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Two UAB students named 2025 Goldwater Scholars
May 22, 2025

Eberhard and Swalley join the ranks of 39 other outstanding Blazers who have been named Goldwater Scholars.
Three UAB students receive Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship
May 15, 2025

The CLS Program partners with universities and nonprofits globally to provide American students opportunities to develop international language proficiency and cultural understanding, supporting lo...
Lessons for the Living, Learning from the Undead: Clements reflects on her lecture about Viking Age Zombies
May 7, 2025

This past fall, Jill Clements, Ph.D., associate professor of English and co-director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (AMRS) minor, delivere...
Excellence personified: UAB student is graduating with three degrees
May 5, 2025

Drawing inspiration from losing his mother early on, Tyler Thomas is committed to caring for others.
Excellence in tech: Two computer science master’s programs earn Fortune top 10 rankings
May 1, 2025

The computer science and cybersecurity master’s programs at UAB received top 10 rankings by Fortune.
Bringing the worlds of arts and sciences together through mentorship, UAB graduate eyes medical school
April 30, 2025

Karim Mikhail majored in neuroscience and philosophy, led a successful undergraduate career at UAB thanks to the strong mentorship both programs have to offer, and found lifelong friends working as...
After turns in UAB Theatre, Red Mountain Theatre productions, Jalen Kirkman pursues professional performance career
April 29, 2025

The Florence native, 22, is graduating from UAB with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater, then working professionally this summer, signing with an agency and moving to New York.
From spikes to poetry, how one UAB volleyball player discovered her passion for writing
April 29, 2025

Naomi Ortiz is not afraid of being open to life’s surprises.
Marching Blazers drum major is composing a career in music
April 25, 2025

Cameron Rodgers-Johnson will go on to study music composition after taking advantage of performance opportunities at UAB and graduating with high distinguished honors.
College of Arts and Sciences faculty members published 17 books in 2024
April 23, 2025

College of Arts and Sciences faculty gathered at the Abroms-Engel Insitute for the Visual Arts on April 21 to celebrate 19 authors.
Spring commencement for UAB will be May 2-3
April 23, 2025

More than 3,071 students are eligible to graduate this semester, and at least 1,715 students will participate in commencement exercises.
2025 winners of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
April 23, 2025

The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time, regular faculty members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who have demonstrated e...