Announcements

Department 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.
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2019 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.
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Employees 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.
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2019 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.
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Dr. 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.
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New ‘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.
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Biology 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.
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PAINTalks 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.
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Researchers 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.
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Lauren 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.
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Update 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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New bioinformatics program is the first of its kind in the state

Grants workshop with NEH Director Jon Parrish Peede
Join fellow humanities faculty from UAB and other area colleges and universities for this unique opportunity to hear from National Endowment for the Humanities Director Jon Parrish Peede on how to apply for NEH grants.
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The College home to nationally renowned literary journals
Faculty in the Department of English edit two notable literary journals: the Birmingham Poetry Review and NELLE.
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Update from the Lab: The Sun Lab
Follow our new series on research happening in the Department of Biology. Today's installment features recent papers from the Sun Lab.
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Update from the Lab: The Morris Lab
Follow our new series on research happening in the Department of Biology. Today's installment features recent papers from the Morris Lab.
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