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Campus & Community Oct 9, 2026

ESPN ‘SportsCenter On Campus’ Coming To UAB For First Birmingham Visit

ESPN’s flagship sports news program is coming to Birmingham.

People of UAB Oct 8, 2026

James Fowler named UAB’s next chief facilities officer

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Campus & Community Oct 2, 2026

Oct. 11-15, “Blaze the Seas” for UAB 2026 Homecoming Week

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Raegan Durant, M.D., medical director of Cooper Green Mercy Health Services, reads book to group of children in classroom.

Oct 9, 2026

Cooper Green Mercy Health Services gives back to community partners on Serve Day

Irfan Asif, M.D., Marnix E. Heersink, M.D., Tapan Mehta, Ph.D., and Anupam Agarwal, M.D., standing against a green UAB Medicine backdrop.

Oct 8, 2026

Mehta named first UAB Heersink Endowed Professor in Primary Care

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Oct 7, 2026

Pumpkins afloat at UAB

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Health & Medicine

Oct 6, 2026

Driving after traumatic brain injury: How UAB is working to simplify the road to recovery

Portrait of Marnix E. Heersink, M.D., and Mary Parks Heersink in their home kitchen.

Sep 24, 2026

UAB marks five years of transformational $100 million Heersink gift

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Sep 23, 2026

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

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Research & Innovation

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Oct 9, 2026

UAB awarded grant to investigate new brain target for opioid addiction

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Oct 8, 2026

New insights into immune cell differentiation may inform future vaccines and autoimmune disease research

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Oct 7, 2026

UAB O’Neal Cancer Center research advances precision imaging through multicolor MRI technology

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People of UAB

Oct 6, 2026

UAB students recognized with international Gilman Scholarship

Mia Martin pictured with retired Lt. Col. Jamaine Williams (center) and Master Sgt. Edsell Bankston (right) at the Blazer Battalion Military Ball

Oct 2, 2026

UAB Army ROTC nursing cadet selected as best in the South

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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

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Arts & Events

An amassment sculpture by Irving.

Oct 9, 2026

Works by Kahlil Robert Irving on view at UAB’s AEIVA, opening Oct. 22

Drone of Campus Green and the Hill Student Center looking south with Heritage Hall and residence halls in the background.

Oct 7, 2026

Call for artists: Submit ideas for new outdoor sculpture at UAB through Oct. 22

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Sep 30, 2026

Support student scholarships at UAB’s Uncork Education on Nov. 12

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Oct 9, 2026

Standing taller: The importance of maintaining good posture

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Oct 6, 2026

What should I include in my birth plan?

Oct 5, 2026

How to protect your attention in an always-on world

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Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination.

Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination.

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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?

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How to do a semester at sea, for grown ups

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Caffeine may increase pain tolerance

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