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More progress, less stress: Top takeaways from the Faculty Success Program
Oct 4, 2021 | 14:15 pm
Read more...Faculty who took part in the 12-week summer course, made possible by UAB’s National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity membership, explain why the program is so successful at boosting productivity and healthy balance.
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Helping teachers see the beauty in Black language
Oct 1, 2021 | 16:08 pm
Teaira McMurtry, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Education, is using funding from the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program to provide Alabama teachers with tools, strategies and lesson plans to understand the power of Black language.Read more... -
1850s horror Twitter, recursive propaganda, mapping mutations: Faculty grants seed new projects and nurture careers
Oct 1, 2021 | 14:07 pm
Projects selected for the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program offer an intriguing look into the creativity and range of research and scholarship on campus.Read more... -
Here’s your chance to meet the candidates for vice provost
Sep 29, 2021 | 16:53 pm
Read more...Four candidates for the new role of vice provost for graduate and international education will make Zoom presentations to campus starting Oct. 5.
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It's no surprise this renowned researcher has teaching on the brain
Sep 27, 2021 | 12:42 pm
Read more...Neurobiology Professor Robin Lester, Ph.D., winner of the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award/UAB NAS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching, has distinguished himself at the bench and in the classroom.
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Harper to retire as dean of Nursing in spring
Sep 16, 2021 | 18:17 pm
Read more...Doreen C. Harper, Ph.D., dean of the UAB School of Nursing, will transition from her day-to-day duties effective Jan. 1, 2022, and focus on strategic goals until her full retirement in spring 2022. Linda Moneyham, Ph.D., senior associate dean for Academic Affairs, will assume those executive responsibilities until Harper retires and then will become interim dean until a new dean has been named.
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A new stand for the Mace: How a Blazer’s family tradition gave new life to a UAB icon
Jul 30, 2021 | 16:17 pm
Read more...Collat’s Jamey Worrell handcrafted a new stand for the UAB Mace, using skills taught by his woodworker father and locally sourced wood that represents some of the university’s best qualities: strength, resiliency, knowledge and passion.
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12 honored for excellence in teaching
Jul 22, 2021 | 15:13 pm
Read more...Twelve faculty have been selected to receive the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, which honors those who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching. The 2021 honorees represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College and the Graduate School.
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Sims encourages students’ passion for community service
Jul 19, 2021 | 13:38 pm
Read more...Janene Sims, associate professor of optometry, is the winner of the 2020 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award for her work to influence change in the greater Birmingham community.
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3 faculty elevated to Distinguished, University professorships
Jul 7, 2021 | 16:00 pm
Read more...The UA System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to Jerry Oakes and Trygve Tollefsbol and University Professor to Molly Wasko.