Announcements
Exploring Cultural Identity, Masculinity and Hip Hop Music
Dr. DeReef Jamison, visiting assistant professor, will deliver a talk on “the relationship between cultural identity, masculinity, and hip hop music preference” to interested students and faculty.
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Spring 2014 Department of Biology Seminar Schedule
Join us as we host weekly talks over the course of this semester to open up the discussion on topics prevalent to the cutting-edge scientific community. For more information on guest speakers and series schedule please contact biology@uab.edu.
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Lecture: Amidst a World Filled with Abuse and Cybercrime
Dr. Samuel McQuade, Director of the MS in Professional Studies Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, will speak at UAB on Jan. 15 in HUC 313.
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Save the Date: Cyber Summit 2014
Cyber Summit 2014, presented by the Center for Information Assurance and Joint Research, will be held at UAB on Feb. 18-19.
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Chemistry Seminars Fall 2014
The Fall 2014 schedule for Department of Chemistry seminars.
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Joy to the World
Happiness may be a universal emotion, but it has an accent, with every culture interpreting it—and expressing it—differently.
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UAB Names Chair of Social Work
David Pollio, Ph.D., has been named chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Social Work. Pollio comes to UAB from the University of Alabama.
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UAB Names New Chair of Biology
Steven Austad, Ph.D., has been named chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Biology. Austad comes to UAB from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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UAB Unveils State’s Largest, Most Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
The University of Alabama at Birmingham unveiled the state’s largest and most advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility this morning at a grand-opening event and tour.
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How a Cybersecurity Expert Protects His Smartphone
Smartphones are vulnerable, but a majority of people fail to protect their mobile devices. Cybersecurity expert Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s SECuRE and Trustworthy computing Lab (SECRET Lab), follows several simple steps to protect himself.
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Eric Foner to Speak on the Emancipation Proclamation
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences will commemorate the life and legacy of 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln with a week of events Nov. 15-21.
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Snapshots from Space Could Improve the Picture of Global Public Health
Acclaimed Author to Speak at UAB
Novelist Kathryn Davis will read from her works at the University of Alabama at Birmingham at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30.
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UAB to Commemorate Proust’s Centennial Work
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will commemorate the centennial of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of renowned French writer Marcel Proust’s classic “In Search of Lost Time,” with a special exhibition that opens Saturday, Nov. 9.
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Poet to Kick Off Writing Series
Irish poet Joan McBreen will give a reading at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, as part of the BACHE Visiting Writers Series.
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Corbetta Named New Director of International Studies Program
Renato Corbetta, associate professor of government in the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the new director of the International Studies program.
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UAB Study Shows Sleep-deprived Teen Pedestrians More Likely to Get Hit
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have published a study showing that sleep-deprived adolescents are in greater danger crossing the street than their better-rested peers.
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Copes Tackles Topic of Identity among Drug Users
Heith Copes, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Justice Sciences, will discuss “Social Identity and Boundary Maintenance among Drug Users” Aug. 30, 2013.
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UAB Research to Improve Online Communication Security
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers are working to improve the end-to-end security of an increasingly common means of communication.
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UAB and BBA Partner to Win $600,000 NSF Partnership for Innovation Grant
The grant will support a synthetic diamond research project — "Innovations in Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Crystals and Nanostructured Diamond Coatings" — and it represents a significant milestone in a growing strategic trend of collaborative efforts between the BBA and UAB.
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