Student Achievement
Lessons from an Internship: Independence, Self-Confidence, and Patience
History student and REV Birmingham intern Stephanie Qualls has become a regular face amongst the cobblestone streets and old buildings of downtown.
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CJ Honors Student Completes Sterne Library Certificate Program
The Department of Justice Sciences is pleased to announce that Santorra King, a senior undergraduate Criminal Justice honors student, has completed Mervyn H. Sterne Library’s Social Science Research Toolkit Certificate Program.
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Third UAB Student Named Rhodes Scholar
Ameen Barghi of the University of Alabama at Birmingham was elected to the Rhodes scholar Class of 2015 on Saturday. He is one of 32 outstanding U.S. students who will start their all-expenses-paid, graduate educations at Oxford University next fall.
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Psychology Student Joins List of Past UAB Winners of Prestigious Research Award
Haley Johnson, a psychology doctoral student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was selected as this year’s sole recipient of the Lizette Peterson-Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant. Johnson was chosen from a pool of 19 elite applicants, and she joins her mentor, Assistant Professor Despina Stavrinos, Ph.D., and Professor David Schwebel, Ph.D., as a winner of this award.
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Mock Trial Teams Excels at Invitational Tournament
UAB’s Mock Trial Team enjoyed successes last weekend at the Middle Tennessee State University Mock Trial Invitational Tournament in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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Barghi, Ryder in the Running for International Academic Honors
Two University of Alabama at Birmingham students are finalists for prestigious scholarship programs. Ameen Barghi, of Birmingham, and Yoonhee Ryder, of Huntsville, have been named finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship, and Ryder also is a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship.
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Ethics Bowl Team Advances to Nationals
In Southeast Regional competition in Tampa, FL, UAB's Ethics Bowl Team won one of four coveted spots to advance to the National Championship Round of 32 teams from 10 national regions in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, Feb.22nd in Costa Mesa, CA.
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Two CAS Students Are Finalists for Rhodes Scholarship
Ameen Barghi and Yoonhee Ryder have been named finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
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Aleksandra Kasman Wins State MTNA Auditions, Will Represent Alabama
Aleksandra Kasman, a University of Alabama at Birmingham sophomore in the Honors Program, won the Alabama Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Young Artist auditions held in Auburn, Alabama, Oct. 31-Nov. 1.
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UAB SAACS Team First Runners Up at Competition
A team from the UAB Student Affiliates American Chemical Society participated in the College Chemistry Bowl competition and Demomania at the 66th Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society meeting held October 16-19 in Nashville, TN.
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History Intern Helps Revitalize Birmingham
Stephanie Qualls has always had a love for history, which is why she wants to teach others about our world and its cultures.
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Melanie Roberts of Mount Olive Named Miss UAB 2015
Melanie Mae Roberts of Mount Olive was named Miss UAB 2015 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
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Meet Bliss Chang (Video)
Bliss Chang is pursuing double majors in Biochemistry and Biology. He is a member of the Science and Technology Honors Program and conducts research in the labs of Dr. Elizabeth Sztul and Dr. Jamil Saad.
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Clarissa Weaver Wins Poster Competition
Chemistry graduate student Clarissa L. Weaver won first place in the 2014 Structural Biology Symposium Poster Competition.
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Winners of 2014 Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition Announced
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has named John Wesley Chancellor of Enterprise and Candy Mosley of Foley Mr. and Ms. UAB 2014.
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Eight Set to Compete in Miss UAB Scholarship Pageant on Oct. 15 at the ASC
Eight young women will vie for the title and $4,600 in scholarships as the University of Alabama at Birmingham presents the 2015 Miss UAB Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.
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Women Student Leaders Find Inspiration in Our Nation’s Capital
The UAB Department of Government's 2014 National Conference for Collegiate Women Student Leaders attendees say the conference was an incredible opportunity to be immersed in leadership training and network with high-achieving students from many different universities and backgrounds.
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On Loan: Students in Government Secure Coveted Spots as United Way Loaned Executives
Ashton Johnson, a recent graduate (BA, Political Science), and two current Master of Public Administration (MPA) students, Jasmine Shaw and Tyler Slaton, were selected for the United Way’s Loaned Executive program.
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Sociology Graduate Student News
Kristi Stringer received an NIH dissertation grant with four years of funding through the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study HIV and substance abuse.
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Sociology Doctoral Student Earns Fellowship Grant from NIH
Kristi L. Stringer, a doctoral candidate in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Sociology, has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship grant through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which enables promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized research training while conducting their dissertation research.
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