Seventh Avenue South — from the east end of Volker Hall to 16th Street — will be closed to thru traffic during installation of underground utility piping through Aug. 23. The Volker Hall loading dock and parking decks for Henry Peters, Lister Hill and Callahan Eye Foundation plus the Spain Rehab service road will be accessible via 18th Street.
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GenAI is changing how professors teach writing. This faculty member has built a place to talk about “the conundrums that plague me.”Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT pose all kinds of questions for the future of writing instruction. Meagan Malone, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of English, has launched a website and blog called Composing in the Age of GenAI to share ideas and resources and spark conversations with others in the field.posted yesterday 207 viewsA professor shows future lawyers how to put AI in its placeBrandon Blankenship, J.D., teaching assistant professor and director of the Pre-Law Program in the J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice, shares interactive exercises he uses in the classroom, and how he is using AI in a project to identify suspected bias in judicial decision-making.posted a while back 1901 viewsUsing generative AI to teach a “mindset of exploration”Jonan Phillip Donaldson, Ph.D., who directs UAB’s fully online master’s program in instructional design and development, shares activities that students love.posted a while back 2122 viewsHow a computer science professor is using AI in her classroomAmber Wagner, Ph.D., says AI tools are allowing her to accelerate student learning and can help future programmers keep pace with the constant change that has always been part of the profession.posted a while back 2632 viewsLove it or hate it, generative AI is not going awayHere’s how UAB’s Center for Teaching and Learning is responding, and how UAB faculty are using gen AI this semester to teach first-year composition, graduate-level professional writing and information security.posted a while back 3030 viewsHands-on review: What the president of a national group of writing program leaders thinks of ChatGPTLilian Mina, Ph.D., director of the writing program in the Department of English, shares how she has used generative AI tools in her upper-level Professional Writing course this semester.posted a while back 3833 views5 prompts that explain how a writing professor flipped the script on AIAssistant Professor Meagan Malone, Ph.D., teaches First-Year Composition and 300-level Professional Writing courses in the Department of English. Here is how she reworked her classes this fall to incorporate generative AI tools.posted a while back 4031 viewsThis business professor gave his students an object lesson in trusting AI over human judgmentProfessor Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D., gave ChatGPT and Bard a chance to weigh in on a standard exercise for future IT leaders. Given the opportunity to make subjective decisions on tough calls, the models went their own way.posted a while back 2218 viewsFaculty and staff: Here are 5 ways to help prepare students for their careers
With fall semester already in high gear, here is a quick refresher on all that the UAB Career Center offers to support students on their career journeys.
posted a while back 2802 viewsTake a look inside UAB’s simulation capabilities with these 10 photosLearners can get hands-on practice in everything from birthing to crisis management, to tricky conversations at the Office of Interprofessional Simulation’s Simulation Center in Volker Hall.posted a while back 3319 viewsNew site gives UAB students an edge in anatomy studiesThe Virtual Anatomy Lab, created by a faculty member and a graduate student who is about to begin medical school, brings together a wealth of resources and study tools, from textbooks to podcasts.posted a while back 4122 viewsBig Interview replaces InterviewStream as UAB’s interview practice platformThe UAB Career Center has launched a new interview practice platform designed to help students, faculty and staff improve their interview skills and career readiness through training and practice.posted a while back 2702 viewsPoverty Simulation opens high-impact, interprofessional training to all studentsThis eye-opening experience is more popular than ever. Hear from faculty on how they incorporate the two-hour sim, now fully online, in their courses for undergraduates, graduates and professionals.posted a while back 3933 viewsCurious about virtual reality? Get hands-on and learn how the technology is being used today at UABCori Perdue, Ph.D., director of Collat Professional Education, and Dorothy Ogdon, emerging technologies librarian, talk about how they are using VR and augmented reality and how anyone with a BlazerID can check out a headset to take home.posted a while back 5946 viewsAn artistic focus in astronomy courses creates community and creativity for science studentsStudents in Michelle Wooten’s AST 101, 102 and 103 courses discovered unique connections to course material by creating artwork as part of class assignments.
posted a while back 5568 viewsEngage students, develop innovative programming with 2 Honors College opportunitiesThe Honors College Faculty Fellows program and the Summer Course Development Grant enable faculty to provide stimulating academic enrichment opportunities for honors students and enhance community within the college.
posted a while back 4032 viewsNew Career Center badges let students enhance LinkedIn pages, portfolios and moreThe Career Center Badge Rewards initiative uses gamification to enhance student learning and engagement — and signals career readiness to potential employers.posted a while back 5241 viewsNavigating life after prison is ‘nearly impossible.’ These faculty are challenging civilians to try.Humanities and social sciences unite to build an app that brings to life the struggles faced by former offenders in order to make the case for change. The project was made possible by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Interdisciplinary Team Proposal program.posted a while back 6666 viewsArt imitating life: How a biology student uses embroidery to learn in her own wayLaura Calvert, a senior majoring in biomedical sciences, found that embroidering illustrations of plant structures, the glycolysis process and the human digestive system helped her to better grasp the subject matter — all while creating art along the way.
posted a while back 6885 viewsCourse melds empathy with app design to help former offenders reenter public lifeSally Cramer and Stacy Moak from the College of Arts and Sciences partnered to lead a unique course that challenged graphic design students to conceive, design and prototype mobile apps that alleviate barriers to reentry.
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