The UAB Center for Community Outreach Development (CORD) was thrilled to receive a second consecutive $30,000 grant from EBSCO Community Impact to support EBSCO Scholars: Summer Science Institute III (SSI III)—an eight-week immersive research program that engages high school students in hands-on scientific exploration and introduces them to STEM career pathways.

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal listed the city of Birmingham as being one of “the top five most promising locations to find work for recent college graduates.” The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences is doing its part to prepare students for a wide variety of job opportunities within the Magic City and beyond.

Across more than two decades of innovation, mentorship, and advocacy, Professor Clarence “Clancy” Blair, PhD, established himself as an internationally respected leader in the fields of early childhood development, developmental neuroscience, and education.

UAB neuroscientist Kauê Machado Costa, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, received a Parkinson's Foundation grant to test an intriguing hypothesis: The cognitive deficits now known to occur in the early years of Parkinson's disease may be a clue that learning-oriented dopamine circuits shift gears to cover for their movement-focused cousins. If Costa’s...

For 45 years, this competition has highlighted UAB students who excel in academics, leadership and community involvement, all while showing true Blazer spirit.

Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., and Maria Hopkins, Ph.D., have each been awarded a grant from the HRSA, marking a historic milestone as the first recipients of this grant within the UAB College of Arts and Sciences.

Hear “The Science of Color Vision” lecture Sept. 9, and get screened for colorblindness Sept.

Aphantasia is the inability to create mental images, and many individuals with the condition remain unaware until adulthood.

A decade after losing her mother to a rare brain virus, UAB graduate Julie Schifanella is learning to use artificial intelligence to help other patients.

Two risk factors for early puberty parents can monitor are a teen’s diet and sleep habits.

Karlene Ball was recognized for her lifetime achievements in the field of psychology and aging.

College of Arts and Sciences faculty gathered at the Abroms-Engel Insitute for the Visual Arts on April 21 to celebrate 19 authors.

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.

Can our interactions with other people, including our partners and family members, affect our immune systems and produce inflammation and pain in the body?

Free will still exists, and no brains are “typical”: Philosopher Josh May, Ph.D., shares some of the lessons he picked up by going back to school and joining a research lab to write “Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science,” which was selected as one of the top academic titles of 2024.

One of UAB’s online master’s degrees ranked in the top three, marking the highest USNWR ranking for a UAB online program in history.

Rachel Smith, Ph.D., is collaborating with researchers across UAB on the two-year project, which will focus on the intracranial neural networks responsible for major depressive symptoms in epilepsy patients. 

“I was always an existential-type kid,” said Atkinson. “I enjoyed psychology because it’s essentially the study of humans and human behavior, and how everything interacts with one another from a psychological perspective.

More than half of the university’s 1,954 graduating students will walk in commencement this semester. The UAB President’s Medal will be awarded to Marnix E.

On November 20, 2024, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) hosted its first-ever Graduate Research Day at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alumni House.