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CIRTL@UAB Awards 12 Scholarships, Plans Awards Ceremony
Congratulations to the following recipients of CIRTL@UAB Teaching Practitioner Certificate scholarships. Funding was made possible by the Great Lakes Education Fund.
Read moreCongratulations to UAB's Excellent Faculty Mentors on 2017 Award
The UAB Graduate Dean's Excellence in Mentorship Award recognizes full-time regular UAB faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments as mentors of graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows. Twenty-eight will be honored with the 2017 mentorship award April 6 at 2 p.m. in the Edge of Chaos.
Read moreGet Your IRB questions Answered at Free Workshop
Completing a research proposal that satisfies all the necessary criteria for ethical and successful execution can be a challenge for new scholars. But it doesn't have to be a confusing or mysterious process. That's why members of the UAB Graduate School and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) staff are here to offer tips for effective and efficient preparation and submission.
Read moreWant to Earn a CIRTL Teaching Certificate? Apply for a Tuition Scholarship!
CIRTL@UAB is offering tuition scholarships for CIRTL Practitioner Teaching Certificate. Scholarships cover in-state tuition for 1 Practitioner Course. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, November 14, 2016.
Read moreCongratulations to 2016 Postdoc Awards Winners
The Office of Postdoctoral Education and Postdoctoral Assocation celebrated -- you guessed it -- UAB's postdocs with an apprecation lunch and awards ceremony on September 20, just one event in the full week of activities planned for Postdoc Appreciation Week. Here are the 2016 award winners and nominees.
Read moreRecord 19,535 Students #ChooseUAB - 7,166 of Those Graduate Students
Enrollment at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, bolstered by record recruitment and retention gains, increased by 1,202 students year-over-year to a record-high 19,535 for the fall 2016 semester, including a 24.7 percent increase in the freshman class.
Read moreLearn About UAB Experiences Program Over Lunch Sept. 12
What are you doing after you finish your pre- or postdoctoral training?
If that question makes you sweat, the UAB EXPERIENCES program can help. All trainees need to be informed and educated about careers within and outside traditional academic research to be job-ready in today’s economy.
Read moreBe a Part of Discoveries in the Making This Fall
The UAB Graduate School launched its community educational outreach program Discoveries in the Making in February 2016. We've been impressed all year with the research our graduate students are doing as well as the creative and interesting ways they find to present their work to the public - and we want to add more students to the Discoveries program this fall!
Read moreQ&A With the Professional Development Program's Newest Instructor
Meet Jefferson Walker, Ph.D., who joined the Graduate School as Lead Academic Writing and Communication Instructor in the Professional Development Program in August 2016.
Read moreAdulting in Academics Series to Prepare You for a Tough Job Market
We know starting on the academic job market can be tough, whether you're looking for a postdoc position or a tenure track faculty position. If you don’t know where to begin, you're not alone.
Read morePostdoc Appreciation Week 2016 Full of Fun, Informative Activities
We think UAB postdocs rock, and we're showing it with a week full of fun and informative events September 19-23. The 2016 Postdoc Appreciation Week events are planned and sponsored by the UAB Postdoctoral Association and Office of Postdoctoral Education. Mark your calendars for these activities!
Read moreDoctoral Student Named UAB School of Education’s Inaugural Cramer Morgan Fellow
Joy Barros, a Pensacola, Florida, native and graduate student pursing a doctorate in heath education/health promotion, has been named the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s inaugural Cramer Morgan Fellow.
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