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Ryan Roque Receives Honors College Experiential Fellowship
Ryan Roque, an undergraduate Biology major in the UAB Global and Community Leadership Honors Program, plans to use the funding to explore how the growth hormone gene affects the muscular development of zebra-fish.
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Renato Camata Awarded UAB Outstanding Academic Advisor
Renato Camata, Ph.D., associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Physics, has been named as a recipient of a 2017 UAB Outstanding Academic Advising Award.
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UAB Public Relations Student Group Named Chapter of the Year
Students also received 20 Medallion Awards, the highest award given by the Public Relations Council of Alabama, 12 Awards of Excellence and six Awards of Merit.
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UAB Senior Overcomes Health Challenges to Become First Online Psychology Graduate
After graduation, Haley Callahan will pursue her master’s degree in counseling from Northwestern University.
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Department of Social Work Celebrates a Year of Accomplishments
Faculty and alumni of the Department of Social Work gathered at the Wine Loft in Birmingham for a celebration of their professional and academic accomplishments over the past year.
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Graduating Art Senior Samantha Richardson’s Skills Land Awards, Start in Agency Career
During her undergraduate experience at UAB, her creative design research focused on building awareness about underprivileged communities in the city. She works with Cayenne Creative.
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UAB psychologist develops simulator to help kids learn how to safely cross a street
Birmingham and the Hoover metro area rank sixth in the nation when it comes to pedestrian fatalities. UAB Psychologist Dr. David Schwebel has developed a life sized simulator to help teach children how to safely cross the street.
How the Freedom Riders Changed the South
The UAB Department of History was proud to host two Freedom Riders who spoke to students and faculty about how their actions helped change the South — and history.
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Graduating Theatre UAB senior Russell Alexander II of Selma selected to Atlanta’s Aurora Theatre Company
Russell Alexander II will graduate April 29 and begin work with a professional acting company, after performing with Theatre UAB and garnering a national award from the Kennedy Center.
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Fifth Annual Class of UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 Announced for 2017
The awardees will be honored at a luncheon Friday, June 23, at the UAB National Alumni Society House.
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Graduating UAB Senior Aleksandra Kasman Has Chosen The Juilliard School After Being Accepted to Nation’s Top Music Schools
A senior in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music and the Honors College’s University Honors Program, Kasman, pianist, will graduate April 29, then embark on a tour and graduate school.
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UAB Department of Art and Art History Students Present Community-focused Projects Based in the Arts
The winning entries will be displayed in the Global Eye Exhibition, which opens Friday, April 21, in the new UAB INTO space located in the Sterne Library.
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Spring Commencement Ceremonies, Doctoral Hooding at UAB on April 29
At least 2,015 students will graduate and approximately 1,250 are expected to walk in the spring 2017 commencement ceremonies happening 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Bartow Arena.
Three UAB Students Selected for the 2017 Amgen Scholars Program
The highly-selective program provides fully-paid summer research opportunities for students at some of the country's premier institutions.
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Lay of the Language
Mapping Birmingham's linguistic landscape
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UAB BFA Exhibition Features Works by 17 Graduating Students April 24-May 6
The Department of Art and Art History’s BFA exhibition is a highlight of students’ BFA undergraduate career. A free opening reception is set for 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 28.
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UAB Names Sean Murray as New Director of the Marching Blazers
Sean Murray will begin his role leading the UAB Marching Blazers in May. He comes to UAB from Florida Atlantic University.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Anisha Das
Anisha Das, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Celeste Fong
Celeste Fong, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Cooper Bailey
Cooper Bailey, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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UAB Concert Choir to Perform at Festivals in England, the Netherlands
Tours like this are transformative experiences, says Director Brian Kittredge. The choir is requesting donations to help make the trip a reality for as many students as possible.
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UAB Creates Triple-Threat Cancer-Fighting Polymer Capsules for Guided Drug Delivery
These microcarriers may offer an entirely different approach to treating solid human tumors of numerous pathologic subtypes by delivering their encapsulated drug cargo to a tumor and protecting against collateral tissue damage.
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Spring 2017 Dean’s and Departmental Award Winners
Congratulations to these deserving undergraduate and graduate students, who were nominated by their professors for this prestigious recognition.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Emilee Anders Brodie
Emilee Anders Brodie, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Hriday Bhambhvani
Hriday Bhambhvani, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Engineering the Future of Fitness
Undergraduate student scores his own lab to develop exercise innovations.
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SPIES Research in the Media: The Next Cyberattack Could Come from Sound Waves
Read full article at The Conversation.
Apply for the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program
UAB's CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program invites qualified students to apply for full scholarships to pursue an MS in cyber security degree.
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Arts and Sciences Alumni Chapter hosts Alumni Night at UAB Baseball Game
The UAB Arts and Sciences Alumni Chapter hosted an Alumni Night at Regions Field for the UAB vs. Alabama baseball game on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.
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Tweet Storm
Students go on a flight of imagination.
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Study finds parents’ perceptions play key role in teens’ driving preparedness
Overall, parents believe their teens are safer than other drivers.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Sullivan Hanback
Sullivan Hanback, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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UAB Department of Art and Art History Partners with Sloss Furnaces and 2017 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices, April 5-8
Eleven students will attend the conference, with registration paid by donors. Exhibitions by student and professional artists are planned at Sloss and around Birmingham, including UAB’s Project Space.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience and Psychology Students Honored as Outstanding Women for 2017
Mugdha Mokashi of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program and Whitney Rice, a postdoc in Psychology, will be honored as Outstanding Women by UAB in a ceremony held during during Women’s History Month.
Alex Dawson Receives UWA’s Undergraduate Research Symposium Dean’s Award
Biology major Alex Dawson, a junior in Dr. Shahid Mukhtar’s lab, received the Dean’s Award for a poster he presented at the University of West Alabama’s 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in March 2017. Dawson was one of more than 40 undergraduate students to present a research project at the regional symposium.
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UAB Professor Uses Latest Virtual Reality Technology to Improve Access to Pedestrian Safety Education
A new mobile virtual reality system helps children learn to cross streets safely.
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A First-Hand Look at Climate Change
A week ago when I stepped off the gangplank of the Antarctic Research and Support Vessel (ARSV) Laurence M. Gould, the ship that had delivered me to the station from Punta Arenas, Chile, I immediately sensed the change...
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New UAB Undergraduate Degree Programs in Genetics, Genomic Sciences and Immunology Now Enrolling
Two new undergraduate programs — genetics and genomic sciences and immunology — are interdepartmental majors in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Medicine.
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Cybersecurity Research Earns UAB Student National Institute of Justice Fellowship
UAB doctoral student Ajaya Neupane awarded highly competitive $50,000 fellowship to continue research using neuroimaging devices to examine internet users’ susceptibility to cyberattacks.
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UAB Names 2017 Diversity Champions
Four individuals and one student organization were honored with the President’s Diversity Champion Award for their work to create a more culturally diverse, inclusive university community.
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