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Education Abroad app helps connect students to global experiences
A new interactive tool helps students participate in virtual global classrooms and internships, access passport services and streamline course-approval processes.
Employees and employers are excited about Graduate School’s new interdisciplinary degreesStudents can combine two participating UAB certificate programs with a capstone project to create a master’s that meets their unique needs.
Research helps power growth for young Health Physics programGraduates help develop new shielding materials and enter a hot job market with hospitals, industry and the military. Research efforts are a major plus for those starting in health physics careers.
UAB partnership in Kenya provides social and health benefits to women thereA study abroad service-learning course begun in 2018 has helped tribal women in rural Kenya improve their quality of life, better weather a pandemic.
Minnix named director of Signature Core CurriculumAssociate Professor of English and Director of Freshman Composition Chris Minnix, Ph.D., is the new director of UAB’s Signature Core Curriculum, a broad array of courses slated to launch in fall 2022.
These resources can help integrate career-readiness content in the curriculumReview the Canvas modules and explore the sandbox with help from the UAB Career Center and UAB eLearning.
4 degrees granted final approval by Board of TrusteesNeuroengineering doctorate, master’s degrees in higher ed administration and interdisciplinary studies move forward.
New core curriculum to focus on cultivating engaged citizensAs it enters the second half of its first century, UAB prepares to introduce a Signature Core that reflects its unique culture and makes the city “your classroom, your laboratory, your gateway to the world.”
Epidemiologists are having a moment. What does it take to become one?The director of UAB’s doctoral program in epidemiology shares what she loves about the field and her path into the profession.
In one of America’s rare undergraduate immunology programs, students are ‘preparing for the next pandemic’Talking cutting-edge science and family questions with the first members of UAB's Undergraduate Immunology Program.
Take my class, please: This course cracks up freshmen for a good causeSo three students and their instructor, Health Behavior Chair Kevin Fontaine, Ph.D., walk into a class — and explain why an Honors College seminar on comedy and well-being is such a hit.
See the faces of biomedical engineering throughout its 40-year historyForty years ago, the Department of Biomedical Engineering took root in the basement of Cudworth Hall. Today it spans three buildings and nearly 20,000 square feet of laboratory space.
As health care evolves, UAB workforce program gives students a leading roleOne key reason UAB’s master’s program in health administration is ranked No. 1 in the nation: Every student works 10 hours a week with leaders in the UAB Health System, contributing to initiatives that are setting the standard for care across the country.
Meet the faculty developing service-learning curriculaDuring the past year, 11 faculty from varied disciplines developed ideas for service-learning to promote active and ethical citizenship, social responsibility and engagement.
Faculty fellows create team-based research coursesFour faculty spent a year developing undergraduate research courses focused on collaboration and innovation, with themes such as Chinese professional etiquette and using 3D-mapping technology in studio art.
Faculty fellows to foster community, academic enrichment for honors studentsCan understanding why we purchase certain foods affect our mental and physical health? Can we learn to participate in civil discussions about ethical quandaries? The newest cohort of Honors Faculty Fellows will explore this and more during their yearlong fellowship.
Body issues: More anatomists are needed to close the primary care gapA good anatomist is hard to find today — and research shows that’s posing a problem for America’s health-training pipeline. Here’s a look at how UAB is building a new workforce.
An undergrad’s 5-step plan to change the world, from trailer park to United NationsSustainability intern Abigail Franks has a message: Renewable energy has a bright future in Alabama. Some big names are listening, from UAB to City Hall and across the country.
UAB interns are performing real work with real-world resultsWorking in the learning place: Campus internships build student resumes and demonstrate they can succeed in the workplace while advancing UAB’s strategic goals.
Ticks talk and other mysteries revealed in this biology classUndergrads in Heather Patterson’s Tick Explorations course get a little grossed out — but they also get hands-on lessons in genetic analysis, field identification and “real science” that stick with them long afterward.