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This year, Homecoming’s featured event is Hoops on the Haasephalt, featuring introductions of the men’s and women’s basketball teams, a 3-point shootout and dunk contest, announcement of the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition winners, and a fireworks show.
Bloom Studio is a student graphic design studio in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History, and Digital Media is an on-campus creative agency powered by students.
UAB’s School of Health Professions Junior Advisory Board is hosting its annual Dodging for Degrees dodgeball tournament Oct. 11.
George Stewart’s Sept. 24 lunchtime lecture will focus on the music and history of the black gospel quartet and its influence on other genres.
More students living on campus than ever, a record high-achieving incoming freshman class, students representing more than 95 countries and the highest-ever Honors College enrollment highlight fall student body.
UAB’s One Great Community council again will provide Community Health Innovation Awards ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to local organizations for ideas that offer creative ways to address community health issues.
An anonymous nomination brings national attention to poetry written by 2012 UAB graduate Ashley M. Jones.
UAB Optometry is hosting a free community education event to spread awareness about infant eye health Sept. 15.
Outside the hospital, UAB nursing students are caring for entire communities, developing new initiatives to help children, the elderly, the homeless, and other at-risk groups. Discover the difference they’ve made and how the experience changed their approach to patient care.
The series will feature artists’ paint masters Art Graham and Mark Golden, as well as a creative professionalism roundtable with local creative professionals Merrilee Challiss, Elizabeth Hughey and Taylor Robinson.
Famed neuroscientist Roger Nicoll, Ph.D., recently came to UAB to explain how he prevailed over great challenges in his life. Grad students in UAB’s Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program appreciated that, because they face challenges too. Learn about Nicoll’s tear-inducing speech, and the groundbreaking Roadmap program for underrepresented students, in The Mix.
The School of Engineering will work to raise $10,000 by Oct. 22 through crowdfunding to support Blazer BEST robotics competition, an outreach event to enhance STEM education in area schools.
Newkirk will discuss “The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga,” the story of a young Congolese man who was captured and put on display at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.
UAB has officially dedicated its new freshman residence hall with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It will allow more than 700 students to join the 2,180 students housed in UAB’s five other residence halls.
During National Preparedness Month, UAB urges individuals to have their own personal preparedness plans.
UAB business students will get involved with Birmingham’s 2015 Innovation Week by collaborating with BBVA Compass and MediaNet Software on smartwatch development.
Each entry to the project will be exhibited at the UAB Department of Art and Art History’s Project Space from Oct. 19-24, with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20.
As part of the UAB-led GEAR UP Alabama program, the Alabama Community College System will offer tuition waivers to a cohort of students in the Class of 2020 and 2021 students, as well as tuition assistance to parents.
UAB’s Community Health Innovation Awards available to fund local projects aimed at community health issues.
Children and teens with low vision can enjoy a special event at McWane Center sponsored by Songs for Sight.
UAB has been ranked among the top 150 universities in the world by the Center for World University Rankings.
Join UAB Employee Wellness for the annual Blazer Fun Run on Sept. 19.
UAB junior Aleksandra Kasman outplayed 33 talented pianists to win first place at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.
Mark Ingram forges a future for the Blazers.
2015-2016 UAB Department of English BookTalk includes bestseller “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee.
Fall community English classes at UAB will begin Sept. 10; the placement test for new participants will take place Sept. 3.
Chris Rhodes, BSN, R.N., has been named chair-elect of the American Nurses Association Nominations and Elections Committee for a two-year term.
UAB students are invited to participate in “Reality Rides” to encourage safe driving.
Harris, who was recognized for her excellence in the clinical area of the advanced practice level, earned her master’s from UAB in 2011.
The longstanding UAB Community Eye Care program is now serving patients in the new Western Health Center, part of the Jefferson County Department of Health.