Assistant Professor Andy Baer, who studies race and policing in American cities, explores just how closely radicalism, race and police brutality are intertwined in his newest project. 

After a few delays and false starts, the Blaze topiary on the Campus Green was replaced with a fig vine-covered duplicate July 13 as the first step in a plan ensure a vibrant display year-round. See more images inside.

Hired in May, the band’s new director said the students are ready to help generate excitement and usher in a new era for UAB Football. 

Art history Professor Heather McPherson’s new book, “Art and Celebrity in the Age of Reynolds and Siddons,” examines the role of portraiture, printmaking and the popularity of the theater in creating celebrity as we know it today. 

Michele Kong, M.D., associate professor of Pediatrics Critical Care, is the recipient of the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award for her work with KultureCity, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding community accessibility for those with disabilities. 

UAB will be open Monday for business as usual. 

A contract with the privately operated center will help UAB expand child-care options for employees while it moves forward with plans to attract a new, privately operated facility on or near campus. 

Lynn Kirkland, chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will become interim dean, and Deborah Voltz will return to the faculty, effective July 1.

Four candidates for the position of senior vice president of Academic Affairs and provost will make public presentations between April 21 and May 5. Chaden Djalali, dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at University of Iowa, will be the final of four candidates to interview, and he will present May 5. 

The new program takes the onus off the employee and their department to identify qualified leave donors and push through multiple applications for approval.

UAB employees who are supervisors, whose job includes management of state funds in certain capacities or who meet a salary threshold of $75,000 are required to complete an annual Statement of Economic Interests form.

UAB will contract with highly accredited child-care centers to make spaces available for employees at a discount while it moves forward with plans to facilitate construction of a new, additional facility on or near campus. 

Vice President for Student Affairs John Jones will serve as interim provost while UAB continues its national search for a chief academic officer. 

The UAB Police Department is undergoing its periodic review by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, and assessors will be on campus April 2-5. Employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information forum 3-4 p.m. April 4, by phone or in writing. 

UAB employees who are living donors for solid organ or bone-marrow transplants may qualify for as many as four weeks paid leave, effective March 1.

The new educational assistance program can save time and money for high school students who enroll in online courses.

Provost Linda Lucas will retire in April after nearly 40 years of service to UAB that spanned the university’s adolescent years to its rise among top global universities.

UAB is moving forward to comply with changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations that were to become effective Dec. 1 despite a court injunction to block the Department of Labor mandate. 

President Ray Watts has decided to close the university campus Friday, Dec. 23 and Friday, Dec. 30 to provide employees additional time with their families.

Carol Kim, vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School for the University of Maine, will be the final of four candidates for the position of vice president of Research to present. 

Several resources are available to help you make the selections that are best for your household during annual open enrollment.

Employees who enroll in a UAB health plan during open enrollment Oct. 28-Nov. 14 also will be enrolled in Express Scripts pharmacy beginning Jan. 1, 2017. Co-pays for prescriptions will not change.

Christopher Brown, Ph.D., is the next candidate for the position of vice president for Research to make a public presentation. Brown will present 9-10 a.m. Oct. 21 in Heritage Hall Room 102.