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A Report on Artificial Intelligence and the UAB Community, prepared by the Provost-appointed AI Working Group.
Faculty from every undergraduate department are collaborating on this effort to create a unique curriculum that models and develops socially conscious global leaders and citizens.
We are holding ourselves accountable to the bold blueprint of Forging the Future with rigorous metrics and dashboards that measure our success for all to see.
Through faculty and staff service, and service-learning courses, we are scaling up our support for Birmingham and beyond like never before.
Our bold project – Healthy Alabama 2030 – will lift Alabama’s health rankings by harnessing faculty expertise and research, and student engagement to bring sweeping change statewide.
The Provost is helping lead this initiative to introduce a new budget model that gives schools and departments greater control and incentivizes innovative, sustainable educational programming.
We are making UAB better by using survey data to enhance success and address concerns and opportunities at the school and department level through detailed action plans.
Data–driven strategies and close collaboration across campus allow us to recruit and retain top students, which has led to four years of record enrollment.
UAB’s impact extends to every continent through research, education and service partnerships that spread our discoveries and share knowledge with the world.
These two new systems allow faculty to manage their accomplishments and activities, find cross–disciplinary collaborations and streamline publications and grants.
We are committed to shared governance, with student, faculty and staff representation in decisions on everything from strategic planning and safety to parking and transportation to campus pride initiatives.
UAB’s participation in APLU’s Powered by Publics: Scaling Student Success expands our culture of collaboration, improves college access, advances equity and increases degrees awarded.
The Educational Programs and Innovation Consortia (EPIC) seeks to streamline and assist in the process of developing UAB joint programs.
Points of Pride
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UAB received more than $325 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2020.
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Forbes names UAB one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity.
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Research Awards at UAB reached a record $800+ million in FY 2020.
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Through a collaboration with the Alys Stephens Center and UAB Medicine, UAB Hospital is one of the first hospitals in Alabama to have a formal Arts in Medicine program.
UAB President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
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12 honored for excellence in teachingTwelve faculty have been selected to receive the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, which honors those who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching. The 2021 honorees represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College and the Graduate School.
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Kudos is UAB Office of the Provost's peer-to-peer recognition program. Send your fellow colleagues a round of applause — Kudos — when they impress you or when you want to recognize something great they have done.