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Penny Pincher Promotions has donated 2,500 hand sanitizing stations to UAB to help reduce the spread of germs across campus.
Many juniors may not know the best way to prepare for college during a global pandemic. Samantha Briggs in the UAB School of Education provides resources for students and parents during this time.
Join UAB’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a Facebook Live discussion on police reform, prison violence and community training.
Due to availability and scheduling issues around standardized testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, UAB will be a test-optional institution for applicants through fall 2021.
The UAB School of Education has received accreditation for its school counseling and clinical mental health concentrations for eight years, recognizing the financial and professional quality of the program.
Started in 1981, the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition is one of UAB’s longest-standing Homecoming traditions.
The student-led UAB Public Relations Council of Alabama chapter won six Medallion Awards, the highest award of achievement available to students.
The popular No-Show Ball will feature a cooking class and demonstration from Birmingham chef Chris Hastings.
Honors College students, faculty and staff are welcomed back with a new building along the Campus Green.
Added instruction, clarity regarding positive COVID-19 exposures highlight app improvements
Join UAB’s Institute for Human Rights for a Zoom Live discussion on mass incarceration policy in Alabama.
UAB Upward Bound students participated in a Birmingham Bar Foundation virtual “Resolve to Solve” series this summer, which helped them learn effective conflict resolution skills.
UAB tops 22,500 students for the first time, featuring its highest retention rates in the history of the university.
The HEED Award recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus; UAB is the only institution in Alabama to be honored with the annual award.
Trained teachers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Education scored significantly above the state average this year, continuing a trend from past years.
The financial impact of COVID-19 has tremendously devastated the millennial generation following the previous decade’s recession.
The United States Special Operation Command Parachute Demonstration Team saluted front-line workers above the Campus Green.
Through the pioneering Gulf States Newsroom, NPR and public radio stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana share resources, plan together and deliver more reporting in areas with widening gaps in local news coverage.
A video display on hospital wall says thank you to health care workers at UAB.
UAB will conduct a national search to replace retiring Allen Bolton as senior vice president for Finance and Administration.
UAB has been recognized as a leading employer in the United States.
A new process for sanitizing buses — which exceeds CDC guidance for sanitization — will be used on UAB’s Blazer Express, making it Groome Transportation’s first fleet to receive the advanced technology.
New York Times reports misleading data of COVID-19 cases at UAB in story about colleges/universities
In our university/non-clinical enterprise, UAB is aware of 148 students (0.67% of our student body) and 91 faculty and staff (1.5% of that total population) who tested positive in 2020. For the non-clinical enterprise, this is a total of 239 total positive cases this year.
UAB is partnering with local businesses to promote safety measures in fighting COVID-19 to keep Birmingham businesses and the university open.
Five coaches and 37 teachers attended a virtual summer learning program through the IMPACT-PD grant to learn how to best teach dual-language students.
UAB’s TRIO Student Support Services will receive a $5 million grant to help students increase academic success.
GuideSafeTM COVID-19 notification app, integrating Google and Apple’s ENS technology, now available for download among general public
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Division of eLearning continue to offer training and support for faculty to best ensure an engaging learning environment.
This new initiative will promote an accommodating and positive experience for all guests and fans with a sensory issue that visits our clinics and hospital.
Twelve of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures spring 2020 graduates qualified for the seal, with four earning working biliteracy, the highest level.