Trailblazing Alumni
I am Arts and Sciences: Joshua L. Baker
When speaking with Joshua L. Baker, Principal Owner and Managing Director of Baker Camp Arnold Capital Management, you cannot overlook his passion for history. In fact, most of the artifacts and framed items on his office walls are testaments to his deep interest in the discipline.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Lisa Higginbotham
Many Blazers donate to and engage with the Benevolent Fund, a charitable giving campaign that supports health and human service agencies, selected health-related charities, and University of Alabama at Birmingham employees through the Employee Emergency Assistance Program.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Kristine Farag
Being the first to do something can be challenging—thankfully, when you have a mentor by your side, the experience can be enjoyable and empowering.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Taylor Byas
Through language, poets help us better understand and navigate life. However, the journey to a career in poetry is not always clear (or easy).
Read moreNeuroscience alumna publishes in major journal
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences and Heersink School of Medicine offer five unique interdisciplinary programs that prepare students for the career fields of the future.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Karla Khodanian
Inspiration can strike when you least expect it—even while waiting in line for a coffee.
Read moreAn interview with Ashley M. Jones, the next Alabama Poet Laureate
Ashley M. Jones, an alumna of the UAB Department of English, was recently appointed to serve as the next Poet Laureate of Alabama.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Alex LaGanke
When Alex LaGanke, staff attorney at Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, left her hometown of Cullman to attend UAB, she quickly started to see the world through a new lens.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Angelo Della Manna
When building something from the ground up, it’s valuable for the builder to be detail-oriented and driven. For Angelo Della Manna, Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, both skills came into focus during his time studying in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Criminal Justice.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Kristin Powell
Sometimes, people find themselves pursuing unexpected career pathways. According to Kristin Powell, Ph.D., organizational consultant for Blankenship & Seay Consulting Group, the knowledge and skills she attained while studying in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology prepared her for any career — regardless of the field or subject matter.
Read moreUncovering the power of human rights
While growing up in Birmingham, Katie Fagan lived a few blocks away from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Although both of her parents graduated from UAB’s School of Medicine, attending the university was not part of Fagan’s long-term plan. At least not at first.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Eric Teoh
For students who study math in college, the notion of saving lives with their knowledge may seem distant — maybe even far-fetched. For Eric Teoh, director of statistical services at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the connection between math and lifesaving work is crystal clear.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Leigh Willis
In 1997, Leigh Willis, Ph.D., a rising senior studying sociology at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, encountered a life-changing document. It was an interest form about a graduate program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Read moreUAB grad and filmmaker reaching bigger audiences
Anissa Latham nurtured her storytelling and filmmaking skills during her time at University of Alabama at Birmingham — now, with new partners and supporters investing in her work, she’s bringing her creative vision to the world.
Read moreI am Arts and Sciences: Jolie Thevenot
International studies alumna Jolie Thevenot is the executive director of the Japan-America Society of Alabama.
Read moreI Am Arts and Sciences: Ellyn Grady
As Ellyn Grady embraces retirement and looks back on her storied career, she does not call attention to her impressive and incomparable fundraising achievements. Instead, she reflects on and celebrates the people with whom she connected, learned from, and worked alongside over the course of her 30 years in Birmingham.
Read moreI Am Arts and Sciences: Vincent Cirel
Vincent Cirel developed a passion for mathematics in high school and found personal inspiration even earlier in life working with his grandfather as a land surveyor. When it was time to pursue his undergraduate degree, he looked to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Read moreBiology alumna helps rescue and release thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles
Finding Her Voice: The Megan Louise Montgomery Endowed Memorial Scholarship
A limitless world
Makayla Smith wants to use poetry to create spaces of joy and representation for Black, queer audiences.
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