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George Mitchell Jr., has served as an adjunct professor at UAB since 2011. 

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UAB is one of 13 universities participating in a summer learning experience in health care for students underrepresented in the health professions.
According to the CDC, sports-related dental injuries account for more than 600,000 emergency room visits each year.
UAB has increased campus internet connection speeds 10-fold and become the first university in Alabama to achieve 100 gigabits per second, up to 10,000 times many standard home internet speeds — increasing the institution’s competitive advantage in teaching, research and health care.
“This is something that we decided to do because we realized there is so much need for dental care for low-income adults."

The UAB School of Dentistry hosted 10 dental students from Japan this summer as part of an annual exchange program.

A UAB School of Dentistry faculty member talks bad breath — where it comes from and how to fight it.
Kids often acquire S. mutans, a cavity-causing bacterium from nonfamily members, researchers report at the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting.
A new study from the UAB School of Dentistry shows that women who are pregnant are more likely to have gingivitis in their first and second trimesters, which can negatively affect mother and baby.
A local health education nonprofit educates high school students on professional opportunities within rural health care.
Identifying a stable outlook and UAB’s very strong enterprise and financial profile, S&P Global Ratings has raised its rating on various series of general revenue bonds issued by The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees on behalf of UAB.
Longtime VP for Research and Economic Development Richard B. Marchase, Ph.D., plans to retire at the end of 2016. During his tenure, UAB annual research expenditures grew from $331 million to $510 million.
Governor Robert Bentley has signed an executive order establishing the initiative to improve the health literacy of Alabamians, and UAB faculty will play an important role.
Four UAB faculty members are named to endowed chair or professorship positions by the Board of Trustees.
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