Latest News from ODEI and UAB - Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Scott to be awarded the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Scott will be presented with the award during a ceremony at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on July 2.

Eight-year-old uses myopia diagnosis to help others like him

Minority participation in clinical trials helps better prevention, treatment and care outcomes for these groups.

New research identifies complex contributors to obesity-related health disparities

UAB experts highlight the social determinants of obesity and add to the growing body of evidence identifying potential solutions to address obesity and related conditions.

UAB selected to receive the IIE American Passport grant in support of 1,000 U.S. students obtaining passports and studying abroad

UAB has been awarded a grant that will help 1,000 Pell-eligible, U.S. students obtain their U.S. passports and start their study abroad journey.

NADOHE issues statement on recent gun violence, offers support resources.

Colleagues, Over the past few weeks, we have borne witness to near-daily acts of mass violence, including at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, and a supermarket in Buffalo,[…]

Artist Douglas Baulos uses Verdant Fund grant for project “Things shouldn’t be so hard”

Baulos, an associate professor of drawing and bookmaking in the UAB Department of Art and Art History, will publish a book this fall, with exhibitions planned in Florida and Georgia.

Christopher Jones named AVP for CACE

Christopher Jones, Ph.D., has been selected as the assistant vice president for Campus & Community Engagement in the UAB Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI). Previously serving as the inaugural director for Student Multicultural & Diversity[…]

Math award honors UAB professor emeritus Louis Dale

Louis Dale, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, has been honored with a math award named in his honor by the University of Alabama’s Department of Mathematics. Dale, who retired from[…]

UAB recognizes 2022 diversity champions

Four individuals and one student organization were honored with the 2022 President’s Diversity Champion Award during a ceremony at the UAB Alumni House March 3. The annual award, sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, recognizes employees,[…]

Four faculty members selected for NCFDD Summer Faculty Success Program

Four UAB faculty members have been selected to participate in the Summer 2022 Faculty Success Program hosted by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) and sponsored by the UAB Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity[…]