In April 1989, UAB celebrated reaching $100 million in active research grants and contracts. Three decades later, the university surpassed the $500 million mark — $527 million during the year ending Oct. 31, to be exact.
UAB’s main library is named for local civic leader Mervyn H. Sterne, who fought to establish better funding for state public schools.
Once, apartment buildings-turned-offices lived on the corner of 20th and University. Now, there’s a hotel getting Blazer-fied.
UAB gears up to celebrate another Homecoming, 14 years after the festivities moved from basketball to football season.
Staff know how to throw a picnic, both in 1980 and today.
The Marching Blazers made their debut during the 1994 football season. Their newest show, “Rockstar,” features music from ’80s rock bands.
The Department of Chemistry was established in 1966 as one of the original academic units in the College of General Studies; now, UAB’s its labs are a part of the 1,200 labs on campus overseen by principal investigators.
It once operated a switchboard that required a staff of 16 employees. Now, it’s again ranked as the No. 1 hospital in the state by U.S. News & World Report.
The new dean is ready to extend the bridges to education, health, and wellness built on the foundations of 40-plus years of excellence.
University College Building No. 2 has had a number of names since it opened in 1972. Forty-eight years later, UAB is still growing and building — alongside its original architecture.
