University of Alabama at Birmingham students and faculty will join peers at a national conference to shape cities of the future.

Two students and two professors from the Department of Art and Art History will represent UAB at the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities 2015 Emerging Creatives Student Summit, PULSE: Creative Collaborations for Cities in Flux, Jan. 28-31, at Virginia Commonwealth University.

UAB is a founding member of the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru), and the summit is part of its national conference.