SSWO was able to collect a car-seat, a stroller, diapers, wipes, clothes, and other baby goods.

Ashlyn Burch’s DOE award lets her study at Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Youth Towers organization connects young homeless persons to the resources they so desperately need.

“Women influence each other while no one is watching,” says anthropology graduate student Ajanet Rountree. Her research illuminates rarely heard stories of black women who have led movements for peace and human rights in the American South and around the world. Their experiences offer lessons for current and future quests for social change.

Graduate student expands knowledge of beamlines within physics through 20th National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering.

UAB students aid authorities in cybercounterespionage day in and day out, giving them “the best start on their careers that we can.”

Tensor completion algorithm proposed for use in making recommendations via Netflix and Amazon.

Tamesha Duesbury, a Fulbright Scholar pursuing her Master’s of Science in Criminal Justice, is the first Barbadian student at UAB.

Six students will travel abroad to study, teach or conduct research for the 2018-2019 academic year.

The awards are for Samantha Richardson’s work for the Fountain Heights community, which she completed as a student.

Three students will spend the summer studying in China, South Korea and India.

Five UAB students majoring in music technology have successfully passed the Avid Pro Tools certification exam.

The Department of Sociology recognizes our 2018 honors award recipients.

Molly Clay has not let dyslexia impede her success. She maintains a spot on the dean’s list while balancing a job and participation in multiple campus organizations.

Pryor found that, even though she had earned her associate’s degree in 2008, “there were certain jobs I couldn’t apply for without a bachelor’s degree.”

UAB PRCA/PRSSA swept the annual Public Relations Council of Alabama conference with a total of 41 awards.

UAB Communication Studies major Carla “The Truth” Youngblood turned a devastating medical diagnosis into motivation and comedic material.

Laila-Rose Hudson is the UAB Political Science Program’s Outstanding Student for 2018.

Students excel at statewide competition focused on science research.

Several of our students have been recognized for outstanding research and academics.

“We always talk about STEM outreach in the U.S. — I’m taking it international.” — Sami Raut, Ph.D

Underrepresented minorities make up about 30% of the U.S. population but only 5% of U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctorates.

Children and adolescents are at higher risk of developing mental health problems from abuse, but the severity of mental health problems greatly depends on the timing of abuse.

The 2018 Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Service Learning goes to Dr. Laurel Hitchcock, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work.

The socioeconomic resources of parents and adult children are related to women’s mortality risk in old age.

A new type of “guardian angel” technology is being developed to warn distracted pedestrians as they cross the street.

Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, and colleague secure a $60,000 Binational Science Foundation Start-Up Grant to investigate the response to temperature and ocean acidification in the Levantine region of the Mediterranean Sea.

Most drugs used for Alzheimer’s disease exhibit only marginal benefits, and no cure for the disease currently exists despite progress in developing treatments for the symptomatic relief.

UAB experts offer ways to keep your little ghosts and goblins safe this Halloween.

Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, was selected as the 2018 Norma J. Lang Early Career Fellow from the Phycological Society of America.

UAB aging researchers believe it is time to start human trials of drugs known to dramatically extend healthy life in mice.

Large-scale quantitative analysis details the rise of anti-Semitism and how anti-Semitic content flows across mainstream and fringe web communities.

Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., discusses the need to better protect artifacts at museums.

James McClintock, Ph.D., provides insight into the impact of greenhouse gases on the planet and its oceans.

A panel discussion and reception are from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at Space One Eleven.

Philosophy’s Brynn Welch turned a real-life experience into practical change — first through scholarly research, then a children’s book and now the classroom.

A new play commissioned by Antarctica marine biologist James McClintock will have its first public reading Saturday, Sept. 22, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

AEIVA will host a solo exhibition for UAB Assistant Professor of Sculpture Stacey Holloway, who is the recipient of SECAC’s annual Artist’s Fellowship. AEIVA recently spoke with Holloway about her work and the upcoming exhibition, which opens Sept. 10.

Stephen A Watts has been selected to chair the organizing committee for the ORIP/DPCPSI/OD-NIH workshop on “Defining Nutrition in Zebrafish and other Biomedical Research Diets: Needs and Challenges.”

"The whole evening reminded me why I am pursuing science."

Three of the five winners of the 2018 UAB Young Alumni Rising Star Awards are graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Fulbright scholar Remy Meir reflects on the differences and similarities between American and Norwegian cultures.

The premiere lecture in the new PAINTalks Speaker Series will feature Dr. Roger Fillingim, a world-renowned clinical researcher in the field of chronic pain and past-president of the American Pain Society.

UAB neuroscience alumna Remy Meir begins her Fulbright Student Program at the University of Oslo in Norway.

Good communication skills are essential to every job and in every medium.

The Department of Computer Science will be hosting alumnus Dimitri Glazkov on Wednesday, July 11. He will talk about his career and about the Fuchsia operating system he’s developing at Google.

DeJordique Pearson never planned to be an English teacher in Vietnam, but he quickly fell in love with his "backup country."

Cayla Hamilton has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the National Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi.

Alumna Dr. Ana Maria Crawford has created an endowed scholarship to be used to support deserving students based on merit and financial need.

Psychology and Public Administration alumna Ann Bridges Steely says her biggest career risks brought the greatest rewards.

Physics alumna Christina Richey has built a successful career in the competitive, and mostly-male, field of planetary science.

The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to introduce the new alumni board members for 2018.

These annual awards highlight the diverse talents, professional accomplishments, and community service of our alumni.

A Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship will allow a Ph.D. graduate to continue work to save endangered sea turtles.

Alumnus Hernandez D. Stroud has been named to Forbes’ 2018 list of 30 Under 30.

Thirteen College of Arts and Sciences alumni were honored as members of the 2017 class of the  Excellence in Business Top 25 on Friday, June 23, at the UAB National Alumni Society House.

The UAB National Alumni Society has selected Dr. Catherine Daniélou, Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, as its recipient of the 2017 Honorary Alumni Award.

Cameron Edgeworth, a Trussville, Alabama native and 2015 graduate in mass communications/broadcasting, recently flew into the eye of Hurricane Irma.

From changing majors to changing sports, these former football players, cheerleaders, majorettes, and Blazerettes stepped outside their comfort zones and transformed their student experiences–and future careers.