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1917 Clinic has a new home in Lakeview
The state’s largest HIV health care unit has transitioned to a new address — but still pays homage to its first.
Once host to a Nobel Laureate, Spain Auditorium now is the site for appointment-only COVID-19 vaccinationsIn November 1989, Gertrude Elion, whose work led to the creation of the AIDS drug AZT, spoke to a packed Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium. Today, the gathering space is playing host to the products of groundbreaking science.
Vaccines bring new holiday cheer to UAB’s medical campusIn 1965, UAB decorated Jefferson Tower for the holidays. This year, a special holiday gift was delivered to health care workers at UAB — the SARS-COV-2 vaccine, which is being administered regularly to front-line health care workers at UAB and in Jefferson County.
Library tools transform from analog stacks to artificial intelligenceIn March 1987, new shelving installed by library staff, UAB students and volunteers provided storage for more than 200,000 printed volumes in Mervyn Sterne Library. Now, data and information once stored in physical card catalogs and in stacks is accessible through artificial intelligence and other digital means.
Serve up safety during this holiday seasonThanksgiving and other upcoming holidays might look a bit different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic — UAB experts share guidance that can help keep the holidays festive while preventing viral spread.
21 years of Into the StreetsInto the Streets began more than two decades ago with Blazers volunteering around town to support the Birmingham community — and continued this year with health precautions and social distancing, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Respiratory therapy remains essential on campusUAB’s respiratory therapy program, developed at University Hospital, moved to the university’s School of Community and Allied Health Resources in 1970. Today, UAB Medicine continues to hire respiratory therapists, who are essential during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Campus blazes onward and upwardIn 1974, construction continued on the steel structure that would eventually house the School of Optometry. Forty-six years later, campus still continue sto grow, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adapting Blazer traditions for a new normalUAB’s traditional Homecoming activities look a bit different this year, but the Blazer spirit remains stronger than ever.
Quarterback Tower gets a glow-upQuarterback Tower, dedicated in July 1977 and funded by a Birmingham nonprofit, was the site of a 67-foot high digital message of thanks to front line health care workers in August.