Student Achievement
Ethics Bowl Team Advances to Nationals
In Southeast Regional competition in Tampa, FL, UAB's Ethics Bowl Team won one of four coveted spots to advance to the National Championship Round of 32 teams from 10 national regions in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, Feb.22nd in Costa Mesa, CA.
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Two CAS Students Are Finalists for Rhodes Scholarship
Ameen Barghi and Yoonhee Ryder have been named finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
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Aleksandra Kasman Wins State MTNA Auditions, Will Represent Alabama
Aleksandra Kasman, a University of Alabama at Birmingham sophomore in the Honors Program, won the Alabama Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Young Artist auditions held in Auburn, Alabama, Oct. 31-Nov. 1.
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UAB SAACS Team First Runners Up at Competition
A team from the UAB Student Affiliates American Chemical Society participated in the College Chemistry Bowl competition and Demomania at the 66th Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society meeting held October 16-19 in Nashville, TN.
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History Intern Helps Revitalize Birmingham
Stephanie Qualls has always had a love for history, which is why she wants to teach others about our world and its cultures.
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Melanie Roberts of Mount Olive Named Miss UAB 2015
Melanie Mae Roberts of Mount Olive was named Miss UAB 2015 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
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Meet Bliss Chang (Video)
Bliss Chang is pursuing double majors in Biochemistry and Biology. He is a member of the Science and Technology Honors Program and conducts research in the labs of Dr. Elizabeth Sztul and Dr. Jamil Saad.
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Clarissa Weaver Wins Poster Competition
Chemistry graduate student Clarissa L. Weaver won first place in the 2014 Structural Biology Symposium Poster Competition.
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Winners of 2014 Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition Announced
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has named John Wesley Chancellor of Enterprise and Candy Mosley of Foley Mr. and Ms. UAB 2014.
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Eight Set to Compete in Miss UAB Scholarship Pageant on Oct. 15 at the ASC
Eight young women will vie for the title and $4,600 in scholarships as the University of Alabama at Birmingham presents the 2015 Miss UAB Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.
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Women Student Leaders Find Inspiration in Our Nation’s Capital
The UAB Department of Government's 2014 National Conference for Collegiate Women Student Leaders attendees say the conference was an incredible opportunity to be immersed in leadership training and network with high-achieving students from many different universities and backgrounds.
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On Loan: Students in Government Secure Coveted Spots as United Way Loaned Executives
Ashton Johnson, a recent graduate (BA, Political Science), and two current Master of Public Administration (MPA) students, Jasmine Shaw and Tyler Slaton, were selected for the United Way’s Loaned Executive program.
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Sociology Graduate Student News
Kristi Stringer received an NIH dissertation grant with four years of funding through the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study HIV and substance abuse.
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Sociology Doctoral Student Earns Fellowship Grant from NIH
Kristi L. Stringer, a doctoral candidate in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Sociology, has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship grant through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which enables promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized research training while conducting their dissertation research.
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UAB Honors College Welcomes Largest Incoming Freshman Class
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Honors College welcomed its largest-ever incoming class of freshmen this week, 375 students from 21 states and the United Kingdom.
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Student-made Documentaries Will Screen at Sidewalk Film Festival
Documentary shorts produced by six University of Alabama at Birmingham students and an alumnus will be screened during the 2014 Sidewalk Film Festival.
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Red Carpet Entrance
Sidewalk Film Festival has accepted three films produced by six College of Arts and Sciences students in the documentary shorts category.
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Department of Social Work Outstanding Undergraduate 2013-14
Mary Rainey Wetzel has been named the Department of Social Work Outstanding Undergraduate, 2013-14.
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Computer Science and Information System Scholarship Recipients
The Department of Computer Science and Information System is proud to recognize all of the 2012-2013 UAB CIS scholarship recipients.
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Graduate Student Spencer Smith's Research Featured by the Carnegie Institution of Washington
CDAC Graduate Student Spencer Smith, along with CDAC Academic Partner Yogesh Vohra and colleagues from the University of Alabama - Birmingham, used diamond anvil cell technology, Raman spectroscopy, synchrotron x-ray diffraction, and multiple ab initio harmonic frequency calculations to explore the solid-state transition behavior of Paracetamol (a commonly used analgesic and anti-pyretic) at hydrostatic pressures up to 21 GPa.
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