Chandrima Kartik, Tom Samuel, Tanvir Chowdhury, Md Ibnul Rahman, Muhammad Shiraz Ahmad, graduate students at UAB have received research grants from Alabama EPSCoR.

Forty UAB inventors were named on 17 patents in fiscal year 2024. Through the new patent coin recognition program from UAB’s Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, these faculty and staff, along with patent holders moving forward, are receiving special tokens honoring their hard work and dedication.

The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time, regular faculty members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching. Award winners must have held faculty status at UAB for a minimum of three years and may receive the award only once in any three-year period.

Throughout the Spring 2025 semester, departments across the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences submitted nominations for the Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Students and Outstanding Graduate Students.

Lilly Dong, a junior majoring in physics with a concentration in advanced physics, is addressing real-world challenges through impressive, interdisciplinary research. Recently, Dong earned second place in the Physical and Applied Sciences category at the Fall 2024 UAB Expo—a triannual event that celebrates excellence in research, creative activity, and scholarship at the undergraduate level.

Joanna Schmidt likes solving problems. Big, complex, challenging problems.

UAB assistant professor in the Department of Physics has been awarded over $250,000 in funding for research on quantum simulation.

Through the Magic City Data Collective, UAB students work on data-driven projects that have impacted an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 Birmingham residents.

The GAANN program will support five physics Ph.D. students with an annual competitive stipend up to $37,000, along with an additional yearly educational allowance to cover graduate tuition and other costs.

Yager’s journey as a Blazer is filled with institutional, national and international recognition; her most recent milestone is her unique patented catalytic reactor for NASA missions that has multiple applications in various other industries.

The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that 20 faculty members across ten departments have been awarded promotions (including one faculty member who also was awarded tenure). The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that 20 faculty members across ten departments have been awarded promotions (including one faculty member who also was awarded tenure).

Blazer Bridge Fund provides financial support to innovative ideas and inventions by the UAB community, encouraging advanced discovery. 

Vohra is leading the Center for Additively Manufactured Complex Systems under Extremes at UAB in advancing understanding of 3D-printed materials when subjected to extremes of pressures, temperatures and high-velocity impacts.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is addressing light pollution with new Campus SHINE at UAB program.

Throughout Summer 2024, faculty, staff, and students across the College of Arts and Sciences facilitated camps and on-campus experiences for middle school, high school, and college students. Throughout Summer 2024, faculty, staff, and students across the College of Arts and Sciences facilitated camps and on-campus experiences for middle school, high school, and college students.

Nine University of Alabama at Birmingham students have been awarded NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium scholarships and fellowships.

UAB’s strategic planning continues to blaze its path to improve more lives by leveraging construction projects that include new and enhanced facilities across the institution, blooming green spaces and art installations.

Two UAB Department of Physics graduates have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham continues to host its long-running National Science Foundation—Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. The University of Alabama at Birmingham continues to host its long-running National Science Foundation—Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.

Logan Alexander Burnett, a graduating senior majoring in physics and minoring in mechanical engineering, chemistry, and mathematics, shares his UAB experience in this personal reflection.