Announcements
College Advisors Win UAB Advising Awards
Congratulations to UAB Advising Award winners Deborah Littleton, College of Arts and Sciences Director of Advising and advisor for Criminal Justice majors; and Whitney Woodard, who advises all our Neuroscience and International Studies majors.
Read moreSocial Work Outstanding Student Awards
2020 Social Work Outstanding BSW and MSW Award recipients are Reese Joiner and Joseph Abua.
Read moreMichel de Montaigne Endowed Prize in the History of Ideas
In honor of the 16th-century French essayist Michel de Montaigne and the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Catherine Danielou, Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and recipient of the UAB Frederick W. Conner Prize in the History of Ideas, has established the Michel de Montaigne Endowed Prize in the History of Ideas.
Read moreThe College to offer training for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences will offer a training session for students preparing an application to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Training will occur on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Volker Hall Lecture Room B.
Read moreNominations open for 2019 Ireland Award for Scholarly Distinction
Annual prize awarded to College of Arts and Sciences Faculty.
Read moreDepartment of Social Work Students and Faculty attend Alabama Arise’s Legislative Day
As part of this year’s Social Work Month celebration, four BSW students and Dr. Laurel Hitchcock went to Alabama Arise’s Legislative Day on March 19th in Montgomery, AL to learn more about how to advocate for policy change with elected officials.
Read more2019 NSF CAREER Award Training
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to again offer campus-wide training to junior faculty planning to apply for a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
Read moreEmployees recognized at 2018 UAB Service Awards
Twenty-six College of Arts and Sciences employees who have worked at UAB for 20 years or more were recognized at the annual UAB Service Awards Reception on March 1, 2019.
Read more2019 Winners of College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching Announced
Established in 2018, the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time regular faculty members of College of Arts and Sciences who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching.
Read moreDr. Jill Clements named first-ever winner of the Michel de Montaigne Endowed Prize in the History of Ideas
Jill Clements, Ph.D., has been named as the recipient of the first Michel de Montaigne Endowed Prize in the History of Ideas.
Read moreNew ‘History of Ideas’ prize encourages essay submissions through Jan. 6
Dr. Jonathan Wiesen named new chair of the Department of History
Dr. Jonathan Wiesen comes to UAB from the Department of History at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, where he has been department chair since 2016.
Read moreBiology faculty receive NSF grant to increase minority representation in STEM
Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield pursues international research and service
Japanese Consul-General presents grant
Takashi Shinozuka, Consul-General of Japan in Atlanta, presented the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures a grant for $30,000 to further Japanese education in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences.
Read morePAINTalks Speaker Series begins this fall at UAB
The premiere lecture in the new PAINTalks Speaker Series will feature Dr. Roger Fillingim, a world-renowned clinical researcher in the field of chronic pain and past-president of the American Pain Society.
Read moreResearchers propose new method for secure, speech-based two-factor authentication
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have developed a new method for two-factor authentication via wearables using speech signals.
Interview with the artist: Stacey Holloway
AEIVA will host a solo exhibition for UAB Assistant Professor of Sculpture Stacey Holloway, who is the recipient of SECAC’s annual Artist’s Fellowship. AEIVA recently spoke with Holloway about her work and the upcoming exhibition, which opens Sept. 10.
Read moreLauren Rast featured on The Weather Channel during Lightning Safety Week
Dr. Lauren Rast, Instructor of Physics and Project Leader for UAB Physics Online Education Project, offered her particular expertise in understanding how lightning works and how to stay safe.
Read moreUpdate from the Lab: The Krueger-Hadfield Lab
Follow our new series on research happening in the Department of Biology. Today's installment features recent papers from The Krueger-Hadfield Lab.
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