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The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine will increase minimum wage for employees to $11 per hour in 2016. The federal minimum wage is $7.25.
Leadership UAB Class of 2016 has been announced.
Throughout the month of February, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Medicine, and Heart and Vascular Services will raise awareness about heart disease and ways to help prevent it.
Poster sessions and guest lecturers aim to celebrate Darwin’s legacy.
Professor and children’s book author Lester L. Laminack will serve as keynote speaker.
Shanquela Williams, junior social work major, will spend the spring semester in Ghana as part of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program.
UAB cites its accredited police department and investments in safety resources, as well as initiatives in shared responsibility and community partnerships, as reasons data shows crime is much lower than perceived — and lower than many urban and non-urban universities.
More than 400 UAB students performed community service projects around Birmingham as part of a National Day of Service.
Collat School of Business seeks to give students more experience and strengthen employer relationships.
Feel the love with the UAB/Red Cross Blood Drive.
A new eight-week FreshStart! program is set for Jan. 21-March 10 to help cancer survivors make healthy lifestyle changes.
More than $5.2 million has been paid in UAB’s Finish the Drive campaign to secure $17.2 million pledged to UAB Athletics, exceeding the $4.5 million Jan. 15 goal.
Internationally recognized scholar and researcher Marie A. Bakitas will present at UAB on palliative care Feb. 10.
With more than 162,000 square feet, the new UAB Hill Student Center is the living room of the university and provides places for students to congregate, eat and study, making it their home away from home.
UAB Honors College enrollment has more than doubled since 2012, and new initiatives and programs continue to garner great feedback from students.
Discussion will cover the relationship between diet and exercise and the biology of aging.
Dine for a Cure, a fundraising event for cancer research, will be at MELT on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
UAB online programs ranked in six of the eight categories measured.
Teens Engineer will provide after-school programs at area Birmingham Public Library branches.
See an exhibition of Smith’s most recent graphite works at a Project Space show presented by the Department of Art and Art History, with a free reception from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 19.
The Office of University Relations captured the essence of the momentum and excitement across the UAB campus in an institutional pride video highlighting each area of the comprehensive university’s multifaceted mission.
UAB students are facing — and winning — a Shark Tank-style challenge with a tantalizing prize: the opportunity to launch their own start-ups inside Birmingham’s Innovation Depot before they graduate. Discover how UAB’s Collat School of Business and School of Engineering emphasize entrepreneurship by helping students bring their innovative ideas to life.
The School of Education online master’s program is considered one of the best choices for students in 2016.
Celebrate UAB’s diversity and learn about other cultures and experiences at UAB Community Week.
UAB science, tech, engineering, and math students know how to devise clever solutions to tough problems. Now they’re facing their biggest challenge: America’s shortage of qualified STEM teachers. Go behind the scenes of UABTeach, a program inspiring these students to translate their knowledge and passion into lessons for Alabama’s children.
UAB is partnering with Project SEARCH to provide high school students who have developmental disabilities with internship opportunities to help guide them on career selection.
Many patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as adults do not fit the standard profile for a diabetes diagnosis; they are younger, are relatively fit and have little if any belly fat. 
Turn resolutions into habits for the New Year.
Space heater collection highlights conservation, cost-cutting efforts at UAB School of Public Health
A 500-watt space heater can cost an estimated $306.60 per year in power consumption, so UAB School of Public Health faculty and staff are giving theirs to a local organization, as well as taking other steps to save energy and money.
The psychology program was rated first in the South.