Faculty Excellence
Steele Named Finalist for Prestigious Book Prize
Brian Steele, Ph.D., associate professor of history in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a finalist for the 2013 George Washington Book Prize.
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Hidden Pictures: GIS Offers New Directions for Data
Sometimes a simple picture can say more than mountains of data — especially if that picture is created from the data itself. Akhlaque Haque, PhD, an associate professor of government at UAB and an expert in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, learned this lesson in Cleveland.
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Dr. Lourdes Sánchez-López Receives the MHRC Charles Barkley Excellence in Mentoring Award 2012
Dr. Sánchez-López received her award during UAB’s MHRC 10th Anniversary Gala. Dean Palazzo and Associate Dean Rebecca Bach sponsored a table to accompany and support her award.
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Kurata Named Associate Professor Emerita of English
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Marilyn J. Kurata, as associate professor emerita in the Department of English during its meeting on Nov. 2, 2012.
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The DFLL Welcomes Three New Faculty Members
The department welcomes Yahui Anita Huang, Lorenzo García-Amaya, and Nicholas Henriksen.
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Faces of UAB: André Millard
André Millard has been at UAB for over twenty years. This teacher of popular culture, film and music, and World War II is also a collector of music in all formats.
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Professor Sheri Spaine Long Receives Distinguished Honor
Sheri Spaine Long, Ph.D., professor of Spanish in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, has been inducted into La Orden de los Descubridores, one of the highest honors of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi.
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Dr. Carlos Orihuela Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Professor Orihuela!
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Collins Appointed Associate Professor Emeritus of English
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees named Robert Collins, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus in the Department of English during its meeting June 15, 2012.
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Award-Winning Alums Reveal the Secrets of Teaching Foreign Tongues
Three UAB alumni, now award-winning Alabama foreign language teachers, discuss the importance of art, music, literature and even science in helping students gain new perspectives along with new words.
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Alabama State Council on the Arts Honors Adam Vines
Three University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty members were awarded $5,000 fellowship grants by the Alabama State Council on the Arts for 2012-13 based on merit of their work, career achievement and potential and service to the state. Recipients may use the money to create art, improve skills or enhance their artistic careers.
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UAB EMSAP Class of 2012 Votes Dr. Chris Lawson Outstanding Professor in Physics
The graduating seniors of the EMSAP Class of 2012 voted Dr. Christopher M. Lawson as its Outstanding Professor in Physics.
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Professor Chris Lawson Testifies to the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce
On behalf of the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition Dr. Christopher M. Lawson from the University of Alabama at Birmingham testified in front of the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies on March 22.
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DFLL Spanish Professor Teaches Air Force Cadets
Dr. Long has been teaching as a distinguished visiting professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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Sweatt Wins International Plasticity Award
David Sweatt, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UAB Department of Neurobiology, has been awarded the 2012 neuronal plasticity prize from the Fondation IPSEN, an entity of the Fondation de France.
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Sweatt Wins International Plasticity Award
David Sweatt, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UAB Department of Neurobiology, has been awarded the 2012 neuronal plasticity prize from the Fondation IPSEN, an entity of the Fondation de France.
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Professor Sergey Mirov Elected Fellow of Optical Society of America
On November 18, 2011, the Optical Society of America (OSA) announced that Sergey B. Mirov, UAB Professor of Physics and University Professor, was elected to the rank of Fellow.
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Witnesses to History
UAB secured its place in history—actually, two places—this summer when two history professors, John Van Sant, Ph.D., and Raymond Mohl, Ph.D., were invited to present their research at the 20th Annual World History Association (WHA) Conference in Beijing, China.
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Dr. Serge Bokobza Named as Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Chair
Serge Bokobza, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at UAB. Bokobza has been an associate professor of French literature and cinema studies at UAB since 1986.
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Rebecca Bach Named 2011 Ireland Award Recipient
Rebecca Ann Bach first fell in love with the works of William Shakespeare as a sixth grader at a tiny Presbyterian grammar school in New York. She was picked to play Calpurnia in “Julius Caesar” and stood before her class robed in a purple bed sheet and let Shakespeare’s words roll off her 10-year-old tongue.
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