UAB Magazine - 40 Years of Breakthroughs - Campus and Community - Magazine

In the past 40 years, UAB has transformed Birmingham—and itself. The university's incredible growth has created jobs and a host of new sports, arts, and entertainment options in the Magic City.

	Transforming Birmingham: Improbable Visions, Inevitable Dreams Forty years ago, dreams confronted nightmares in the heart of Birmingham. Remarkably, the dreamers won.
	Student Life: Extracurricular Evolution “We don’t have any traditions to uphold. We can do anything we want. ” What Joseph Volker, UAB’s first president, said decades ago has inspired generations of UAB students.
	Diversity: Community Matters The Princeton Review rated UAB third among all U.S. colleges in a 2009 ranking of campus social and ethnic diversity. UAB was the only university in Alabama to be included in that category.
	Campus Sculpture: Art in the Open UAB's extensive, eclectic collection of outdoor sculptures were crafted by dozens of separate hands, but they all owe a debt to a single mind.
	Gene Bartow: Hardwood Hero In 1977, Gene Bartow was at UCLA—and the top of the college basketball world. But his next move stunned basketball fans everywhere.
	Gospel Choir: Joy 101 The UAB Gospel Choir has produced hit records, shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, and traveled the world.
	Alys Stephens Center: Stages Right UAB's performing arts center changed the cultural scene in Birmingham.