All Recent News
Updates from African American Studies
Students and faculty in the UAB African American Studies Program have been recognized for their achievements this semester.
Read more
Cristin Gavin Named Recipient of UAB Outstanding Academic Advising Award
Cristin Gavin, Ph.D., a Co-Director of the UAB Undergraduate Neuroscience Program and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, has been named as a recipient of a 2016 UAB Outstanding Academic Advising Award.
Read more
UAB Graduate Student Honored as Woman of Excellence in Her Field of Study
Elizabeth Bevan receives $15,000 award to continue marine research in pursuit of doctoral degree at UAB.
Read more
UAB Student Courtney Walker Named Goldwater Scholar
Courtney Walker becomes UAB’s 21st Goldwater Scholarship recipient.
Read more
Two UAB Students Awarded William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship
Sophomores Kevin Lee and Daniel Mendoza will study abroad at the American University in Dubai this summer.
Read more
Psychology Update Spring 2016
Read the Spring 2016 edition of the Psychology Update, a newsletter written for students, faculty, alumni and friends of the UAB Department of Psychology.
Read more
Peter Hardin Named Department of Biology Distinguished Alumnus
Peter Hardin, J.D., received the Department of Biology's inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Award during the department's Spring 2016 Awards Ceremony and Luncheon.
Read more
Cloning Article Selected as Editor's Choice
Human cloning is a hotly debated topic in ethics, covered even in movies and television shows like Orphan Black. Little attention has been paid to emotional reactions to this issue, which could shed light on why human cloning is so contested.
Read more
Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Natasha Mehra
Natasha Mehra, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
Read more
Jessie Dunbar Awarded Career Enhancement Fellowship
Jessie Dunbar, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of English, has received a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
Read more
Personality May Dictate How Distracted You Are While Driving
UAB researchers uncover new information about drivers’ likelihood to participate in risky roadway behavior.
Read more
Mentors Share the Art of Pre-med Success
Rebecca Massey's Pre-Med Partners program trains UAB student mentors to help underrepresented Birmingham high school students who are interested in medicine prep for college success.
Read more
Cybersecurity Experts Work to Create Example Solutions and Best Practices for Protecting Consumer Information
UAB serves as host site of National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence workshop to develop best practices to safeguard customer profiles.
Read more
What do Forensic Scientists Actually Do?
We’re all fans of the forensic science TV shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and NCIS, but have you ever wondered what a forensic scientist actually does in the lab? Read about real forensic science as experienced by first year forensic science graduate students in Essays on the Elements of Forensic Science 2015.
Read more
Possible Viking Discovery by UAB Archaeologist Could Rewrite North American History
Two-hour special, “Vikings Unearthed,” featuring UAB professor Sarah Parcak will premier online Monday, April 4, and will broadcast Wednesday, April 6, on PBS.
Read more
Slavery in Plain Sight: Illuminating the Dark World of Human Trafficking
Robert Blanton, a professor in the Department of Government, helps students understand human trafficking as a global problem perpetuated by numerous complex factors.
Read more
Who Are You Calling a Shrimp? A Big Discovery Could Help Feed the World
Superjumbo shrimp—some nearly the length of an adult human hand—grown in a UAB lab could provide one solution to feeding the world’s growing appetite.
Read more
Keys to Success: Aleksandra Kasman Proves Herself on the World Stage
Every time Aleksandra (Sasha) Kasman plays the piano, she reaches for new musical milestones. Recently, she won a national concerto competition in Tennessee. Last summer, she took first place in the prestigious International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York City.
Read more
Heartache and Humor: Ashley M. Jones's Poetry Earns National Acclaim
Her first book isn’t finished, but Ashley M. Jones’s words already are earning national accolades. Recently, the young poet and 2012 UAB alumna won the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award.
Read more
Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Nick Boyle
Nick Boyle, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
Read more
Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Prima Modi
Prima Modi, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
Read more
Can You Own a Cloned Human? Expert Explores This and Other Bioethical Issues in New Book Based on Hit Sci-fi Show “Orphan Black”
Gregory Pence, Ph.D., international expert on the ethics of human cloning, discusses the science behind the hit TV show, when it gets the science right and when it doesn’t.
Read more
Moore Selected for Competitive American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
The fellowship will help further the completion of the first study, bilingual edition of a centuries old legal case.
Read more
She Brought ‘Green’ Science to UAB: Karolina Mukhtar and Plant Immunology
The innate immune systems of plants and plant pathogens are in a biological arms race, and if plants lose, food sources may diminish. Mukhtar probes the genetics and molecular mechanisms of plant immunity.
Read more
Hear Award-winning Student Pianists at Free Recitals April 17, April 21
Department of Music students will perform solo and piano ensemble works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, Franck, Ravel, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Piazzolla.
Read more
UAB Gospel Choir Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Concert, Touring in May
The UAB Gospel Choir blew the roof off the Alys Stephens Center on November 15th during their 20th anniversary concert as they celebrated with the Birmingham community.
Read more
Chemistry Student Named ACS Scholar
Frederick Stephens, a junior chemistry major from Huntsville, was awarded with the American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Read more
Davis Elected to Labor History Association Leadership
Colin Davis, chair of the Department of History, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Labor and Working Class History Association.
Read more
Department of Biology Spring 2016 Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
You are invited to the Biology Department's Spring 2016 Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. Please RSVP to Morgan Burke if you wish to attend.
Read more
UAB Tissue Imaging Mass Spectrometry Detects Early Lipid Changes in Acute Kidney Injury
This mass spectrometry method can locate where molecular changes occur in a thin slice of tissue, and it has broad applicability to biomedical research.
Read more
UAB Presents 40th Juried Student Annual Exhibition, Featuring Works by 48 Students
Artist and juror Paul Rusconi selected the works by students in the Department of Art and Art History. A free lecture by Rusconi is set for 5 p.m. April 1, followed by a free opening reception.
Read more
Kennedy Center ACTF Honors Theatre UAB with National Award, Nominations
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival awarded UAB student Russell Alexander II a national winner in Outstanding Performance by an Actor category, and nominated “SFB” for a host of awards.
Read more
President’s Summer Research Scholarship
The deadline for applying for the President’s Summer Research Scholarship is March 28 at 5 p.m.
Read more
UAB Clinton Scholars 2016
Ten of the 21 UAB students representing the university at the Clinton Global Initiative University are in College of Arts and Sciences fields of study including biology, chemistry, neuroscience, philosophy, political science, and psychology.
Read more
UAB Investigators Find Children of Lower-income Families Can Improve Cognitive Delays with Early Intervention
Developmentally appropriate activities conducted by parents with their child during the first three years after birth reduce childhood cognitive delays in low-resource families.
Read more
UAB Psychology Professor Given Early Career Award for Pain Scholarship
Zina Trost, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2016 John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award from the American Pain Society.
Read more
Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Brian Nykanen
Brian Nykanen, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
Read more
Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Lauren Osburn
Lauren Osburn, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
Read more
UAB DAAH Chair Recognized for DSS Accommodation
Lauren Lake, Chair of the Department of Art and Art History, was chosen by the Disability Support Services (DSS) staff as the recipient of the Fall 2015 DSS Staff Recognition Award.
Read more
2016 Graduate Student Research Days Winners
UAB Graduate School hosted its 2016 Graduate Student Research Days research presentation competition March 9 through 11 in the Hill Student Center Ballrooms.
Read more