Campus & Community - News
UAB’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion continues its Cultural Lens series this month with a public discussion featuring psychologist Beverly Tatum.
Join UAB’s virtual walk team for the Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama virtual walk.
An in-hospital wellness center for medical trainees can reduce burnout and enhance the learning experience while stressing a healthy work/life balance.
Enrolled Cooper Green patients who get a flu shot at the new drive will also get a food box donated by Royal Divinity Ministry Food Bank.
UAB will take part in the national campaign for free college applications.
Working parents at UAB have additional resources to ease the stress of virtual learning for children
UAB and UAB Medicine are offering options to ease the burden of working parents who have children learning virtually.
Penny Pincher Promotions has donated 2,500 hand sanitizing stations to UAB to help reduce the spread of germs across campus.
Many juniors may not know the best way to prepare for college during a global pandemic. Samantha Briggs in the UAB School of Education provides resources for students and parents during this time.
Join UAB’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a Facebook Live discussion on police reform, prison violence and community training.
Due to availability and scheduling issues around standardized testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, UAB will be a test-optional institution for applicants through fall 2021.
The UAB School of Education has received accreditation for its school counseling and clinical mental health concentrations for eight years, recognizing the financial and professional quality of the program.
Started in 1981, the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition is one of UAB’s longest-standing Homecoming traditions.
The student-led UAB Public Relations Council of Alabama chapter won six Medallion Awards, the highest award of achievement available to students.
The popular No-Show Ball will feature a cooking class and demonstration from Birmingham chef Chris Hastings.
Honors College students, faculty and staff are welcomed back with a new building along the Campus Green.
Added instruction, clarity regarding positive COVID-19 exposures highlight app improvements
Join UAB’s Institute for Human Rights for a Zoom Live discussion on mass incarceration policy in Alabama.
UAB Upward Bound students participated in a Birmingham Bar Foundation virtual “Resolve to Solve” series this summer, which helped them learn effective conflict resolution skills.
UAB tops 22,500 students for the first time, featuring its highest retention rates in the history of the university.
The HEED Award recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus; UAB is the only institution in Alabama to be honored with the annual award.
Trained teachers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Education scored significantly above the state average this year, continuing a trend from past years.
The financial impact of COVID-19 has tremendously devastated the millennial generation following the previous decade’s recession.
The United States Special Operation Command Parachute Demonstration Team saluted front-line workers above the Campus Green.
Through the pioneering Gulf States Newsroom, NPR and public radio stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana share resources, plan together and deliver more reporting in areas with widening gaps in local news coverage.
A video display on hospital wall says thank you to health care workers at UAB.
UAB will conduct a national search to replace retiring Allen Bolton as senior vice president for Finance and Administration.
UAB has been recognized as a leading employer in the United States.
A new process for sanitizing buses — which exceeds CDC guidance for sanitization — will be used on UAB’s Blazer Express, making it Groome Transportation’s first fleet to receive the advanced technology.
New York Times reports misleading data of COVID-19 cases at UAB in story about colleges/universities
In our university/non-clinical enterprise, UAB is aware of 148 students (0.67% of our student body) and 91 faculty and staff (1.5% of that total population) who tested positive in 2020. For the non-clinical enterprise, this is a total of 239 total positive cases this year.
UAB is partnering with local businesses to promote safety measures in fighting COVID-19 to keep Birmingham businesses and the university open.