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    and apply it to the animal world.
    Brian Pillay, Ph.D., engineering professor, on an innovative
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  • Undergraduates have the opportunity to get in the labs and get hands-on experience in research.
    Ophelia Johnson, 2015 biomedical engineering graduate,
    current master's student and 2016 Marshall Scholar
  • The students at UAB are only getting smarter and smarter. I am excited about the possibility of having more of them come through my lab in the future.
    Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., UAB space archaeologist
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  • When I came here I decided to do everything, and that really enriched me and made me who I am today.
     — Alumna Ashley Jones (BA, English)
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    Sarah Williams celebrated her wedding at her terminally ill father’s bedside