Adapting to science communication by screen
COVID-19 has changed the centuries-old process of defending dissertations and theses. Graduate School Dean Lori McMahon, Ph.D., and Associate Dean David Schneider, Ph.D., explain which changes are temporary and which could become permanent.
Putting your best face forward on Zoom
Easy tips and tricks from UAB experts on how to look your best, professionally and personally, during video meetings.
Attend a virtual summit on disability employment Oct. 28
The 2020 Disability Employment Summit – Diversity through Inclusion, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, includes speakers from Alabama and beyond. Register today.
Vision coverage from VSP available during open enrollment
UAB offers vision benefits during the annual open enrollment, and eligible employees will have the option to choose or decline that coverage between 7 a.m. Oct. 23 and 5 p.m. Nov. 9. These five questions can help determine if you need it.
Managers, learn to develop your team more effectively by joining a Coaching Circle today
Hear from three managers who practiced coaching skills with small groups of peers from across campus this spring, then register for your own Circle starting this month.
Blazer Express buses get a glow-up
The buses have a new Blazer-fied look, but they also incorporate new features to better help employees and students commute more easily and sustainably.
Problem to product: Building ZorroFlow to help babies thrive
Doctors don’t have anything to reliably collect urine from neonates. A solution to this problem earned a commercialization grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Campus blazes onward and upward
In 1974, construction continued on the steel structure that would eventually house the School of Optometry. Forty-six years later, campus still continue sto grow, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who benefits from sentinel testing? You and everyone you know
You, your co-workers and your family all benefit if you are participate in UAB’s randomized sentinel testing — and this simple, self-administered swab doesn’t take a test away from anyone else.
Faculty fellows to foster education-abroad experiences for students
Nine faculty and staff selected for the 2020-21 Faculty Fellows in Education Abroad program will develop courses to promote active and ethical citizenship, cultural immersion and community engagement.