Picture a Scientist: UAB edition
As UAB hosts screenings of a highly praised documentary on women scientists, meet several pioneers on campus.
Reading level in third grade is an astounding predictor of life outcomes. Learn how one UAB partner organization prepares tutors to walk alongside struggling students.
Simulations let students, staff practice high-stakes skills, from social marketing to surgery
Computer-based simulations offer realism, promote empathy and enable experimentation to practice essential skills.
Before patients arrive, experts use computer models to design the safest, most efficient workflows for staff and providers and reduce wait times.
Gayan Wijeratne, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, is studying versatile molecules with heme iron centers that could be useful in new cancer therapies and greener, cheaper fuel cells. He also will use this grant to attract more high school students to higher education in science.
Worried that expensive piece of tech or favorite jacket might be stolen? Follow these tips to reduce the risk, and alert UAB Police if someone in a public area is behaving suspiciously.
UAB is a place for friendship
On-campus events that will enable Blazers to gather together are again permitted within established guidelines, thanks to safety behavior exhibited by students, faculty and staff that has resulted in relatively low COVID-19 transmission.
20 honored for elevating UAB’s shared values
This year, the new President’s Award for Excellence in Shared Values honors Blazers who demonstrated one or more of UAB’s shared values in the course of their work during the extraordinary times presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
NSF CAREER grant powers quantum magnet research
Assistant Professor Wenli Bi, Ph.D., in the Department of Physics will expand studies in a field that could lead to new green technologies — and more opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in cutting-edge physics.