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Physics Alumnus Thomas McCauley Heads Nonclinical Development Group at Shire Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Thomas McCauley (UAB Physics PhD - Class of 1996) has assumed a Vice President position at Shire Pharmaceuticals. Dr. McCauley joined Shire in 2010 and heads its global nonclinical development.

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UAB Physics Department Annual Awards Day - 2015

UAB Physics undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff all gathered for the department’s Annual Awards Day on April 17, 2015.

Grad Student Ustun Sunay Awarded 2015 NREIP Internship

Graduate student Ustun Sunay was awarded a 10-week summer internship sponsored by the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program. Read more

History Student Takes Lessons from the Dead at Oak Hill Cemetery

When thinking of prospective places to complete an internship, a cemetery is not exactly what comes to mind — unless you’re history student Dana Dawson, that is. Dana enjoys the hands-on learning and, well, the quiet that comes with working at Oak Hill Cemetery. Read more

Q&A with Randy Blythe

Randy Blythe is an assistant professor in the UAB Department of English. Recently he sat down with graduate student Halley Cotton to answer a few questions.

Chemistry Scholar Calla McCulley Selected for NSF-Funded Summer REU Program

Chemistry undergraduate student and Chemistry Scholar Calla McCulley was one of the nine individuals selected for the NSF-Funded Summer REU Program at Bristol and Bath for this July-August 2015. Read more

PhD Student Sonal Singh Hired by Global Foundries

Dr. Sonal Singh has accepted a position at GLOBAL FOUNDRIES (a semiconductor manufacturing company) as a 'Senior Defect Engineer - Technology Development’. Read more

New Exhibition Shows Works by Graduating BFA Students at AEIVA, April 20-May 1

Works by graduating students from the Department of Art and Art History will be on exhibition from April 20-May 1 in the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. Read more

UAB Bioethics Bowl Team Claims National Title

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl team defeated six teams to win the 2015 Bioethics Bowl on Saturday, April 11, in Tallahassee, Florida. Read more

UAB Honors Student Wins Humanity in Action Fellowship

University of Alabama at Birmingham

honors student Sadhvi Batra is one of only 40 winners nationwide for the Humanity in Action Fellowship, which supports original research concerning intolerance and democratic values.

Answers to Age-Old Questions

Steven Austad, Ph.D., chair of UAB’s Department of Biology and associate director of the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, explores the science of aging. Read more

Intellectual Journey: Rhodes Scholar Prepares for Oxford

UAB's newest Rhodes Scholar Ameen Barghi, the third in UAB’s history to win the award and one of 32 U.S. students selected for the prestigious honor for 2015, prepares for Oxford. Read more

Pop Star

Works by the legendary Andy Warhol illuminated the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA) in its first major show by a globally renowned artist. Read more

Meeting of the Minds

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, came to UAB at the beginning of a three-day visit to Birmingham in October 2014 to learn about neuroplasticity, or the brain’s ability to change, grow, and repair itself. Read more

Chances for Change: John Chancellor and the Student Alumni Society

John Chancellor is excited to be part of change at UAB as the newest co-chair of the Student Alumni Society (SAS) and as Mr. UAB 2014. Read more

A Place in Space

The late Thomas Wdowiak, Ph.D., taught astronomy at UAB for nearly 30 years. Now he is astronomy, thanks to NASA, which has named a prominent ridge on Mars to honor him and his crucial scientific contributions.

Dr. Julian Arribas Named Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Dr. Julian Arribas has accepted the position as Chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Read more

UAB Trumpet Ensemble to Perform at International Trumpet Guild

The International Trumpet Guild has invited the University of Alabama at Birmingham Trumpet Ensemble to perform at its conference May 26-30. Read more

Dr. Patrick Evans Named New Chair of Department of Music

Dr. Patrick Evans, who has served as Director of Admission for the Depauw University School of Music since 2013, has been named Chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music. Read more

State and Local Government: Learn from an Expert

Looking for a cool class to take this summer? Then look no further than State and Local Government (PSC 221) taught by former Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett. Read more

Dr. Yuliang Zheng Named New Chair of Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Dr. Yuliang Zheng, an internationally recognized expert in cyber security, has accepted the position as Chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences Department of Computer and Information Sciences. Read more

EXPO Highlights Undergraduate Scholarship

The eighth annual UAB EXPO: An Exposition of Undergraduate Scholarship will showcase research and scholarly work by University of Alabama at Birmingham undergraduate students across all academic disciplines and departments. Read more

Bliss Chang Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Study in Germany

Bliss Chang, a senior majoring in biochemistry and biology within the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2015 Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Germany for a year. Read more

UAB's DeReef Jamison Reaches Top 1 Percent of Academia.edu Profiles

UAB African American Studies professor Dr. DeReef Jamison was recently listed in the top 1 percent of academics for profile views on Academia.edu.

UAB Study Suggests Oil Dispersant Causes Lung and Gill Injuries

UAB research identifies enzyme that protects lungs and gills following damage from oil dispersant.

UABTeach Paves the Way for New STEM Teachers

The University of Alabama at Birmingham UABTeach program is wrapping up a highly successful first year, surpassing enrollment expectations and garnering philanthropic funding. Read more

Biology Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Corey Cates and Megan Roegner have both been awarded graduate research fellowships by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read more

Julie Schram Named Winner of Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies

Julie Schram has been awarded the 2015 UAB Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies at the Doctoral Level. Read more

Biology Students Recognized with Awards, Fellowships

Three graduate students from the UAB Department of Biology have been recognized for their excellent scholarship and service: Julie Schram, Corey Cates, and Megan Roegner. Read more

UAB Music Students Win at Regional Competition, Headed to Nationals

University of Alabama at Birmingham students Nole Jones and Johnathon Lyons won awards at the Southeastern Regional National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions held March 27-28 at Auburn University. Read more

Theatre UAB Presents Tony Award-winning Musical “Avenue Q” April 8-12

Winner of the Tony Awards’ “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, “Avenue Q” is a hilarious, irreverent, sweetly satiric coming-of-age parable performed by “Muppet”-style puppets alongside human actors. Read more

Ryder Receives Outstanding Woman Undergraduate Student Award

Yoonhee Ryder, a senior in biology and anthropology, has made a name for herself at UAB as a determined high-achiever who has a passion for social justice issues. Now she has been given the Outstanding Woman Undergraduate Student Award. Read more

UAB Music Presents the Thelema Trio in Concert April 16

The Thelema Trio, a Belgian new music ensemble, will appear in concert Thursday, April 16, presented by theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music. Read more

UAB Students Curate BMA Exhibition on Photographs of the South

A new show of photographs made in and about the South curated by students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham will open at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Thursday, April 2, for the BMA’s First Thursday event. Read more

UAB Gospel Choir Presents its Spring Concert April 13

Students will make their debuts as lead vocalists Monday, April 13, when the University of Alabama at Birmingham Gospel Choir presents its spring concert. Read more

KDDM Lab Member Won Outstanding Presentation Award at AAS 2015

Xinpeng Liao, a Ph.D. student in KDDM Lab, recently won an Outstanding Presentation Award in the paper competition at 92nd annual meeting in Alabama Academy of Science based on the work “Mining Low-duplicate Social Media Images for Criminal Forum Detection.” Read more

Using a Smartphone to Take Distracted-driving Research on the Road

For several years, Despina Stavrinos, Ph.D., director of UAB’s Translational Research for Injury Prevention Laboratory, has been using a detailed driving simulator to study how participants respond to distraction. Read more

A Culture of Discovery

For Lisa Tamiris Becker, M.F.A., founding director of UAB's Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), the building is a place of discovery—a research center like no other at UAB. Read more

Alumnus Takes to the Skies at the Southern Museum of Flight

Department of History alumnus Brian Barsanti is now the executive director of the Southern Museum of Flight, home to one of the best collections of historic aircraft in the Southeast as well as the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. Read more

Mind the Gap: Probing the Brain-Machine Interface

Surprising breakthroughs from decades of basic science were featured at the recent, all-day 2015 Bevill Neuroscience Symposium — “Brain-Machine Interfaces” at UAB, which drew 200 attendees. Read more