The Campaign for UAB surpassed $1 billion raised in November 2018. 

A record

students, including 2,299 freshmen, were enrolled at UAB in fall 2018.

Research awards at UAB topped

for the first time in FY2018, reaching $527 million.

of UAB’s specialties ranked among the nation’s top 50 programs of their kind in the 2018-2019 Best Hospitals report from U.S. News & World Report.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated UAB as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University, among 65 higher education institutions nationwide to receive this prestigious honor. 

The UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine gives patients and family members an outlet to create and socialize with other families.

UAB ranked 

in the U.S., and in the top 10 worldwide, in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2018 Young University Rankings.

patents issued in FY2018

UAB's transplant program celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018. UAB transplant services have performed more than

transplants during that time.

UAB's annual economic impact.

Through a nearly $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, UAB and a broad coalition of 15 public and private organizations in Birmingham will train local youth for

high-paying IT jobs.

Birmingham has more green space per capita than any city of its size in the country.

UAB was recognized as a 

Diversity Champion by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

With 23,000 employees, UAB is Alabama's

single employer.

listeners in North Central Alabama tune in weekly to NPR affiliate WBHM on UAB's campus. The station celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016; it went on the air on Dec. 5, 1976.

A record

UAB students and alumni were selected for the prestigious Fulbright Student Program in 2018.

UAB ranks 31st in federal research funding, based on FY2016 figures, which is

among public universities. 

student-led companies have been incubated at the UAB Innovation Lab (iLab), a collaboration between the UAB Collat School of Business and Innovation Depot, as of January 2018.

There were

student enrollments in 256 service learning courses at UAB in 2017-2018.

original letters from Florence Nightingale are on display at the UAB School of Nursing.

programs in top 25, U.S. News & World Report 2019 "America's Best Graduate Schools" list.

Becker's Hospital Review named the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center as one of the nation's "100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs" in 2018. In 2016, the Cancer Center was awarded a five-year, $29-million renewal of its core grant from the National Cancer Institute.

More than 350 underserved people received

teeth cleanings, restorations and extractions as part of the UAB Dentistry Cares Community Day in October 2018.

UAB offers the 

Health Physics and Nuclear Medicine Technology programs in Alabama.

UAB has

faculty members elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

babies delivered at UAB Hospital in 2017.

UAB is a founding partner in Innovation Depot, the largest high-tech incubator in the Southeast, which had an economic impact of $1.6 billion over the past five years.

UAB's campus has more than 4,000 trees, earning the Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus USA designation for the past four years.

UAB Medicine provides care to people in every county in Alabama.

new drugs in the pipeline for the Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance, a UAB-Southern Research partnership, as of August 2018.

The employee-led UAB Benevolent Fund works with more than

local nonprofit organizations.

UAB's research supercomputer offers

teraflops of processing power, making it one of the five fastest at institutions in the Southeast.

Return on investment from research in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. With base funding of $10 million, Cancer Center investigators receive $140 million in grants and contracts.

UAB did business with some

Birmingham suppliers, spending $200M in FY2017.

ArtPlay, the Alys Stephens Center’s home for arts education, served nearly

individuals in the Birmingham area through the arts in 2017-2018.

UAB's research team includes

principal investigators and 2,500+ key personnel. In 2017, 5,142 submitted proposals led to 1,975 new competitive awards.

UAB Hospital offers more than 100 services that are unique in Alabama

individuals in underserved communities reached through cancer awareness and education programs from UAB's Deep South Network for Cancer Control.

graduate students

postdoctoral fellows and

undergraduates contribute to UAB research

Alabama university, and in the top 150 worldwide, in Center for World University Rankings list, 2017

The UAB Women & Infants Center houses the largest regional neonatal intensive care unit (RNICU) in the Southeast.

More than

students in high-poverty schools in Alabama are focusing on college success through the UAB-led GEAR UP program.

In 2018, Collat School of Business students saved local working families more than

dollars in commercial tax preparation fees by volunteering their time to prepare 2,700+ tax returns for free. Their work secures nearly $3.9 million for the families annually.

UAB is one of

inaugural NIH-designated Centers for AIDS Research.

UAB Hospital is the third largest public hospital in the United States.

MBA dual-degree programs offered through the Collat School of Business and other schools on campus focused on medicine, engineering and public health, including DMD/MBA, MD/MBA, and OD/MBA programs.

lost pyramids and more than 1,000 settlements discovered by UAB space archaeologist Sarah Parcak using satellite imaging. Parcak has won the 2016 TED Prize for her pioneering work.

Alabama students, from kindergarten to community colleges, reached annually by programs from the UAB Center for Community OutReach Development.

UAB students were enrolled in more than

undergraduate research courses during the 2017-2018 school year.

A ridge on Mars is named for UAB physicist Thomas Wdowiak, Ph.D., who played an important role in NASA's missions to the Red Planet.

new patients per year treated at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The School of Nursing's Providing Access to Health Care (PATH) Clinic cares for uninsured and underinsured patients, improving patient outcomes, decreasing hospital admissions and significantly reducing hospital costs.

UAB Hospital received the 2019 Women’s Choice Award "America's Best Hospital" designations for five practice areas: breast care, heart care, cancer care, obstetrics and bariatric surgery.

Henry Peters, founding dean of the UAB School of Optometry, is the first optometrist to be inducted into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame.

The Equal Access Birmingham Clinic, run by UAB School of Medicine students, sees hundreds of patients per year in a dedicated space just off campus.

clinical trials were carried out at UAB in 2017

The UAB School of Dentistry is transforming oral health nationwide through its leadership of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

An ongoing living donor kidney transplant chain at UAB is the world's longest. The chain of surgeries has given 

people so far the gift of life as of Dec. 1, 2018.

In 2016, UAB was the first Alabama university to launch a

Internet connection

Special freezers developed by UAB engineers are in orbit aboard the International Space Station.

UAB's Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016.

master's programs and 40 doctoral programs in the UAB Graduate School.

UAB faculty members have been presidents of the American Heart Association.

With NIH funding of more than $93M to date, Michael Saag, M.D., has helped transform AIDS from a deadly virus into a manageable chronic disease, and continues to work to end the epidemic altogether.

There are more than 1.4 million volumes in UAB libraries, including the largest biomedical library in Alabama.

patients seen annually by School of Optometry faculty and students in its clinics and community outreach programs.

UAB's new Undergraduate Immunology Program is the only one of its kind in the Southeast and one of the few in the United States.

UAB Hospital was granted recognition as a Magnet-designated organization, a prestigious symbol of nursing excellence, for the fourth consecutive time in 2015, becoming only the

hospital worldwide to achieve this distinction.

Millions of gallons of water per year are saved through UAB Sustainability efforts.

The $48.5-million Hill Student Center includes a 276-seat theater, multiple dining options and more in 160,000+ square feet of space.

UAB's Critical Care Transport team has transported more than

patients

low-income and underinsured patients received free exams, glasses and other vision care from UAB School of Optometry faculty, staff and students in the Gift of Sight event over four days in November-December 2018.

UAB students, faculty and staff represented 100+ countries in fall 2018.

UAB has one of only two Level 1 ocular trauma centers in the United States.

Level 1 adult trauma center in Alabama.

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital is the only specialty hospital in Alabama focusing on eye care.

UAB is home to

fraternities and sororities, including two new fraternities launched in fall 2018.

More than 1.35 million visits each year to the Kirklin Clinic, Whitaker Clinic and other UAB Medicine Clinics.

UAB's campus covers 100 city blocks and is just steps away from top Birmingham attractions, including Railroad Park, Regions Field and nationally famous dining options.

UAB physicians on Best Doctors in America list for 2017-2018.

UAB has one of the only Ph.D.-level medical sociology programs in the world.

UAB students earned 

prestigious scholarships and fellowships in the 2017-2018 academic year.

UAB Education Abroad offers more than 170 programs in 53 countries.

Birmingham was ranked

on Zagat's 2015 "America’s Next Hot Food Cities" list and named to the company's "Most Exciting Food Cities in America" list in 2017.

Engineering student Ophelia Johnson won the prestigious Marshall Scholarship in Nov. 2015. UAB produced both a Marshall and Rhodes Scholar in the space of a year.

There are

registered student organizations at UAB.

U.S. city on the Travel Channel's list of 11 "Next Great Destinations" for 2016

students enrolled in the UAB Honors College in fall 2018, its largest-ever class.

The Mock Trial, Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl teams in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences have all won

championships.

The UABTeach program, which prepares highly qualified educators to address a national STEM teacher shortage, is the

program of its kind in Alabama.

UAB's recording studio is one of a handful in the country to feature the AVID System 5 Fusion Console, giving students professional-level experience.

areas of undergraduate study at UAB, including 56 baccalaureate degree programs.

The UAB Gospel Choir, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015, has performed sold-out concerts around the world.

The student-led Green and Gold Fund manages more than $500,000 in assets.

accredited school of public health in Alabama.

UAB is home to one of

World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization collaborating centers in the United States focused on nursing and midwifery.