The UAB Excellence in Business Top 25 program, presented by the UAB National Alumni Society, each year recognizes the fastest-growing and most successful businesses owned or managed by UAB graduates.

The name change will better reflect the diverse areas of expertise and academic programs the school offers. 

In 2020, Susan Spezzini, Ph.D., a professor of English Learner Education, was named a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program awardee for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Her "Enhancing the Efficacy of English Language Educators in Paraguay" project at the National University of Asuncion (UNA) led to a 55-chapter Creative Common Licensed Book.