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UAB News Blog: December 2012
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Thursday, December 20, 2012. UAB School of Nursing loses a pivotal leader in its history. Dr Marie L. O'Koren. Marie L. O’Koren Ed.D., M.S.N., professor and dean emeritus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. Passed away December 11, 2012 at the age of 86. She is credited with the growth and development of nursing education in Alabama during her 17 years (1970-87) as the second dean of the UAB School of Nursing, and prior to that as the school’s assistant dean. In 1992, friends, c...
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UAB News Blog: UAB gets creative for “Light Dreams," with giant Pac-Man game, 3-D virtual reality & sounds made by touch
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013. UAB gets creative for “Light Dreams," with giant Pac-Man game, 3-D virtual reality and sounds made by touch. This week UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. ASC) will present “Lux Somnia: Light Dreams,”. Light Dreams Promotional Video. This festival is special because it is the first time the ASC has created and curated an arts event featuring only local artists. Plus, amazing artistic works created by teams of UAB students and faculty from across campus will be on show.
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UAB News Blog: UAB Gospel Choir group headed to U.S. Virgin Islands for mini-tour
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Friday, May 10, 2013. UAB Gospel Choir group headed to U.S. Virgin Islands for mini-tour. Members of the UAB Gospel Choir. Are heading to the sun and fun of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 16-19, 2013. The group of 15, mostly singers, will be accompanied by Choir Director Kevin P. Turner. The choir will perform an evening show on the day of their arrival at Sugar Bay Resort and Spa. 8220;This is another international honor for us,” Turner said. "During our tour to England two years ago, we...8220;On...
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UAB News Blog: July 2013
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Monday, July 8, 2013. Professor spent summer sharing lessons of friendship and tomato sandwiches. Lucy and Kerry Madden-Lunsford. This summer, scores of bright-eyed kids across Alabama were treated to colorful stories of friendship and tomato sandwiches as professor Kerry Madden-Lunsford and her artist daughter, Lucy, toured the state to tout their new children’s book. Madden, associate professor of English. In the College of Arts and Sciences. Along the way, the two visited BBQ joints, Windham's grave a...
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UAB News Blog: UAB alum's film wins recognition, hearts
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013. UAB alum's film wins recognition, hearts. For 24-year-old filmmaker Ingrid Pfau, UAB was a place of firsts. It was the place where the Birmingham native first became a filmmaker and where she was first diagnosed with epilepsy. The 2011 UAB alum who majored in environmental science filmmaking told her story of living with the neurological disorder in a five-minute film that was recently named runner-up at. The Neuro Film Festival. In San Diego presented by the. Were a big help.
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UAB News Blog: March 2013
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Thursday, March 14, 2013. Theatre UAB grads: directing in NYC, munching in Taco Bell commercial, making "Magic Flute,” "Ruined" happen in the 'Ham. Grads are creating magic, and they're making it happen on stage and screen in Birmingham and across the country. Department alum Luke Harlan is directing a show that just opened off-Broadway, and he is one of just three people recently accepted into the prestigious Yale School of Drama Master’s Program in Directing. For Virginia Stage Company, and Azoroh was ...
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UAB News Blog: January 2013
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. Paying tribute to the father of modern endoscopy. UAB physician Basil I. Hirschowitz, M.D., Ph.D., professor emeritus of medicine, physiology and biophysics. The medical pioneer who invented the first fiber-optic endoscope that became the standard for visualizing and treating virtually every cavity in the body, passed away January 19, 2013, at the age of 87. 8220;Essentially Basil created what gastroenterology is today,” said C. Mel Wilcox, M.D., director of ...Division of Gas...
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UAB News Blog: Film features UAB professor’s prose, voice of Harrison Ford
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Monday, July 1, 2013. Film features UAB professor’s prose, voice of Harrison Ford. The plight of the Antarctic-based Adelie penguin reveals much about the future of our planet, according to UAB University Professor Jim McClintock, Ph.D. The story of the seabird’s struggle to adjust to the warming climate is captured in. 8220;Ghost Rookeries,”. A four-minute film produced. EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. EO Wilson, who is a Birmingham-born, famous evolutionary biologist and conservationist, encouraged ...
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UAB News Blog: A creative costume career takes flight around the world for 2008 UAB grad
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Friday, June 7, 2013. A creative costume career takes flight around the world for 2008 UAB grad. Is celebrating after completing her master of fine arts (MFA) degree in performance costume design at the University of Edinburgh, College of Art, but this feat is just one part of her substantial oevre. For her thesis design, “Imoseyama Onna Teikin,”. 8220;It’s all about female strength and unity in a male-dominated society,” she said. She is now designing a new dance piece, “Colours,” for the Sc...8221; She...
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UAB News Blog: OT class given $5, 5 minutes to make a difference in world
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013. OT class given $5, 5 minutes to make a difference in world. The assignment was simple. Okay, maybe not simple, but definitely basic. Students in the UAB School of Health Professions. Department of Occupational Therapy. Class OT 673 were asked to make an assistive device that would help people with an injury or disability. Gandalf’s Gang created the “Finger Blocker” which only required a glove and a pair of scissors. It took Courtney Barnett, pictured right...8220;Clients with d...
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