The Student Social Work Organization sponsored a 10-year-old girl who loves Disney princesses.

Feeding the pipeline of Birmingham startups is a priority at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is celebrating the latest cohort of student entrepreneurs.

The American Chemical Society student chapter at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been selected to receive an Outstanding award by its parent ACS organization.

Two graduate fellowships and four undergraduate scholarships have been awarded by the NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium to UAB students.

The number of College of Arts and Sciences students who win major national and international scholarships and fellowships grows every year. What does it take to win one of these major prizes?

The paper predicts the probability of basketball players achieving the prestigious honor of being granted access to the Hall of Fame. 

Piano students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham won at the Alabama State Music Teachers National Association audition, held Nov. 2-3 at Birmingham-Southern College.

Jared Sluss hopes to use prize money to establish a nonprofit organization that helps those who are homeless find a home.

UAB students advance to next level of debates after four-round winning streak at the Southeast Regionals in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Student Social Work Organization (SSWO) hosted a health and hygiene supplies drive.

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.

Stacey Holloway, assistant professor of sculpture, wil design and create a public sculpture as part of the new University of Alabama System Art Trail.

Launched by the Conservancy this year, the campaign promotes “connected conversations” around climate change and encourages people to sign a pledge to speak up soon, and often.

Art historian Noa Turel, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named a spring 2019 member of the Institute for Advanced Study.

When Christina Rodriguez, Ph.D., was in high school, she volunteered at a child abuse shelter. “I saw a baby in a body cast,” she recalls, “and I said, ‘I need to do something to stop this.’”

An American art history professor could help India preserve some historic religious sculpture and architecture. 

A hard-hitting documentary, “Ordinary Savage,” takes an in-depth look at the origins of violence and how humans get their feelings hurt.

Olivio J. Clay, Ph.D., will join the television show “Second Opinion” alongside three caregivers to discuss treatment and care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease.

Federally funded research expenditures for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Psychology increased by 12 percent from 2016-2017, totaling more than $4.9 million.

Trost’s book explores new research that acknowledges that pain occurs in a social context.

Our university enables faculty to make connections across various disciplines, schools, and centers, and being a part of the College of Arts and Sciences provides my colleagues and me with a broad platform to support this kind of effective interdisciplinary work.

Patricia Drentea's new book is the first U.S.-focused text to examine the likely outcomes of the social changes of the past few decades.

The UAB Chamber Trio features three members of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music.

Peace ethology book promotes the systemic study of peace as a behavior.

Racist and hateful memes are being spread by fringe web communities, with 4chan’s /pol/ and The_Donald playing major roles in influencing mainstream communities.

Dr. Jonathan Wiesen comes to UAB from the Department of History at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, where he has been department chair since 2016.

In honor of the 16th-century French essayist Michel de Montaigne and the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Catherine Danielou, Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and recipient of the UAB Frederick W. Conner Prize in the History of Ideas, has established the Michel de Montaigne Endowed Prize in the History of Ideas.

President Ray Watts and Provost Pam Benoit honored faculty across UAB during the annual Faculty Convocation on October 22.

A new grant allows researchers to further identify family-based interventions needed for teen driver safety.

English professor awarded for book written on the depth of legal knowledge within 17th-century literature.

Peace ethology book promotes the systemic study of peace as a behavior.

Physics alumna Christina Richey, Ph.D., is a planetary scientist and astrophysicist with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.

Rusty Bates is an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences who went on to complete his medical degree at the UAB School of Medicine. He founded and is the chief executive officer of Quality Correctional Health Care, which provides inmate healthcare in the correctional environment.

Jeanne Welch never really saw herself as college material. But a desire to help others, and an interest in mental health technology, helped her find her way to UAB.

The skills Jay learned in the Professional Writing program at UAB are crucial for how he navigates his professional life.

Alumna Sarah Randolph puts her College of Arts and Sciences degree to work at Birmingham Audubon.

"I received an email saying I was needed to help film a segment for a show on NRK, the largest media organization in the Norway."

"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.

Amy is the Communications Coordinator at Growing Kings, a non-profit providing school-based, group mentoring programs for at-risk males in Birmingham City Schools.

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.