Student Achievement
NASW annual advocacy day
Thirteen students took this excellent opportunity to practice their policy and advocacy skills, and learn more about how politics work in Alabama.
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Drop of Life documentary screening
The Student Social Work Organization sponsored a documentary about the impact of clean water on villages in Kenya.
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Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship awarded to five UAB graduate students
Five Department of Psychology graduate students were awarded the 2018 Federal Highway Administration’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship.
Graduate students win department paper award
Sociology graduate students Jalal Uddin and Haley Kendrick have been awarded best graduate student paper and honorable mention.
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Graduate student continues breast cancer research with new grant
UAB graduate student Kendra Royston has been named a trainee to the Susan G. Komen Graduate Training in Disparities Research Grant.
Department of Social Work welcomes new students
UAB's Department of Social Work looks forward to working with the first cohort of MSW students.
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Sabrina Heiser wins Ralph Lewin Award
Sabrina Heiser, a doctoral student in UAB's Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was presented the Ralph Lewin Award for best student poster at the 2017 Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting.
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African American Studies students selected for impressive internships
Two African American Studies students — an alumna and a senior — are participating in their dream internships this summer.
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UAB piano student Mira Walker wins national award
Applied music major Mira Walker submitted her performance of works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Liebermann, and received a $3,000 award for first place.
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Elizabeth Bevan Receives NSF EAPSI Award
As the recipient of a $5,400 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Award, Elizabeth Bevan will spend 3 months researching sea turtle behavior in Australia.
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Kayla Lewis Receives Susan G. Komen Grant
With funding from the Susan G. Komen Graduate Training in Disparities Research (GTDR) Grant, Kayla Lewis will continue to research triple negative breast cancer, a highly aggressive form of breast cancer that doesn’t respond well to treatment.
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Ryan Roque Receives Honors College Experiential Fellowship
Ryan Roque, an undergraduate Biology major in the UAB Global and Community Leadership Honors Program, plans to use the funding to explore how the growth hormone gene affects the muscular development of zebra-fish.
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UAB Public Relations Student Group Named Chapter of the Year
Students also received 20 Medallion Awards, the highest award given by the Public Relations Council of Alabama, 12 Awards of Excellence and six Awards of Merit.
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UAB Senior Overcomes Health Challenges to Become First Online Psychology Graduate
After graduation, Haley Callahan will pursue her master’s degree in counseling from Northwestern University.
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Graduating Art Senior Samantha Richardson’s Skills Land Awards, Start in Agency Career
During her undergraduate experience at UAB, her creative design research focused on building awareness about underprivileged communities in the city. She works with Cayenne Creative.
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Graduating Theatre UAB senior Russell Alexander II of Selma selected to Atlanta’s Aurora Theatre Company
Russell Alexander II will graduate April 29 and begin work with a professional acting company, after performing with Theatre UAB and garnering a national award from the Kennedy Center.
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Graduating UAB Senior Aleksandra Kasman Has Chosen The Juilliard School After Being Accepted to Nation’s Top Music Schools
A senior in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music and the Honors College’s University Honors Program, Kasman, pianist, will graduate April 29, then embark on a tour and graduate school.
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UAB Department of Art and Art History Students Present Community-focused Projects Based in the Arts
The winning entries will be displayed in the Global Eye Exhibition, which opens Friday, April 21, in the new UAB INTO space located in the Sterne Library.
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Spring Commencement Ceremonies, Doctoral Hooding at UAB on April 29
At least 2,015 students will graduate and approximately 1,250 are expected to walk in the spring 2017 commencement ceremonies happening 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Bartow Arena.
Three UAB Students Selected for the 2017 Amgen Scholars Program
The highly-selective program provides fully-paid summer research opportunities for students at some of the country's premier institutions.
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