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Discount program can cut hundreds from prices at dozens of area businesses, from car dealers to cellphone service plans and popular restaurants.
One of the most recognizable campus features, the three windows have watched over UAB throughout its five decades. Now, after painstaking restoration, new generations of Blazers can enjoy their beauty for years to come.
The multimillion-dollar commitment has been invested in collections, resources, personnel, physical renovations and other improvements during the past several years.
Internal and external forces are pushing us all to expand our waistlines. But you can overcome them by making smart choices that work in your life, says UAB health behavior expert Kathryn Kaiser, Ph.D. Here’s how.
So three students and their instructor, Health Behavior Chair Kevin Fontaine, Ph.D., walk into a class — and explain why an Honors College seminar on comedy and well-being is such a hit.
A new discipline sits at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, where lessons learned from circuits, networks and chips are combined with the latest findings on brain circuitry.
In addition to health, dental and vision benefits, UAB employees also will have the option to select insurance to cover accidents and identity theft and/ or participate in a pet-care discount program during open enrollment.
Access to personal information in the Electronic Phonebook at uab.edu/directory will be password-protected, effective immediately. All faculty, staff and students will need to log in with a BlazerID to search or access that information. Information for units and entities will not require a login.
Kevin Jarrett, Martha Tankersley and Chelsea Tucker are the latest honorees of the UAB Shared Values in Action Program, which honors those whose work exemplifies and embodies Forging the Future’s shared values.
The academy, a signature initiative of the Office of the Provost, celebrated 15 graduates this spring.
After a successful launch at the elite NASA Student Launch Challenge competition in April 2026, club members aim to get even more Blazers involved in the thrills of flight.
Biotechnology Professor Cameron Sheeler, Ph.D., has found an audience far outside his classroom with fast, funny-but-accurate videos on lab techniques.
The UAB SUCCESS Initiative has named its first-quarter 2026 awardees: The team at the Vulcan Materials Academic Success Center.
Four students — including three UAB faculty and staff — in the program share how they are applying their projects to their work. A new certificate, which encapsulates the first half of the master’s degree, starts this fall. Learn more at information sessions at noon and 6 p.m. April 27.
Spend a few moments enjoying these memorable images from March 2026 selected by UAB's official photographers.
Joseph Lovetto, systems analyst lead in the School of Dentistry’s Health Information and Business Systems group, will be celebrated at a reception March 30. In honor of that milestone, Information Systems Manager II Matt Chumley, Lovetto’s supervisor, shared this perspective on what Lovetto means to the school.
Robert Ballard, Catherine Crowe and Alison Kniseley are the first-quarter 2026 honorees of the Shared Values in Action Program. Find out what they do and what impresses their colleagues. Then nominate a Q2 VIP by April 15.
More than 300 employees with 20 or more years of service will be honored by the university at a reception March 30. See a list of all honorees who have reached milestones of 20 years or more in this article.
Take a minute to explore memorable images from February 2026 as selected by UAB's official photographers.
On National Employee Appreciation Day, President Ray Watts and Chief Human Resources Officer Janet May express their deep gratitude to faculty and staff for strengthening our mission and driving progress across campus and in the communities we impact.
Twenty-nine employees were selected for the 2026 cohort of the Developing Emerging Administrative Leaders program, which exposes promising staff members to the essential components of administrative and management positions across UAB. Meet the new class.
Take a minute to explore memorable images from January 2026 as selected by UAB's official photographers.
Holly Waller, R.N., MPH, associate vice president for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, is the recipient of the 2025 President’s Award for Shared Values, selected from the 12 UAB VIP recipients in 2025.
Meet undergraduates working on a heart surgery trainer, 3D-printed pumps, a Braille teleprompter and more in the tech-packed Design x Prototyping Lab at Gorrie Hall.
Take a minute to explore memorable images from December 2025 as selected by UAB's official photographers.
George Howard, DrPH, an internationally recognized leader in biostatistics and stroke epidemiology and professor emeritus in the UAB School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, has received the academic medical center’s highest faculty honor.
Each year, UAB’s official photographers capture tens of thousands of images as they document the incredible variety of events and personalities that make up our community. Here are some of our favorite photos from the past 12 months.
Connie Bonds, Jodie Herrin and Mellissa Taylor are the fourth-quarter 2025 honorees in the UAB Shared Values in Action Program.
Take a minute to explore memorable images from November 2025 as selected by UAB's official photographers.
All day, every day, Hospital Labs staff keep the results coming. Operating in 37 specialized spaces throughout UAB Hospital and four other major facilities, along with nine satellite locations, they run more than 10 million tests per year — and account for nearly three-quarters of the data in UAB’s electronic medical records system. Peek behind the scenes in this feature.