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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Dailey Nettles
Dailey Nettles, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Chemistry Professor Selected for Exam Committee
Dr. Jacqueline Nikles, associate professor and coordinator of undergraduate organic chemistry, has appointed a member of the American Chemical Society Examinations Committee, which will write a new standardized ACS Organic Chemistry exam for 2017.
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German Professor Earns National Recognition
Dr. Erika Hille Rinker, assistant professor of German, is one of the 2015 recipients of the American Association of Teachers of German/Goethe-Institut Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievement in furthering the teaching of German in American schools.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Spring Research Forum
The Undergraduate Neuroscience Program held its annual spring research forum on March 2, 2016 at the Edge of Chaos.
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UAB Biologists Cheering on Blazers from Antarctica
UAB biologists Dr. Chuck Amsler and Maggie Amsler are cheering on the UAB men's basketball team in the Conference USA tournament today all the way from Antarctica.
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Laughter is the Best Education: Gerrie Lim Merges Comedy, Communications, and Conan
UAB junior Gerrie Lim worked as a production intern and monologue intern on Conan O’Brien’s late night television show last year.
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Debate Body Language: What Presidential Candidates Are Saying Without Words
Nonverbal communication expert Mark Hickson, Ph.D., offers insight into the gestures and facial expressions displayed by presidential candidates during recent debates.
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Social Work Students Help Connect People to Services in UWCA Internship
Last fall, Department of Social Work students got the chance to work with the United Way of Central Alabama’s 2-1-1 Information and Referral Line.
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Dr. Charles Amsler Named 2016 Winner of Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction
Dr. Charles Amsler, Professor in the Department of Biology, has been named the 2016 winner of the Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction.
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University Relations, College of Arts and Sciences Earn CASE Awards
Awards recognize the very best in university advancement from a diverse body of educational institutions across the Southeast.
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Green Blazers for Outstanding UAB Blazers: BMEN Bestows New Honor
The BMEN Peer Mentoring Program is designed to provide academic and social support to black male students entering UAB. Brandon Cohill, Garrett Stephens and Samuel Sullivan IV were awarded the inaugural green blazers for 2016 at the Blazer Male Excellence Network’s Undugu Male Gathering.
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UAB Music Technology Students Win Birmingham ADDY Awards
Music Technology students Zach Walker and James Cody were among several UAB Digital Media Fellows honored at Birmingham’s ADDY awards on February 26.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Mohamad Moughnyeh
Mohamad Moughnyeh, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Briana Miller
Briana Miller, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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UAB Students Win Gold, Silver and Best of Show at 2016 Birmingham American Advertising Awards
The students are from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History and Digital Media. More than two dozen students were honored with Gold and Silver Student ADDY awards for their individual and team projects.
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Students Go from the Classroom to the Boardroom to Conduct Multimillion-dollar Fundraising Campaign
Five UAB students were among 50 loaned and sponsored executives who helped the United Way of Central Alabama exceed its 2015 Volunteer Campaign fundraising goal.
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Is Zero-effort Computer Security a Dream? Breaking a New User Verification System
Study shows that, although ZEBRA, a system intended to enable prompt and user-friendly deauthentication, works very well with honest people, opportunistic attackers can fool the system.
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Regulation of Parkinson’s Disease Inflammatory Responses by a MicroRNA
A key role for microRNA-155 in brain inflammation and neurodegeneration makes it both a potential therapeutic target and a biomarker for this progressive disorder.
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Mosteller and Kasman Recital Postponed Until March 7
Due to severe weather predictions, tonight's recital by UAB Professors Paul Mosteller, baritone, and Yakov Kasman, piano, has been postponed until Monday, March 7. Please spread the word and put the new date in your calendars!
Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: John Chancellor
John Chancellor, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Nathan Larinde
Nathan Larinde, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Amy Stewart
Amy Stewart, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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2016 TED Prize Winner, Space Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Parcak, Uses $1 Million Award to Ignite Army of Global Explorers
UAB’s Parcak will use wish to create an online, interactive citizen science platform.
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Chemistry Graduate Student Named Recipient of NIH/NIDCR Fellowship
Bhavitavya Sonia Nijampatnam, a graduate student in the UAB Department of Chemistry, has been named the recipient of a National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research pre-doctoral fellowship.
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Changes in Shape and ‘Squishiness’ Can Help Drug-containing Microcapsules Reach Tumors
UAB researcher Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D., makes polymer microcapsules meant to carry cancer drugs to the site of a tumor.
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Better Brain Training for an Aging World
Jarrod M. Hicks is looking for a smarter way to sharpen aging minds. Combining algorithms and brain scans, this senior math and neuroscience major in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences is trying to understand how cognitive training strengthens neural networks.
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UAB Psychology Professor Given Early Career Award
Despina Stavrinos, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the Routh Early Career Award from the Society of Pediatric Psychology.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Jarrod Hicks
Jarrod Hicks, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about his experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Rhiana Simon
Rhiana Simon, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Algae Species Named for UAB Biology Professor
An algae species from Antarctica previously known as Delesseria lancifolia will now be called Paraglossum amsleri (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) in honor of UAB Biology Professor Dr. Charles Amsler.
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Turtle Copters, Lifesaving Drones Launch Graduate School’s Discoveries in the Making Series
Young UAB researchers are using quadcopters to film sea turtles in the wild and designing long-haul drones to ferry humanitarian aid.
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Alumni Celebrated at Annual Awards Reception
LCDR Joanna Gaines, Ph.D., Lynn Gerald, Ph.D., Trevor Hale, Jessica Randazza and Joy O'Neal were honored at the College of Arts and Sciences' annual Alumni Awards reception on Thursday, January 21 at the UAB Alumni House.
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2016 TED Prize Wish Reveal to be Streamed Live at Hill Student Center
Egyptologist and UAB associate professor Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., will reveal her $1 million wish live from the TED stage in Vancouver on Feb. 16. The event will be streamed live for the Birmingham community.
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Cristin Gavin Named Co-Director of UAB Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
Gavin, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Co-Director of the UAB Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), teaches for the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, Science and Technology Honors Program, and the Graduate School.
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A Conversation with Lauren Slaughter
Lauren Slaughter is an Assistant Professor in the UAB Department of English. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, she teaches creative writing, poetry writing, late American and British literature, and composition. She sat down with graduate student Haley Cotton to talk about writing and teaching.
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Ling Ma Receives 2016 Alabama Educator of Excellence Award from Alabama World Language Association
Ling Ma was honored at the annual conference of the Alabama World Language Association at Troy University, Troy Alabama.
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John Maddox Selected for the AATSP Member Spotlight
Maddox: "Learning Spanish and Portuguese has given me a special sense of freedom. I grew up in a mostly monolingual community in rural Georgia, but ever sense I took Jane 'Juana' Futral’s Spanish 1 class at Wheeler County High School, I knew I wanted to be a language teacher."
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The UAB Institute for Human Rights Welcomes First Director
Dr. Kempin Reuter comes to UAB from the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, where she has been the Director since 2013.
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How Obesity Makes Memory Go Bad
UAB researchers find that epigenetic changes associated with chronic obesity alter expression of memory-related genes in the brain.
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