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Matt Windsor

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March 11, 2020

Kaur’s energy and compassion inspire students and patients in dentistry

Maninder Kaur, BDS, assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology, was one of 12 faculty selected to receive the 2019 UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Published in Awards & Honors

March 09, 2020

3 questions you need to answer about accountability

Grab your colleagues and wrap your mind around this UAB shared value with philosopher Matt King, Ph.D.

Published in Learning & Development

March 05, 2020

Listen while you work

UAB podcasts can help you stay safe online, sharpen your skills and connect with fellow Blazers.

Published in Tools & Technology

March 04, 2020

Discoveries on deck: Predicting uncontrolled bleeding

Learn how UAB researchers are taking on the most feared complication of the new generation of blood-thinning drugs.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

March 04, 2020

Peak performance: 9 tips for employees

Be proactive to get the most from your performance review.

Published in Benefits & Policies

March 04, 2020

Redeveloped by you: 7 things to know about the new performance-management process

All campus staff will use the same process and timeframe for annual reviews beginning in July. Learn how ratings, criteria and more were shaped by hundreds of employees in a 2019 pilot.

Published in Benefits & Policies

February 26, 2020

Great idea! Can I patent it? 6 things you need to know about intellectual property

You don’t have to build a better mousetrap to move markets — discoveries, artworks, inventions and websites can all qualify for protection. Here are your rights and obligations as a UAB employee with potential IP.

Published in Benefits & Policies

February 26, 2020

Discoveries on deck: Accelerating HIV suppression in the Deep South

An innovative grant aims to speed up antiretroviral therapy initiation for patients in the Deep South newly diagnosed with HIV.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

February 24, 2020

Genetics may predict cancer patients at highest risk of ‘chemo brain’ after blood or marrow transplant

UAB-led study finds that genetic variations associated with cognitive decline after BMT identify high-risk patients more accurately than current methods.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

February 20, 2020

Discoveries on deck: Exploring a new strategy against lupus

Go behind the scenes of UAB’s latest grants and contracts in this new series to discover a fresh approach to treat an autoimmune disease and its mysterious double-negative B cells.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

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Teaching & Learning

Love it or hate it, generative AI is not going away
Here’s how UAB’s Center for Teaching and Learning is responding, and how UAB faculty are using gen AI this semester to teach first-year composition, graduate-level professional writing and information security.

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Teaching & Learning

Hands-on review: What the president of a national group of writing program leaders thinks of ChatGPT
Lilian Mina, Ph.D., director of the writing program in the Department of English, shares how she has used generative AI tools in her upper-level Professional Writing course this semester.

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Teaching & Learning

5 prompts that explain how a writing professor flipped the script on AI
Assistant Professor Meagan Malone, Ph.D., teaches First-Year Composition and 300-level Professional Writing courses in the Department of English. Here is how she reworked her classes this fall to incorporate generative AI tools.

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Teaching & Learning

This business professor gave his students an object lesson in trusting AI over human judgment
Professor Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D., gave ChatGPT and Bard a chance to weigh in on a standard exercise for future IT leaders. Given the opportunity to make subjective decisions on tough calls, the models went their own way.

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Teaching & Learning

Faculty and staff: Here are 5 ways to help prepare students for their careers

With fall semester already in high gear, here is a quick refresher on all that the UAB Career Center offers to support students on their career journeys.

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Teaching & Learning

Take a look inside UAB’s simulation capabilities with these 10 photos
Learners can get hands-on practice in everything from birthing to crisis management, to tricky conversations at the Office of Interprofessional Simulation’s Simulation Center in Volker Hall.

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Teaching & Learning

New site gives UAB students an edge in anatomy studies
The Virtual Anatomy Lab, created by a faculty member and a graduate student who is about to begin medical school, brings together a wealth of resources and study tools, from textbooks to podcasts.

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Teaching & Learning

Big Interview replaces InterviewStream as UAB’s interview practice platform
The UAB Career Center has launched a new interview practice platform designed to help students, faculty and staff improve their interview skills and career readiness through training and practice.

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Teaching & Learning

Poverty Simulation opens high-impact, interprofessional training to all students
This eye-opening experience is more popular than ever. Hear from faculty on how they incorporate the two-hour sim, now fully online, in their courses for undergraduates, graduates and professionals.

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Teaching & Learning

Curious about virtual reality? Get hands-on and learn how the technology is being used today at UAB
Cori Perdue, Ph.D., director of Collat Professional Education, and Dorothy Ogdon, emerging technologies librarian, talk about how they are using VR and augmented reality and how anyone with a BlazerID can check out a headset to take home.

posted a while back 4492 views
Teaching & Learning

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.

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Teaching & Learning

Engage students, develop innovative programming with 2 Honors College opportunities

The Honors College Faculty Fellows program and the Summer Course Development Grant enable faculty to provide stimulating academic enrichment opportunities for honors students and enhance community within the college.

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Teaching & Learning

New Career Center badges let students enhance LinkedIn pages, portfolios and more
The Career Center Badge Rewards initiative uses gamification to enhance student learning and engagement — and signals career readiness to potential employers.

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Teaching & Learning

Navigating life after prison is ‘nearly impossible.’ These faculty are challenging civilians to try.
Humanities and social sciences unite to build an app that brings to life the struggles faced by former offenders in order to make the case for change. The project was made possible by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Interdisciplinary Team Proposal program.

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Teaching & Learning

Art imitating life: How a biology student uses embroidery to learn in her own way

Laura Calvert, a senior majoring in biomedical sciences, found that embroidering illustrations of plant structures, the glycolysis process and the human digestive system helped her to better grasp the subject matter — all while creating art along the way.

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Teaching & Learning

Course melds empathy with app design to help former offenders reenter public life

Sally Cramer and Stacy Moak from the College of Arts and Sciences partnered to lead a unique course that challenged graphic design students to conceive, design and prototype mobile apps that alleviate barriers to reentry.

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Teaching & Learning

Education methods changed overnight and UAB met the challenge head-on

Perhaps no industry was altered quite as much as education during the COVID-19 pandemic. All across campus, Blazers worked together to bring the best of UAB into remote learning and ensure students could still receive an exceptional education experience even in rapidly changing circumstances.

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Teaching & Learning

Simulations let students, staff practice high-stakes skills, from social marketing to surgery

Computer-based simulations offer realism, promote empathy and enable experimentation to practice essential skills.

posted a while back 6555 views
Teaching & Learning

Creative Cloud programs can enrich coursework, increase student engagement

Learn to use Adobe Creative Cloud to develop a range of compelling and meaningful multimedia projects in the classroom.

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Teaching & Learning

Multicultural curriculum grants spark fresh perspectives in Arts and Sciences

Dean Kecia Thomas, Ph.D., and four faculty explain how new and revised courses made possible by a new grant program will help students become better leaders, practitioners and citizens — and further UAB’s strategic goals.

posted a while back 6350 views

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