Students

Across its esteemed academic campus, UAB’s graduate programs continue to shine.

UAB remains dedicated to supporting students’ mental health, ensuring they have the tools and community they need to thrive during their college journey.

Two UAB graduate students selected for prestigious Alabama EPSCoR Graduate Research Scholars Program
Two University of Alabama at Birmingham graduate students were recently awarded Alabama EPSCoR Graduate Research Scholars Program awards.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will hold its summer Service Learning and Undergraduate Research Expo from July 22-26.

UAB’s strategic planning continues to blaze its path to improve more lives by leveraging construction projects that include new and enhanced facilities across the institution, blooming green spaces and art installations.

Verhine is looking forward to advancing his skills as a dentist while being able to serve his fellow veterans through oral health care after graduation.

This spring, Samantha Richardson won her second Mosaic Award, the American Advertising Federation’s highest honor, for her work with a new Birmingham, Alabama, nonprofit, In Solidarity: The Beth El Civil Rights Experience.

Two UAB Department of Physics graduates have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

The annual challenge gives students an opportunity to engage with the company in a unique way and apply their coding skills.

This program is a way for Jain to contribute positively to societal issues while furthering his understanding of public health and social dynamics.

Studying abroad as a Gilman Scholar helps students gain professional skills, build language proficiencies and develop knowledgeable perspectives of the world to help them succeed in their careers.

Einas Ali, a public health student, has reconnected to her Sudani roots and has gained essential intercultural skills during her study abroad trip to Dubai.

Alabama musicians can submit an audition now through June 30, and up to four finalists will be selected to perform live onstage Sept. 13 at the Arts Block Party, presented by UAB Arts.

UAB’s Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts will present works from more than 60 artists, representing many of its most iconic exhibitions from the past decade and offering a glimpse into future exhibitions.

The Green Labs and Rheaply programs at UAB earned a Department of Energy Better Practice Awards honor — one of only two universities to receive the award. Another recognition brings pro bono consulting on electrification of Blazer Express.

Through the UAB School of Optometry’s program, the students earned a Doctor of Optometry degree in 29 months. UAB is one of three schools in the United States and the first school in the Southeast to offer a program like this.

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.

Awards and honors continue for the PRCA/PRSSA at UAB chapter, where students put their classroom learning into real-world practice, preparing them for careers and vaulting them into the professional world.

With a passion for health care, Sarah Ashouri learned that two degrees were not enough to provide the patient care she genuinely deserved to give.
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