Student Achievement
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Students Forge New Paths Through Birmingham's History
The downtown walking tour was scheduled for a sunny Saturday in April 2016. But the group of about 40 and their UAB student guides soon found themselves reliving another spring morning—Easter Sunday 1963.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program Students Win UAB Summer Expo Awards
Five Undergraduate Neuroscience Program students won awards at the UAB Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research's Summer Expo.
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Honors Neuroscience Summer Research Academy: Psychology Labs
See how students working in psychology labs describe their experience in the Honors Neuroscience Summer Research Academy.
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Honors Neuroscience Summer Research Academy: School of Medicine Labs
Four students participating in the Honors Neuroscience Summer Research Academy are working in School of Medicine labs.
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UAB Student Artist Named an American Advertising Federation Student of the Year
Bailey Barrow of Pinson is the only student in Alabama to receive this award for 2016. She is a student in the Department of Art and Art History.
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Hands-on Learning in Puerto Rico
In May 2016 ten Blazers went to Puerto Rico for Dr. Maddox's Spanish and Service Learning program.
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DFLL at the UAB EXPO 2016
It was a grand day for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the UAB EXPO 2016.
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A Summer Mystery, with a Twist
With one of UAB's inaugural President's Summer Research scholarships, undergraduate Marina Triplett is exploring a DNA topology puzzle that could point to better cancer drugs.
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Three Alabama High School Seniors Awarded UAB’s Most Prestigious Endowed Scholarships
Hunter Drinkard of Creola, Samantha Fry of Mobile and Cailet Hardtmann-Huckabee of Huntsville will attend UAB this fall after earning four-year scholarships.
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Recent Public Relations Graduates Sweep Awards
Eleven students in the Public Relations program, a specialization within the Department of Communication Studies, brought home a total of 17 awards at the state conference of the Public Relations Council of Alabama (PRCA) on April 20.
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Saving Sea Turtles from Above
UAB graduate student Elizabeth Bevan is using drones to document previously unexplored habits of turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
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UAB Student Emily Quarato to Study at Hungary NSF REU Site
Emily Quarato, a rising junior from New York majoring in chemistry and anthropology, has been selected to participate in a National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates site project this summer in eastern Hungary, where she will study a Bronze Age cemetery population.
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Pictures from Graduation and the HSPC
Photos from Graduation 2016 and the High School Programming Contest.
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UAB Undergraduates Awarded Fellowship to Participate in Cutting-edge Research
Two UAB students will travel to other institutions and take part in a research project as part of the Amgen Scholars program.
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UAB Student to Join Peace Corps Following Spring Graduation
Summa cum laude graduate John Wesley Chancellor has been selected to serve in the Peace Corps, joining others from UAB in a longstanding tradition of involvement in the program.
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One (Healthier) Person, One Vote?
Brian Haynes, a senior majoring in political science and economics, studied the link between Medicaid funding levels and voter turnout in the past three presidential elections.
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College of Arts and Sciences Students Win Wicked Problem Case Competition Grand Prize
Sarah Jassim, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology, and Nicole Mubarak, a senior majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Software Engineering, worked with the winning “Strike the Balance” team.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Ranjani Ponnazhagan
Ranjani Ponnazhagan, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Aseel Dib
Aseel Dib, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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Undergraduate Neuroscience Program's Outstanding Seniors: Courtney Walker
Courtney Walker, a senior majoring in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, writes about her experiences in the program and at UAB.
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