Feature Work of UAB student

A doctoral candidate in the UAB Department of Psychology will have her work featured in Progress Notes, the Society of Pediatric Psychology’s tri-annual newsletter. Read more

Unplug from Mobile Devices to Cross the Street Safely

Listening to music while crossing the street is more hazardous than texting or talking on the phone, says new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham that quantifies the dangers of distracting activities; the results surprised even the researchers. Read more

Proper Sleep is Crucial for Success in School, and Maybe Safety

Going back to school should not be just an excuse for kids to get new clothes and school supplies. Instead, say University of Alabama at Birmingham experts, it also should be a time to get them back to healthier sleep schedules. Read more

Dr. Serge Bokobza Named as Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Chair

Serge Bokobza, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at UAB. Bokobza has been an associate professor of French literature and cinema studies at UAB since 1986. Read more

ADHD Kids at Increased Risk When Crossing the Street

Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk of being hit by a vehicle when crossing a street, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Read more

More than One-Third of College Students Drive While Using Mobile Apps

A University of Alabama at Birmingham survey of college students reveals that 35 percent use mobile phone applications while driving — even after facing the dangers firsthand. Read more

Scholarship Opens Doors for Two DFLL Students to Study Abroad

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program has awarded UABseniors Ashley Foster and Markelle Smith $5,000 each to study abroad. Read more

A Taste of Hockey History, Southern Style

Rebecca Dobrinski, a master's student in the UAB Department of History and Anthropology, has researched the expansion of hockey into the South over the past 70 years. Read more

Everett wins UAB’s first Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

She is the first University of Alabama at Birmingham student to receive the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Read more

DFLL Alumna Grace Benton Wins Fulbright Scholarship

Recent University of Alabama at Birmingham graduate Grace Benton has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Jordan. Read more