Shannon Thomason
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Public Relations Specialist
thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858Identifies and develops stories that highlight the arts, faculty news, student stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.
Specific beats:
- Advancement
- The Arts at UAB
- AEIVA
- Alys Stephens Center
- Arts in Medicine
- ArtPlay
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Art and Art History
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Music
- Department of Theatre
- Institute for Human Rights
- Department of World Languages and Literatures
- The Graduate School
- Libraries
- National Alumni Society
- WBHM
The Al Pacino gala invitation and Bob Schneider and Jason Isbell show posters created by UAB’s Alys Stephens Center have been named award winners.
“The SCAR Project” and the “The Alabama Project” are two series of large-scale portraits depicting young women’s experiences with breast cancer.
The UAB Department of Music’s Piano Series features the world’s finest pianists live from UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.
Morgan’s photographs on display reflect on cooking with her mother and her childhood neighborhood.
UAB Music celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement and the first signing of the Emancipation Proclamation with a free concert.
UAB Theatre’s playwright-in-residence will have his adaptation of “R.U.R.” performed in New York City, with alum Dustin Cañez as assistant director.
Brendan Rice will speak at UAB’s commencement Dec. 15, then head to Africa where he’ll work with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The Department of Music is now an AVID Learning Partner, and students can earn professional training in a redesigned and upgraded recording studio.
Two new works created by UAB’s Henry Panion will premiere Jan. 20, 2013, at the annual ASO tribute concert to Martin Luther King Jr.
More than 800 students will participate in UAB’s fall commencement ceremony, which will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at Bartow Arena.