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Graphic displaying four students sitting at a table happily talking with the text placed in green box: "Free App Week," February 21-27, First-Time Freshmen and Transfer Students
Campus & Community Published 15 days ago

Future Blazers — both in-state and out-of-state — can apply this week without paying any application fees.

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Research & Innovation Published 16 days ago

The study will enroll 240 adults with HIV and insomnia, randomly assigning them to one of two treatments to evaluate how each approach affects sleep and cognitive health.

Health & Medicine Published 16 days ago

Functional neurological disorder, an often-misunderstood condition, affects brain-body communication, causing involuntary seizures, movement difficulties and speech problems.

Health & Medicine Published 20 days ago

In February 2026, UAB performed its first NKR-facilitated transplants, opening a new era of expanded donor options beyond the program’s historically internal swap and chain database.

2026 BFA Exhibition Graphic
Arts & Events Published 20 days ago

An intensive exploration across a range of disciplines, the BFA program of study at UAB prepares students to pursue careers as artists and designers or continue to graduate school.

From side, parked Live HealthSmart Alabama Mobile Market
Campus & Community Published 20 days ago

A new UAB and Alabama CEAL initiative aims to improve health by empowering neighborhoods.

Exterior of the UAB Rehabilitation Pavilion showing detail of UAB signage on the facade of the building.
Research & Innovation Published 21 days ago

Since March 2022, UAB and McMaster University have advanced a shared vision to strengthen institutional collaboration across research, education and global health initiatives.

Research & Innovation Published 21 days ago

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, long-acting injectables proved to be a more effective treatment in maintaining consistent administration for those living with HIV and facing barriers to taking daily oral medications.

Female students wearing backpacks walking on sidewalk near Honors Hall
Campus & Community Published 21 days ago

UAB Honors College chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa received the Circle of Distinction recognition for the third consecutive academic year. 

UAB prosthetist uses tool to adjust a prosthesis.
Research & Innovation Published 22 days ago

Patients at the amputee clinic can receive prothesis sockets faster with the new 3D printer.

An illustrated book page showing Vocabby with fluffy white hair and glasses
Campus & Community Published 22 days ago

The free community vocabulary program, now in its 10th year, meets monthly and takes pre-K children on adventures as they learn vocabulary words through art and science integration. 

Graphic with a green background displaying a GLP-1, a pill, stomach, hormones and a brain
Research & Innovation Published 22 days ago

As UAB researchers continue to study how these drugs work and what comes next, their findings are helping move the conversation beyond hype, while working toward a clearer understanding of one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the past decade.

Interior headshots of Ray L. Watts, M.D. and Maria Rodriguez Shirey, Ph.D.
People of UAB Published 23 days ago

UAB President Ray L. Watts, M.D., along with prominent UAB physicians, educators and researchers, will be honored at the induction ceremony on Aug. 8 in Montgomery.

A neon green outline of the state of Alabama on green background with a neon yellow golf flag stuck in the center of the state.
Campus & Community Published 23 days ago

Help create an instant Blazer tradition and enjoy golf-themed food, 18 holes of mini-golf fun, plus a chance to be on the Classic’s very first leaderboard, for $25.

Close-up of students performing their musical instruments in rehearsal, ranging from trumpet and trombone to marimba.
Arts & Events Published 23 days ago

Choose from student and faculty recitals, the UAB Piano Series, the annual PRISM concert showcase, ensemble performances, Gospel Choir, Opera, and much more.

Digital art showing human heart
Research & Innovation Published 24 days ago

Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of heart-related disability in younger adults and the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.

 A pregnant woman rests a small teddy bear on her stomach.
News You Can Use Published 24 days ago

Women, their partners and families may experience a range of emotions after a pregnancy loss, and a UAB expert says understanding how to offer support is critical.

Heidi Neas posing with her family and physicians.
Health & Medicine Published 27 days ago

Heidi Neas was diagnosed with cancer at 16 weeks pregnant, became cancer-free at 22 weeks and delivered a healthy baby boy.

Graphic poster for UAB Theater production "Don't Ask" that displays a person in uniform climbing the don't part of the title with a tan background and the Uniform Code of Military Justice written throughout the background.
Arts & Events Published 30 days ago

The UAB Department of Theatre is committed to supporting new voices in theater and moving new works forward. The latest is “Don’t Ask” from 2018 graduate Hayley Procacci.

Campus & Community Published 30 days ago

Beyond its impact on daily education, the new laboratory showcases UAB’s commitment to comprehensive, simulation-based surgical training in the field of ophthalmology.

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