Campus & Community

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  Apply now for Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop, held online June 7-24
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  UAB student, donors honored with national Collegiate Recovery awards
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  UAB in-person commencement ceremonies at Legion Field are April 30-May 1

Arts & Events

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  June 14-18, UAB Department of Music hosts band camp for junior high and high school students
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  National honors awarded to Theatre UAB’s original production “Disconnect” by KCACTF
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  Celebrate Mom with gift box, concert from UAB’s Alys Stephens Center

Health & Medicine

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  Blood supplies are low. Please encourage donation.
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  Chronic kidney disease a major factor for those taking anticoagulant medications
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  Cardiac bypass surgeries declined in 2020, but outcomes show the procedures were done safely during the COVID-19 pandemic

People of UAB

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  Poleon named 2021 Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award recipient
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  UAB first: Vision science student awarded F31 grant
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  UAB student-researcher awarded full scholarship for Cornell University Ph.D. communications program

Research & Innovation

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  UAB spinoff to treat chronic respiratory disease announces $3 million seed funding
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  Crohn’s disease patients have specific IgG antibodies to human bacterial flagellins
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  Cardiovascular health is poorest among American adults in the Southern U.S.

News You Can Use

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  Keeping safe during spring holiday celebrations
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  Masking may help prevent severe allergies this spring
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  How smoking could impact health complications with COVID-19 illness