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  • A glimpse of how I am turning my passion for the environment into a practical solution
    In this guest article, NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium Scholarship Recipient Margaret Birks shares her goal of creating clean, no waste energy sources for communities in need.
  • New facility will help create “boundless opportunities” for Department of Physics
    For University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physics chair Ilias Perakis, Ph.D., the new UAB Science and Engineering Complex ideally illustrates one of his favorite quotes.
  • NSF grant awarded to UAB for development of next-generation alloy superconductors
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $456,786 from the National Science Foundation to fund the development of a 3D-printed high-entropy alloy superconductor.
  • Six UAB students awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships
    Six University of Alabama at Birmingham students have been awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships.
  • Magic City Data Collective a model for “City as Classroom” experiences
    On April 14, 2023, 16 University of Alabama at Birmingham students took the stage at the Alumni Auditorium in the Hill Student Center for the second annual Magic City Data Collective (MCDC) Demo Day.
  • $8 million awarded to UAB to establish a Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Center of Excellence under the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Agency
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $8 million from the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Agency.
  • UAB couple individually place first in undergraduate research categories at the 100th annual Alabama Academy of Science Conference
    Dating since October of 2021, UAB juniors Burnett and Criswell placed first in their respective research categories at the 100th annual Alabama Academy of Science Conference.
  • Seven students receive 2023 Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Students
    Every academic year, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences receives departmental nominations for the Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Students and Outstanding Graduate Students. The dean’s selection committee gives these awards to exceptional undergraduate and graduate students in the College who have made significant contributions to the UAB community.
  • 2023 winners of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
    The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time regular faculty members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching.
  • AI and Data Science in UAB’s Department of Physics
    In the last decade, data science has become truly interdisciplinary, with accelerating applications in many different fields and data scientists coming from diverse disciplines.
  • UAB Music students win at state singing competition
    Music majors Austin Green and Reagan Martin and physics major Jackson Hanle won top prizes in the Alabama State Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
  • “Blessed and Grateful …”: Longstanding UAB employee reflects on life and career
    UAB shop administrator Jerry Sewell is celebrating 85 years of life and 59 years with UAB.
  • UAB Department of Physics receives national award for undergraduate education
    The UAB Department of Physics will receive a national award for improving undergraduate education by the American Physical Society in April.
  • College of Arts and Sciences announces grant recipients
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences offers faculty a range of awards and grant opportunities to advance their research and scholarship and recognize their achievements.
  • UAB secures National Science Foundation grant to help sustain artificial intelligence
     Research from UAB on neuromorphic computing is now being funded by a National Science Foundation grant.
  • 2022 in review: In case you missed these stories
    From innovative teaching approaches to research accomplishments, opportunities for artistic expression and more, there’s no shortage of stories to tell about what’s happening at UAB. Review some of the year’s best below, and visit uab.edu/reporter and uab.edu/news to read hundreds more. 
  • An artistic focus in astronomy courses creates community and creativity for science students
    Students in Michelle Wooten’s AST 101, 102 and 103 courses discovered unique connections to course material by creating artwork as part of class assignments.
  • Physics graduate finds passion for space, studying coronal mass ejections thanks to UAB mentorship
    For one UAB student, a passion for physics can help keep the Earth safe from space weather events.
  • Department of Energy funds four different projects making impact in fields of chemistry and physics
    Grants totaling more than $3 million have been awarded to UAB researchers in Chemistry and Physics by the Department of Energy, signaling continued investment in UAB projects.
  • Harbert Institute honors Innovation Award winners, inducts first UAB class of National Academy of Inventors members
    At their annual Innovation Awards, UAB’s Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship celebrated innovators from all corners of campus for their accomplishments, inventions and ingenuity.