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As simulation efforts expand at UAB, a new structure focuses on growth
Nov 29, 2021 | 15:19 pm
One of the largest simulation groups in the country will become two separate teams as of July 2022 to meet current and future growth: UAB Clinical Simulation for the Health System and the Office of Interprofessional Simulation for the academic campus.Read more... -
UAB names Martin vice provost, dean, international officer
Nov 15, 2021 | 16:13 pm
Read more...Shadi S. Martin, Ph.D., brings extensive experience in international and graduate education and a strong record of interdisciplinary scholarship to this new combined role.
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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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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.