Announcements
UAB Cyber Summit Explores New Threats, Innovative Responses
Andrew Turner, head of Global Cyber Security at Visa, is the opening keynote speaker for the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research Cyber Summit 2014 to be held Feb. 18-19 in the UAB National Alumni Society House.
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UAB Concert Choir to release new CD, “Unceasing Love”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Concert Choir will release a new CD on Jan. 28, to help fund the choir’s trip to the eighth World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, in July.
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Cognitive Training Shows Staying Power in Reasoning and Speed
Training to improve cognitive abilities in older people lasted to some degree 10 years after the training program was completed, according to results of a randomized clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health. The University of Alabama at Birmingham was one of seven institutions involved in the study.
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UAB Group’s Two Papers Accepted to Top Security Conference
Two research papers featuring the work of students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Security and Privacy in Emerging computing and networking Systems (SPIES) Lab will be presented at the 2014 Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium.
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African American Studies to Participate in Ballard House Project
The African American Studies Program and the Department of History will partner with the Ballard House Project to involve students and faculty in Ballard House programs.
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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
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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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