Displaying items by tag: arts and sciences magazine fall 2016
October 07, 2016
Dr. Jarred Younger Receives Funding for Rheumatology Study
The Rheumatology Research Foundation recently awarded Jarred Younger, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Neuroinflammation, Pain and Fatigue Laboratory, with a pilot grant to fund his research in rheumatology.
October 07, 2016
Dr. James McClintock Named Explorers Club Fellow
James McClintock, Ph.D., Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology in the Department of Biology, has been selected as an Explorers Club Fellow.
October 07, 2016
New Defense Against Smartphone Attacks Developed at UAB
Researchers in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences have found a novel and practical way to combat malicious attacks on motion sensors inside mobile devices.
October 07, 2016
Marching Blazers to Perform at Home and Abroad
The UAB Marching Blazers, part of the Department of Music, will have several opportunities to perform their show “Hollywood,” says Interim Director of Bands Gene Fambrough, DMA.
October 07, 2016
Theatre UAB Announces Fall Season
This season, Theatre UAB, the performance company of the Department of Theatre, will present productions of “You Can’t Take It With You,” “Vinegar Tom,” “The Real Inspector Hound,” the 14th annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays and “A Little Night Music.”
October 07, 2016
New Student Photos on Display in Heritage Hall
Works by seven photography students in the Department of Art and Art History are on display on the first and fifth floors of UAB’s Heritage Hall.
October 07, 2016
Art History Student Researches Paleolithic Cave Paintings
Celeste Paxton, a graduate student pursuing her M.A. art history, has been researching cave paintings at Chaturbhujnath Nala in the Indian state of Madya Pradesh.
October 07, 2016
Chemistry Professor Investigates Diabetes Treatment
Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D., polymer and materials chemist and associate professor in the Department of Chemistry is working with Hubert Tse, Ph.D. immunologist and associate professor in the Department of Microbiology in the School of Medicine, on a promising diabetes research project.
October 07, 2016
Emily Quarato Chosen for NSF Project in Hungary
Emily Quarato, a junior from New York majoring in chemistry and anthropology, was selected to participate in a National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates site project this summer in eastern Hungary.
October 07, 2016
Aaron Landis Pursues Summer Research Project on Hunger Suppression
Junior Aaron Landis, who is majoring in neuroscience and is a member of the UAB Honors College University Honors Program, spent the summer working in the lab of Robert Sorge, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology.
October 07, 2016
Public Relations Graduates Sweep Awards
Eleven students in the Public Relations program, a specialization within the Department of Communication Studies, brought home a total of 17 awards at the state conference of the Public Relations Council of Alabama (PRCA) on April 20.
October 07, 2016
New Computer and Information Sciences Degree is First in the State
The College of Arts and Sciences will now offer the state’s only Bachelor of Arts degree in computer and information sciences.
October 07, 2016
Undergraduates Awarded Research Fellowships
Jarrod Hicks, a neuroscience student in the Department of Psychology and the School of Medicine’s Department of Neurobiology, and Akhil Kaushik, a biology major, have been selected for the Amgen Scholars U.S. Program.
October 07, 2016
Art Student Named American Advertising Student of the Year
Senior Bailey Barrow of Pinson has been named a Student of the Year through the American Advertising Federation Birmingham TEN Awards.
October 07, 2016
Chemistry Major Develops Program to Support Students in Need
Supraja “Sippy” Sridhar, a Hoover native and senior majoring in chemistry, launched a new campus organization to provide a food pantry to students struggling to pay for meals.
October 07, 2016
Social Skills
Here in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Sociology is focused on providing our undergraduate and graduate students with the skills they need in their careers as well as in graduate and professional schools.
