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
A producer, composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and educator, Panion was invited to join the elite honor society for dedicating at least 25 years to television excellence.
The 2022 Best Bluegrass Grammy-winning album “My Bluegrass Heart” is a homecoming in sound for Fleck, returning with his first bluegrass tour in 24 years.
UAB students read books to children at Tuggle Elementary School to help increase their reading literacy through the community service program Blazers Read.
Nurse Laura Melton studied classical music repertoire at UAB while earning her degree and performed in Italy this summer after missing out on the trip due to the pandemic.
Theatre UAB presents a playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, with glorious costumes, pop music and bright bursts of color, Nov. 9-12 and 16-19.
A cappella sensation Voctave brings artistic arrangements of favorite songs to life.
Academy Award-winner Davis will speak on her work to bring gender parity to entertainment, and sign copies of her new book, “Dying of Politeness,” at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.
Enjoy an evening of chamber music with friends and family, featuring the award-winning The Balourdet Quartet — one of the hottest new string quartets on the classical music scene.
The Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition is one of UAB’s longest-standing Homecoming traditions. Each winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship and serve as an ambassador of UAB.
In a review of her latest recording, “Holding Space,” Jazz Times wrote Wright’s voice is “one of the marvels of the contemporary scene.”