Matt Windsor
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September 29, 2021
Hackathon yields AI-inspired ideas to fight cancer
Twelve teams competed for cash and prizes across two action-packed days in the AI Against Cancer hackathon. This is the third iteration of the UAB-sponsored event, which applies big data and artificial intelligence techniques to fight disease.
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Discoveries & Innovations
September 24, 2021
Ask yourself these 5 questions before choosing an ESL master's program
Students and faculty explain the life-changing lessons they have learned in UAB’s English as a Second Language graduate programs.
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Programs & Curricula
September 24, 2021
New courses prepare medical students for practice-shaping technologies before they reach the clinic
School of Medicine undergraduates are learning about gene editing, biomedical device design and commercialization in co-enrolled courses led by faculty from the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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Programs & Curricula
September 22, 2021
The world is bumpy. These researchers are teaching computers geometry to save lives and accelerate commutes.
With a new NSF grant, computer scientists are developing a precision flood prediction system that pushes the boundaries of the young field of geometric deep learning. Their work could lead to better route recommendations in navigation apps and breakthroughs in drug discovery and development of novel, energy-efficient materials.
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Grants Awarded
September 17, 2021
Study links debt with risk of psychiatric disorders, high blood pressure in midlife
Research on financial stress following the Great Recession finds that people who were in debt at midlife had a 90 percent increase in being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.
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Research Findings
September 17, 2021
UAB trial studying diet composition — with no weight loss — to treat Type 2 diabetes
Clinical trial investigates diet as a way to remodel the body by re-partitioning energy away from metabolically harmful lipid stores.
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Discoveries & Innovations
September 15, 2021
Cultivating an office culture that works for everyone
How can leaders create a workplace where “how things really get done” matches “how things should get done”? Two experts in industrial-organizational psychology — Kecia Thomas, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and C. Allen Gorman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods — offer five ways to make it happen.
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Learning & Development
September 13, 2021
With new NSF grant, UAB researchers have a hot ticket to the materials of the future
UAB will be a statewide hub for developing a new generation of components for spacecraft, power plants and biomedical implants thanks to crush- and corrosion-resistant spark plasma sintering technology.
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Grants Awarded
September 03, 2021
Researchers are learning how to understand stigma and bring people back from ‘social death’
Fear and self-loathing play a role in conditions from cancer to HIV and COVID-19, spurring a flood of new NIH funding for stigma research. This summer, UAB researchers led — and participated in — a first-of-its-kind “crash course” to bring more investigators into the field.
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Discoveries & Innovations
September 08, 2021
5 fellow employees you’ll meet at Protective Stadium
Long-time season ticket-holders — and a proud first-timer — reveal what they love about Blazer Football and what they’re looking forward to most at UAB’s first home game Oct. 2.
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Go Blazers!
