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Works of art made by women in rural India and prints from post-war Japan will be featured in exhibitions June 5-July 17 in the UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. A free opening reception is planned 5-8 p.m. June 6.
Canvas launched May 5 for some and will start June 2 for the 10-week term and June 23 for the Summer B Term. Students will be enrolled in Canvas for courses included in the pilot; all others will remain in Blackboard until fall. Register for training, technical support, request a feature and more on the Canvas Success Site.
A year into the UAB strategic planning process, UAB President Ray L. Watts reflects on the institution’s influence and the importance and initial success of the vital campuswide effort.
Cynthia J. Brown, M.D., has been named the director of UAB's Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care and its Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging.
Susan Packa, academic advisor for Health Care Management and Health Information Management programs, received the 2014 Outstanding Advising Award from the National Academic Advising Association.
UAB Medicine is included in Becker’s 2014 "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare," a list of organizations that provide excellent work environments and outstanding benefits to their employees.
CreakyJoints, an online arthritis support community, and UAB are working to gather information directly from patients through smartphones and tablets to find better ways to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.
The scent of men causes a unique pain-suppressing stress response in rodents that may affect outcomes in laboratory tests in ways that now are not considered in assessing findings, says UAB psychology Professor Robert Sorge, Ph.D., in study results published in Nature Methods.
Alison Chapman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, received the Outstanding Advising Award for Faculty from the National Academic Advising Association, which honors individuals and institutions that make significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising.
Meg Baker, UAB's new director of wellness, brings more than 20 years experience in the field and a broad background of networking, sales strategy and public relations to the position.
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