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Some simple strategies — including micro-routines, mask desensitization and compassion — can help parents and the community ease anxieties in this frightening time.

An online platform gives UAB innovators a chance to find creative solutions to front-line challenges. Anyone can post a clinical problem — or volunteer to help solve one.

Many of UAB’s more than a thousand international students are facing complicated questions and challenges — but you can help.

Help support women in the workplace with your donation of gently worn, work-appropriate attire March 9-13.

Dig in for monthly gardening days this spring and plant produce in the UAB Gardens to be harvested for Blazer Kitchen.

Donations can be given through July 12 to Staff Council representatives. The unit donating the most will win 25 tickets to UAB Football vs. Rice.

Michele Kong’s KultureCity was named one of the world’s most innovative nonprofits this year. Here’s her advice on how to get from big dream to global impact.

Four training sessions are planned in May to help faculty, staff and students learn to use BlazerPulse, an online platform adopted to promote community engagement.

Contributions to the 2019 campaign goal supports local nonprofits such as Alabama Possible and its Cash for College program, which helped UAB junior Naomi Thomas attend college and discover her life’s calling.

Help support women in the workplace with your donation of gently worn, work-appropriate attire April 1-5.

Help the Graduate School and Staff Council provide much-needed items to the Ronald McDonald House and Birmingham-area schools.

Support GEAR UP Alabama’s 11,000 students by bringing items such as pens, pencils, reams of paper and backpacks to Education Building Suite 126.

UAB Staff Council is spearheading a drive to collect toiletry items Oct. 2-30 to help Blazers in need.

The sale will be underway Aug. 20 in the Avondale Administration Building Atrium, Aug. 21-23 in the West Pavilion Atrium and Aug. 24 in UAB Hospital-Highlands.

Beginning May 1, UAB staff can cast their vote for their organizational unit’s Staff Council representatives at uab.edu/staffcouncil.

Staff Council representative nominations are open through this Friday. Get to know three outgoing representatives — David Dada, Jennifer Spears and Mary Foster — and why they believe participating in the Staff Council is important to UAB.

The election will be held May 1-8 and new representatives will serve a two-year term that begins in August and ends in July 2020.

Register to compete for Team UAB and Team UAB Medicine by March 23.

Donate food and toiletry items 8 a.m.-4 p.m. March 9 in Medical Towers Suite 100 to support the Blazer family in the fight against food insecurity.

This year’s goal is to raise $2 million to support the community where employees live, work and play. Learn more about the programs supported through employee donations, including the newest addition — Meals on Wheels.

Help support women in the workplace with your donation of gently worn, work-appropriate attire March 5-9.

Register as a BellRunner to support local children’s access to early-intervention services for a variety of special needs.

A new initiative identifies increased cooperation among metro area governments as a key to economic and population growth for the entire MSA. Share your ideas Nov. 29.

On Oct. 20 at the Commons on the Green, employees and students can contribute $5 via Dining Dollars, Blazer Bucks, cash or credit card or donate a meal from their meal plan to provide a meal for a fellow Blazer.

President Ray Watts and Staff Council leadership will speak at the picnic 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on the Campus Green.

UAB Staff Council is spearheading a drive to collect toiletry items Oct. 2-30 to help Blazers in need.

After two years, more than 600 UAB volunteers and 2,400-plus hours of work, Red Mountain Park’s UAB Meadow Classroom will open.

UAB Benevolent Fund is building its fourth Habitat House through the generosity of UAB employees. Register to volunteer beginning Sept. 8 for shifts scheduled Sept. 21-Nov. 10.

Terms for the newly elected officers and senators begin Sept. 1. A list of senators and alternates is on the senate website.

The University Conduct Board, which plays an essential role in the adjudication of cases and helps provide accountability for students, is recruiting faculty and staff for a two-year term to begin in the fall.  

In its first three months, Blazer Kitchen has distributed more than 6,000 pounds of fresh and non-perishable foods for employees, students and their families.

Register through April 12 for fiercely fought battles of tug-of-war, a day in the park with friends and family and My Health Rewards points.

The need for judges is growing as exponentially as the Expo itself. Several longtime judges recently share why they take part — and why you should, too. Faculty, staff and grad students welcome.

Capture your own image and write your own story for an exhibit in the Hill Student Center March 27-31. 

Help support women in the workplace with your donation of work-appropriate attire April 3-7. 

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to help the university inventory the depth and breadth of volunteer outreach, here and abroad.