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October 01, 2009
Well-traveled Madden tackles her creative works with flair
Kerry Madden, who joined the UAB Department of English this summer as assistant professor of creative writing, is the new editor of the award-winning literary magazine PoemMemoireStory (PMS).
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October 01, 2009
Lymphoma: A bolt of lightning
Lymphoma is a difficult cancer for patients to understand, says James Foran, M.D., UAB hematologist/ oncologist and Cancer Center associate scientist. “Lymphoma doesn’t really fit nicely into a category,” he says. “Nobody really understands why they get it, and they have a hard time understanding what kind of cancer it is.”
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October 01, 2009
Discussion Book Dialogue explores experiences with outreach abroad
Leslie Hendon, instructional laboratory supervisor in the Department of Biology, will examine “Experiences with Outreach Abroad,” in the next UAB Discussion Book Dialogue meeting Thursday, Oct. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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October 01, 2009
Prepare to make the jump to Office 2007 with training
A little anxious about switching? Attend the 90-minute Microsoft Office 2007 overview class at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 in Medical Towers Room 419.
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October 01, 2009
High Octane UAB event at Galleria Mall Oct. 4
The School of Engineering hosts Blazer BEST Mall Day from 1-6 p.m., an event connected to the 2009 Blazer BEST High Octane robotics competition.
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September 30, 2009
Biomedical sciences graduate training reorganized
To increase opportunities for interdisciplinary education and research training in the graduate biomedical sciences, UAB has reorganized its Joint Health Science-affiliated programs to better align them with approaches to modern research and postgraduate employment opportunities.
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September 29, 2009
Grant adds MERIT scholars to UAB’s Graduate School
A new developmental grant awarded to UAB’s Graduate School will be used to help educate and train a diverse community of postdoctoral scholars who will become tomorrow’s leading academicians.
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September 24, 2009
UAB receives $5 million gift from Jane Stephens Comer for children’s art education
UAB has received a gift of $5 million from Jane Stephens Comer, to be used in partnership with the Alys Stephens Center, for a cultural arts education program for Birmingham-area children in pre-school through high school.
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September 24, 2009
UAB celebrates inaugural University Day with looks back, ahead
Hundreds of faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends celebrated “UAB: Forty Years of Breakthroughs” in the Alys Stephens Center Jemison Concert Hall Thursday to commemorate the occasion as part of UAB’s first University Day.
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September 21, 2009
Rigney named interim VP for Information Technology
UAB Vice President for Student Affairs Douglas Rigney, Ph.D., has been named interim vice president for Information Technology (IT), a position he will assume Sept 25.
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