Arts & Sciences Magazine
Going Global
Nowadays, it seems like everybody’s going global. Here in the College of Arts and Sciences, we’re doing our part to cross the continents, too, with faculty and students making their mark in more places than we can mention in a single article.
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Pull Up a Chair
The College’s four newest departmental leaders discuss their jobs, our campus culture, and the opportunities they see at UAB.
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Horse Power
Sometimes, inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places.
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General Wisdom
Distinguished Alumni Award winner Major General (Ret.) Lee Price says the roots of her successful military career lie in her UAB education.
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Anchor Away
Communication Studies alumna Laura Britt is front and center on the 120 Sports network.
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Hellos, Goodbyes, and In Memoriam
We welcome these newest members of the College family.
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Physics Opens New Class 7000 Cleanroom Featuring Diamond-Based Sensor
The Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration, located within the Department of Physics, has a new Class 7000 Cleanroom.
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On Loan
Students in Government secure coveted spots as United Way loaned executives.
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Institute for Human Rights
Announced in June, the Institute for Human Rights will feature an interdisciplinary approach to address human rights questions and will utilize one of UAB’s well-known strengths: a highly diverse faculty bringing to bear knowledge and experiences from across multiple geopolitical boundaries.
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So What?
Inside the pages of this issue of Arts & Sciences magazine, you’ve been introduced to faculty, students, alums, and partners from around the globe who have made strides that set them apart.
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Seeds of Success
CAS Alumni Entrepreneurs are rooted in their UAB education.
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A New Kind of Storyteller
Most creative leaders in this world got to where they are today because they are problem-solvers: they find a need and fill it. In fact, it was this determined mindset that led Rosie O’Beirne and Anna Lloyd to establish the program of their dreams: the UAB Digital Media Fellows.
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Sharper Image
UAB’s new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility is the largest and most advanced in the state.
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Diamond in the Rough
Industrial diamonds may be less flashy than their multifaceted, organic cousins, but their durability offers great potential for scientific use Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., professor of physics and associate dean of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, has been conducting research on manmade diamonds for many years.
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Illumination
Leon Botstein, president of Bard College and musical director and conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, was selected as the winner of the 2014 Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar Prize.
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Meet the Dean: Robert Palazzo
It’s often said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. But Dean Robert Palazzo’s 1,099-mile journey from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, to UAB’s College of Arts and Sciences actually started with a surf clam.
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A Strong Stem
UAB was one of only five research universities chosen by the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) as expansion sites for their UTeach secondary science, technology, engineering, and math teacher preparation programs.
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New Books
New books by CAS faculty include Beyond Sound, The College and Career Guide in Music Technology by Scott Phillips, Ph.D., assistant professor of music, and Beginning Partial Differential Equations by Peter O’Neil, professor emeritus in the Mathematics department.
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AEIVA Opens
The UAB College of Arts and Sciences opened its new Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts to the public January 16.
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Dedicated Undergraduate Researchers Motivated to Succeed
You won’t find the “Fas pathway” on any hiking map, but thousands of researchers around the world are avidly studying the cellular receptor for clues that could have historic impact not only on disease but on science’s understanding of life and death.
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