Freedom of speech, the intersection of human rights and metropolitan areas and the global refugee crisis are part of the fall forums with UAB’s Institute for Human Rights.

A diverse faculty committee will begin meeting with students, parents and supporters to gather big ideas for making UAB’s core unique among its peer institutions.

What do mindfulness and meditation have in common with the hip-hop’s global consciousness? Those topics and more will be discussed by the 2018-2019 cohort of Honors Faculty Fellows during their yearlong fellowship beginning in August.

Darrel Christenson, an independent living specialist, will discuss the intersection of accessible housing with inclusion, health and the role of visitability in the marketplace.

During the past year, 10 faculty from varied disciplines developed ideas for service-learning to promote active and ethical citizenship, social responsibility and engagement in courses across disciplines.

The new program’s creation, inspired by inquiries from both practicing alumni and current occupational therapy students, is designed with post-professional students in mind.

Seven faculty spent a year developing ideas for undergraduate research courses that focus on collaboration and innovation, with themes such as synthetic biology and police-community relations.

The most recent Noel Levitz survey revealed a dip in student satisfaction during the second year. In response, UAB has implemented a slew of new programming to help second-year students find their calling on campus.

Lisa McCormick took 15 students on a whirlwind tour of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, exploring hurricane-ravaged neighborhoods, tuberculosis sanitariums and irradiated salt mines to help them better understand health inequities in the region.

With electronic-cigarette use on the rise, doctoral student Abdullah Alanazi and Eric Ford, Ph.D., professor in the School of Public Health, want to understand the trend’s relationship with drug use — and is using UAB’s informatics framework for translational research to do it.

There’s no evidence-based consensus on how long a seizure-ridden patient should be kept in an artificial coma to enable the brain to recover. Wolfgang Muhlhofer, M.D., an assistant professor of neurology, wants to change that.

Stacey Holloway, assistant professor of sculpture, partnered with colleagues to publish a collection of letters to a fictional young iron-caster written by 21 iron-casting innovators.

Many women with spina bifida were leaving pediatric care unaware they could become pregnant. Now groundbreaking data on this phenomenon has been compiled using a new informatics framework for translational research.

New courses train peer educators to provide support for fellow students — from sharing health information to providing one-on-one counseling — while learning skills crucial for the job market.

Co-authors Peter Ginter and Jack Duncan publish the eighth edition of “Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations,” the leading textbook in the field for the past 25 years.a

Full-time faculty who want to enhance community and provide stimulating academic enrichment opportunities can apply by April 30 for the Honors Faculty Fellowship Program.

The therapy game may have the potential to revolutionize treatment of neuropathic pain in paralyzed patients, which is notoriously hard to treat.

Education Abroad trips to Italy, Thailand and China immerse students in a new culture, give them a behind-the-scenes look into various aspects of business and can make them extra appealing to employers.

As ultrasound technology becomes more prevalent and useful for patient care, UAB faculty and clinicians are teaching a new generation of caregivers about its use.