Your questions answered from Oct. 29 student town hall
Are your online meetings accessible? If not, here’s what to do.
Accommodations requests from employees and students who are hard of hearing or have vision impairments have increased as meetings and classes move online. Follow these tips to improve your video-based meetings and find out how to access services if you need help.
Campus and community innovators get due praise for work combating the COVID-19 pandemic
Faculty, staff, student and community innovators were recognized for their 2020 contributions to COVID-19 research, innovation and entrepreneurship during the fifth annual UAB Innovation Awards presented by the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Oct. 29.
EACC to increase free sessions to 15 per year beginning Nov. 1
The UAB Employee Assistance and Counseling Center will be eligible for up to 15 free counseling sessions and 15 free life-coaching sessions per calendar year, an increase from 12 per year in response to an increase in mental health and wellness needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interdisciplinary data science workshop moves from San Diego to spare bedrooms, but science continues
Learn how UAB bioinformaticist Jake Chen, Ph.D., and computer scientist Da Yan, Ph.D., shifted their venerable gathering online and aided the fight against COVID-19.
Problem to product: Creating a smart software assistant for researchers and research participants
A faculty member in the School of Health Professions turns his own experiences running research projects into a vision for a comprehensive, automated digital solution with the help of funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Try these SMART alternatives for your team’s 2021 #goals
OKR and CLEAR are two goal-setting methods that may be better suited for work on teams or groups.
Diagnosed or been exposed to COVID-19? New studies are testing desperately needed therapies.
Clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma offer new options to outpatients in the first days after a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Study testing drug to protect lung cells from ARDS in COVID-19
With funding from UAB’s urgent COVID-19 research grants, researchers are testing penehyclidine to halt the acute respiratory distress syndrome seen in seriously ill patients by defending crucial cell barriers.
State of the University town hall: Your questions answered
President Watts and other senior leaders responded to queries on the hiring freeze, student mental health, working from home in 2021 and more.
