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Health & Medicine Sep 24, 2026

UAB marks five years of transformational $100 million Heersink gift

The UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine is celebrating the anniversary of the couple’s transformational $100 million gift and the legacy it has created in healthcare, education, biomedical innovation and community development.

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Health & Medicine Sep 23, 2026

Diagnosis to remission: A young patient’s journey with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma and leukemia

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Campus & Community Sep 22, 2026

UAB highest-ranked public institution in the Southeast for faculty research performance, according to U.S. News & World Report

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Sep 21, 2026

UAB’s Fall Undergraduate Research Expo set to showcase student success

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Sep 14, 2026

UAB one of 10 centers nationwide selected to participate in the Pediatric Prevention Network, receive $10M in funding

Sep 11, 2026

National 9/11 Day grant expands UAB’s Into the Streets day of service

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Health & Medicine

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Sep 21, 2026

Inaugural Heersink Student Mobility scholar finds new perspective on research and medicine

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Sep 15, 2026

Cooper Green adds enrollment specialists at UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham, UAB St. Vincent’s East

Sep 14, 2026

UAB Hospital-Callahan Eye Urgent Care opens Oct. 1

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Research & Innovation

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Sep 24, 2026

UAB doses world’s first patient in investigational gene therapy trial for BAG3-associated dilated cardiomyopathy

Sep 23, 2026

UAB awarded grant to co-lead national center to train dental providers in tooth-preserving procedure

Sep 22, 2026

UAB breast pathologists publish on reproducibility of HER2 testing in breast cancer

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People of UAB

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Sep 15, 2026

UAB’s Henry Panion III to conduct, arrange for Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life” 50th anniversary tour

Aug 21, 2026

UAB students honored by NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium

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Jul 27, 2026

How a campus tour changed everything for this UAB graduate

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Sep 18, 2026

Oct. 3, Experience solar energy in action at the UAB National Solar Tour

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Sep 18, 2026

Celebrate spooky season at ArtPlay’s Halloween Family Day

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Sep 16, 2026

Who’s coming to the Alys Stephens Center for its 30th anniversary season

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Sep 24, 2026

How diet can help manage menopause symptoms

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Sep 21, 2026

Reduce flu risk this season by getting the flu shot

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Sep 14, 2026

How young adults can build a healthy social life, from a college counselor

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Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination.

Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination.

An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients

An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients

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Woman warns against popular immunity boosting vitamin-C supplement because of common ingredient Woman warns against popular immunity boosting vitamin-C supplement because of common ingredient

Is it actually possible to get rid of cavities without fillings?

Is it actually possible to get rid of cavities without fillings?

How to do a semester at sea, for grown ups

How to do a semester at sea, for grown ups

Caffeine may increase pain tolerance

Caffeine may increase pain tolerance

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