Shannon Thomason
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thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858Identifies and develops stories that highlight the arts, faculty news, student stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.
Specific beats:
- Advancement
- The Arts at UAB
- AEIVA
- Alys Stephens Center
- Arts in Medicine
- ArtPlay
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Art and Art History
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Music
- Department of Theatre
- Institute for Human Rights
- Department of World Languages and Literatures
- The Graduate School
- Libraries
- National Alumni Society
- WBHM
UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” author and host Samin Nosrat on Sept. 13
This performance will be a virtual culinary conversation and live Q-and-A discussion with Nosrat and the Stitts, owners and operators of Highlands Bar & Grill, Bottega, and Chez Fon-Fon.
Edwards works primarily in acrylic on board, using vibrant colors in a technique that embraces paint drips, beautifully rendering portraits of Black girls.
Five beloved Birmingham arts organizations will come together to present a performance like no other, on the UAB campus. This event is now sold out but you can stream it from home free.
For student actors, the virtual “stage” requires additional patience, focus and benevolence — skills actors should continually develop anyhow, says UAB Theatre alumna Theresa Robbins Dudeck, Ph.D.
The UAB National Alumni Society has announced a transition to dues-free membership with a campaign centered around the phrase “From Here on IN.”
UAB has established a comprehensive and coordinated suicide-prevention strategy for everyone, in an effort to reach those in need.
Proficiency in a foreign language can help in almost any career field; for instance, at UAB, French majors have a strong record of admission to medical school.
Choose a broad-spectrum sunscreen of at least 30 SPF, apply it generously, and dress babies and children in sun-protective clothing if your family is having fun in the sun.
UAB asks donors to support any of its emergency response funds to meet the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.
UAB is asking students to upload a video of themselves in cap and gown or UAB gear, telling viewers who they are, what their major is and sharing something special about their time at UAB.