Melanie Armstrong, assistant director for Stewardship and Donor Relations, is UAB’s Employee of the Month for March.

Cathy Tanner, project administrator in Human Resources, is UAB's Employee of the month for February.

Keith Gurley, Ed.D., assistant professor of educational leadership, is recognized for his professional achievements by the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Assistant Professor Gordon Fisher, Ph.D., is recognized for his professional achievements that support the ACSM goals.

University Professor Henry Panion III, Ph.D., has been appointed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley to serve on the State Council on the Arts. Panion, who teaches multimedia production, orchestration and arranging, is director of the Music Technology program. His term will begin Jan. 1, 2016, and expire Dec. 31, 2021.

There are more than a million words in Marcel Proust’s novel “In Search of Lost Time.” UAB Professor Emeritus William Carter, Ph.D., is reviewing each one as part of a major revision and annotation of the most famous English translation of the work. As Carter’s second volume debuts this month, he shares details of this labor of love.

Nearly two dozen employees will begin their works as the incoming class of UAB's Blaze Leadership Academy Sept. 9.

Michele Self, optician supervisor in UAB's School of Optometry, was featured among the those singled out as role models by VisionMonday.

Jennifer Pollock, Ph.D., and David Pollock, Ph.D., are among 15 professors identified as today’s leaders in advancing and teaching nephrology and dialysis technology by medicaltechnologyschools.com, which helps students identify the best professors in technology fields.

Jeremy Day, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurobiology, is one of six recipients of inaugural awards given to early-stage investigators for highly innovative studies in epigenetics.