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Robert Vaden (right) and the UAB Men’s Basketball team open conference play this month. The Blazers will host Central Florida Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. and Louisiana-Lafayette Monday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. Both games will be in Bartow Arena. Order tickets by calling 975-8221 or by e-mail at tickets@uab.edu. Faculty and staff also can sign up for the all-sports pass B-ticket for as little as $10 a month by visiting www.uab.edu/bticket.
iTunes has released its list of the Best Gospel Songs of 2008, and “Daily I Shall Worship Thee,” from the UAB Gospel Choir’s “Gospel 101: Go Dominate!” CD/DVD set, is track No. 13 on the service’s compilation set.
The Alys Stephens Center presents a new music education event for adults, “Make Your Groove Happen,” a one-day, interactive workshop with legendary bassist Jerry Jemmott.
UAB and the American Red Cross will host an after-Christmas blood drive from Monday, Jan. 5 to Friday, Jan. 9. The first drive of 2009 is intended to help prevent the usual post-holiday blood shortage and to promote a healthy lifestyle.
The Alys Stephens Center will present Queen Latifah as the starring performer in this season's Viva Health Starlight Gala, Saturday, April 4, 2009.
UAB has been selected for the 2008 Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Karen She hopes to take needed supplies to the staff of CIDRZ, including used stethoscopes, which she is collecting through the end of December.
You have nothing to lose — except unwanted pounds — and everything to gain from Friday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, when the Campus Rec Center will offer a free trial period for UAB employees and alumni.
UAB employees will be able to disclose consulting activities and sponsored research submissions online beginning Jan. 1.
“In essence, we’re expanding the scope of a traditional biomedical researcher by looking at a given problem using the techniques and approaches that came with the development of the digital computer.” —John Robinson, M.D., Ph.D.
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