Did you hear the buzz? UAB is now a Bee Campus USA
For its work to promote bee conservation and growth on campus, UAB has been named a Bee Campus USA by Bee City USA, which recognizes, supports and encourages pollinator conservation in towns, cities and counties across the country.
2 ways you can give back this holiday season
Help make the holidays merrier for Birmingham-area children by donating to two drives on campus this season — the annual UAB Toy Drive and Little Blazer Wishes.
Testing a promising treatment for functional seizures in children
Any member of the UAB community can set up a free account and explore a more data-driven approach to strategic planning for research. Engineering Dean Jeffrey Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., explains how his school used Dimensions to assist in new faculty hiring.
Exploring simulations, a philosopher finds clues to overcoming “failure of imagination”
UAB plans to keep indoor masking through 2021
UAB’s safety protocols are proving largely effective, and the university plans to continue to require masking indoors until the end of the calendar year while it monitors changes in viral transmission.
Roughly 90 percent of UAB employees vaccinated
Incentive reporting helped UAB get a more accurate view of its vaccinated employees — and students — and the numbers are encouraging.
Rural research participants needed
Open enrollment for benefits is underway
UAB’s annual open enrollment for benefits will be held Oct. 22-Nov. 8. Eligible employees can choose among dental, vision and health insurance plans, plus voluntary plan options and tax-deferred spending accounts for health and dependent care for 2022.
