Jim Bakken
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As chief communications officer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine, Bakken leads teams that set and execute internal and external communications strategy. Prior to joining UAB in 2012, Bakken spent a decade working with a diverse client base at two full-service communications firms. Bakken spent eight years in Nashville at McNeely Pigott and Fox – one of the largest PR firms in the Southeast – prior to launching Peritus Public Relations in Birmingham in 2010. Bakken has served on the board of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America and has been a Birmingham Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree.
UAB senior Lauren McCarthy has been named Student of the Year by a statewide organization.
UAB Honors program students won first place in three categories at a national honors conference
UAB Collat School of Business alumnus Joshua Carpenter is a Rhodes Scholarship finalst.
Yoshimi Saito, Ph.D., has been appointed professor emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Kathleen Martin, Ph.D., has been appointed associate professor emerita in the School of Education.
James C. Martin, Ph.D., has been appointed associate professor emeritus in physics.
Ken Marion, Ph.D., has been appointed professor emeritus in biology.
Wayne J. Brouillette, Ph.D., has been appointed professor emeritus in chemistry.
Robert Angus, Ph.D. has been appointed professor emeritus in biology.
Kevin L. Kirk, Ph.D., has been appointed to an endowed chair in biomedical research.