The plan, rolling out this spring for more than 500 clinical research staff, aims to clarify opportunities for advancement. 

Funded investigators who receive imposed administrative or disciplinary action for sexual harassment, sexual misconduct or non-gender or non-sex-based harassment must be reported promptly to granting agencies under new rules.

The UAB Reporter will no longer accept submissions for its Classifieds section after Nov. 1, and the service will be discontinued Nov. 30.

Interactions with elected representatives involve both legal and ethical considerations.

A new ad campaign and other tools showcase UAB’s unique passion for spurring innovation and spearheading change.

Undergraduate enrollment, doctoral programs and national rankings all have risen under the nearly two decades of leadership by Harold Jones.

Eva W. Lewis, an expert in higher education and health care leadership, planning and management has been named vice provost for institutional effectiveness and academic planning after a national search.

UAB policy requires non-essential services, biweekly paid, full-time regular employees to use personal holidays by the last biweekly pay period in June — which for 2018 is the June June 10-23 pay period — or forfeit them. The 2018-19 personal holiday balance will be reflected on the June 24-July 7 pay-deposit statement.

The representatives will serve a two-year term that begins in August and ends in July 2020.

Paul Campbell Erwin, M.D., DrPH, who received his medical degree from the UAB School of Medicine, returns to Birmingham to lead the School of Public Health.

“Dreams come true with hard work and perseverance,” Lee Moradi says — and just maybe a Grand Challenge proposal.

This year graduates and undergraduates will be awarded degrees in separate ceremonies.

Michelle Robinson, DMD, will work alongside departing Dean Mike Reddy, and a national search for a permanent dean will be launched.

UAB will name an interim dean in the next few months, to serve alongside departing Dean Mike Reddy, and a national search for a permanent dean will be launched.

Updates to the federal tax tables may cause increases in standard deductions, repeals of personal exemptions and changes in tax rates and tax brackets.

Research Vice President Chris Brown is looking for a problem that unites UAB expertise around a large-scale issue, and he plans to find it in a universitywide competition that kicks off in February.

The parking gates will be raised at the Sixth Avenue Parking Deck on these days to accommodate employees who normally park in remote lots and ride the bus or van.

Covered employees whose household income, based on family size, is 1.5 times the federal poverty level or less, are eligible for funds to offset the cost of medical premiums.

As a public employee with expectations of appropriate stewardship, you may not use your position to reap private gains or receive special benefits.

In addition to Christmas Day — a scheduled holiday that occurs on a Monday this year — President Ray Watts has decided also to close the university campus Dec. 26 to provide additional time off for employees.