Trailblazing Alumni
The Scientist Behind the Sale: Lindsay Sutton and the Psychology of Advertising
Lindsay Sutton could have taken her UAB doctoral degree in developmental psychology, accepted a job offer in Washington, D.C., and spent her career following the typical path of most developmental psychologists into government or academia. Instead, she took a more colorful, unconventional route, signing up with an advertising agency.
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National Alumni Society Honors Five at Leadership Awards
The University of Alabama at Birmingham National Alumni Society recognized five people with honors at the group’s 14th annual Alumni Leadership Recognition Awards Luncheon on Friday, Sept. 26.
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Going Public: Serving the American People from Birmingham to Kyiv
While the world watches news headlines on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, UAB alumna Rachel Hicks is getting a much closer view — as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) on assignment at the United States Embassy in the capital of Kyiv.
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UAB Alumnus Dr. Nenad Velsavljevic Honored with DOE/NNSA Award of Excellence
Recently, Nenad Velisavljevic, 2005 Physics PhD graduate from Prof. Y. K. Vohra's high pressure group and currently staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with three co-workers received a DOE-NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence.
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Alumni Interview: Ashley Jones
Halley Cotton, a graduate assistant in the department's Creative Writing Program, recently sat down to talk with Ashley Jones, an alumna of the program, about her time at UAB, what inspires her, her favorite writers, and her hopes for the future.
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International Internship Granted to Recent UAB Graduate
University of Alabama at Birmingham graduate Michael Longmire is spending four months working at the world’s largest chemical company as part of an internship granted to him by the German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD.
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Physics Alumnus Luther Beegle's Proposal Selected for Mars 2020 Rover
NASA recently announced the selection of seven instrument proposals for inclusion on the next rover to be sent to Mars in 2020. Among the proposals selected, Dr. Luther Beegle, UAB physics alumnus and Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, is the principal investigator for the Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC).
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Polishing the Diamond: Alumnus David Brewer
As the executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Rickwood, UAB alum David Brewer is the chief steward of Rickwood Field's legacy.
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Dexter Forbes’ Unlikely Beginnings
Five years ago Dexter Forbes would never have predicted that he would graduate with an African American Studies major. Forbes typically found himself in the minority in his home community in Maine, and UAB provided a new environment where he could explore his personal identity.
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My Experience as a Pathways Intern
UAB alum Logan Talbot writes about his experience interning for the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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An Early African American Studies Graduate Shares Her Wisdom
"Exposure to information and exposure to people" — Michelle Craig says this is what she gained from UAB’s African American Studies Program, experiences that lead to a successful career.
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UAB Alumni Honors Excellence in Business Top 25 Award Winners
The University of Alabama at Birmingham National Alumni Society honored its second annual Excellence in Business Top 25 2014 award winners with a luncheon Friday, March 7, at the Alumni House.
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The College to Honor Distinguished Alumni and Friends
The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences will host its Distinguished Alumni Awards Reception on Thursday, Dec. 12.
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Alum Gets Prestigious Washington Post
UAB alumna Kristal Quarker has been named the national field director for African American Initiatives for the Republican National Committee (RNC).
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Biology Alum Ingrid Pfau Named Runner-up for Film on Epilepsy at 2013 Neuro Film Festival
For 24-year-old filmmaker Ingrid Pfau, UAB was a place of firsts. It was the place where the Birmingham native first became a filmmaker and where she was first diagnosed with epilepsy.
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CIS Alumni on LinkedIn
The CIS department has started a LinkedIn group for our Alumni allowing our graduates an easy way of staying connected with their classmates and to build a diverse network of contacts in the computer science field.
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Rice Wins Clinton Hunger Leadership Award
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) alum Brendan Rice has been awarded a President William Jefferson Clinton Hunger Leadership Award.
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Alumni Spotlight: Mayor Walter Maddox
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox made headlines for his leadership after a tornado wrecked havoc in 2011, but his potential was recognized by the residents of the city years before the disaster. Even earlier than that, his potential was seen and applauded in the halls of the Department of Government.
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Building Influence on Capitol Hill
Loop21 and IMPACT DC recently named Kristal Quarker one of its Top 40 Under 40 Most Influential People of Color on Capitol Hill.
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Physics Alumnus Dr. Luther Beegle Explores Mars for Signs of Life
Beegle's role on this mission is to be something of an interplanetary safety inspector. "I am one of three surface sampling systems scientists," he says. "We're in charge of Curiosity's drill and scoop"—which are crucial to the mission goal of "finding traces of organics and understanding the habitability potential of Mars," Beegle says.
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