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The City of Birmingham has secured a $75,000 grant from the National Conference of Mayors to support the UAB-led Innovate Birmingham workforce development initiative.
Nearly 1,400 students will graduate this summer, including 90 who will receive the university’s highest degrees. An estimated 850 will walk in the commencement ceremony.
With one month to go till the return of UAB Football, what’s on the minds of Coach Bill Clark and his Blazers? History, family, and community, to name just a few. Discover how the team is preparing for a season like no other and how its resurgence could benefit all Blazer sports.
A group of writing students is scripting change in Birmingham, creating short plays that give voice to complex social issues such as homelessness, illiteracy and health disparities. Find out how the newbie playwrights developed their plots and characters, and learn how their work could have a lasting impact locally.
Calhoun Community College graduates can access UAB facilities, resources, mentors and counselors while pursuing an associate degree, and enroll in UAB with financial assistance when they graduate from Calhoun. Two graduates a year will receive full UAB scholarships.
Making every part of UAB’s campus look beautiful is no easy task. Tim Sullivan, Manager of Campus Services and Grounds, says it’s a labor of love for groundskeepers.
The UAB School of Nursing was specifically cited for its sustained efforts to “Enhance Student Learning and Professional Development.”
Starting from scratch rather than continuing to build on a faulty foundation
Meet Jared Sluss, a UAB TrailBlazer, who leads tours on campus for prospective students. UAB students go through a competitive application and interview process in order to be selected as a TrailBlazer.
The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative has begun full scale recruitment of interested participants at two sites in Birmingham.
Why do some K-12 students — and schools — excel while others struggle? Socioeconomics, race and even nutrition can play a role, but UAB Honors College students are finding no easy answers for education inequality. Discover how the topic inspired them to partner with kids in Greensboro to help bridge the divide.
UAB political science sophomore Hunter Drinkard wins University Studies Abroad Consortium Explorer Scholarship.
A UAB pain specialist says the opioid epidemic will lead to profound changes in legitimate opioid use for pain management-
UAB’s Hill Student Center has received a 2017 Merit Award from the Birmingham chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
The new, fully online program will be available this fall.
Hundreds of students will present academic pursuits in cutting-edge research topics.
Alabama ranks 45th in the nation in the number of primary care physicians available to care for its population, and a new UAB School of Medicine program aims to improve that number.
The UAB Summer Band will perform a collection of popular and patriotic songs, in a new location, on the Green between The Commons and Blazer Hall.
UAB psychologist Josh Klapow says the extremely polarized presidential campaign is playing havoc with longstanding friendships and relationships.
UAB will host a free Sam Hunt concert Sept. 1 in Birmingham’s Uptown Entertainment District on the eve of the Blazers’ first game in #theReturn of UAB Football the following day. The country music star and former UAB quarterback will be joined by Maren Morris and Ryan Follese.
Four UAB students are spending the summer studying abroad after being selected for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
UAB unveils its solar house structure as students begin their journey to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition.
This type of lab course is part of a national undergraduate biology education reform effort.
The inaugural academy class includes eight undergraduates from the UAB Health Care Management and Public Health programs.
Approximately 136 blocks were completed by members of the community through sewing days. This year’s theme is the 50th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
As a Baby-Friendly hospital, UAB is dedicated to helping new moms provide the best care for their newborns. 
UAB is helping the Alabama Chapter of the American Red Cross celebrate 100 years of service with a major blood drive on campus.
The interdisciplinary approach aims to accelerate clinical innovation by training STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — students and clinicians to collaborate.
UAB’s Critical Care Transport program, which has transported almost 50,000 patients by air and ground, has been reaccredited for the seventh consecutive review period.
Roman Johnson, a first-year Ph.D. student, will travel to Morocco this summer to study Arabic.