November 2014 - The Reporter
February 11, 2015
Jay Leno to star in Viva Health Starlight Gala
The Viva Health Starlight Gala benefits the programs and education initiatives of UAB’s Alys Stephens Center. Tickets are $125 and include a reception; VIP dinner packages also are available.
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Events
February 10, 2015
Kaul gift to help launch personalized medicine
UAB’s new Personalized Medicine Institute will use a $7 million gift from the Hugh Kaul Foundation to advance this emerging discipline, which uses an individual’s own genetic profile to prevent, diagnose and treat disease.
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Patient Care
February 09, 2015
Soccer to get a new home field
The UA System Board of Trustees approved the construction of BBVA Compass Field for UAB Men’s and Women’s Soccer. Located south of University Boulevard just east of I-65, the field — to be ready by fall 2015 — will be the first impression visitors encounter as they enter campus from I-65.
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Construction & Transit
February 09, 2015
Future home for School of Business, innovation approved by trustees
Phase I planning will proceed for the new Collat School of Business building, which also will house the B.L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It will provide multidimensional learning and collaborative spaces, plus labs for behavioral research and sales presentations, study rooms and more.
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Construction & Transit
February 05, 2015
Champion bodybuilder is anesthesiologist by day
Assistant Professor Susan Smith’s hard work paid off when she won a national body-building title in November and earned the right to compete as a professional.
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Achievements
February 04, 2015
Finding clues to mystery illnesses
It’s not quite House, M.D., but UAB’s Undiagnosed Diseases Program does aim to help patients solve baffling medical mysteries, including illnesses so rare that only a handful of people — or perhaps no one else — has them. The sleuthing specialists reveal how high-tech genetic science and old-fashioned listening skills help them search for answers in UAB Magazine.
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UAB Magazine
February 02, 2015
Doctor wastes no time in publishing 2 books
Kirk Withrow, M.D., assistant professor and otolaryngology surgeon, keeps his creative juices flowing by writing books and making cigar-box guitars.
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Achievements
February 02, 2015
SACSCOC onsite visit is Feb. 24-26
Representatives from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges will make an onsite visit Feb. 24-26 as part of the process of reaffirming UAB’s accreditation. Information about the process, links to UAB’s Compliance Certification and QEP, are at www.uab.edu/accreditation.
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Take Note
January 29, 2015
Baylor’s take-charge attitude makes her ‘a natural leader’
Anitra Baylor, financial officer in the Division of Preventive Medicine, is Employee of the Month for January.
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Awards & Honors
January 26, 2015
9 grants awarded to promote teaching innovation
More than $39,000 has been awarded through nine grants to 15 faculty for proposals that support teaching innovation and development at UAB. All but one are tied directly to the Quality Enhancement Plan, which will launch in fall.
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Awards & Honors
