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Tended by Blazers, these UAB Gardens plots grow produce for the food-insecure on campus
The plots will provide vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices to increase food security for the campus community and enable shoppers in UAB’s food pantry, Blazer Kitchen, to make more and varied healthy choices.
Recurring gifts to the Benevolent Fund support UAB, the Birmingham communityUAB’s Benevolent Fund has been working in overdrive to meet the needs of Blazers and Birmingham residents. Making, restarting or increasing a monthly pledge via payroll deduction can help continue its work.
A doctor goes ‘behind the curtain’ to reach those getting left behind during COVID-19Assistant Professor Ellen Eaton, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist, is leading the Jefferson County health department’s effort to reach special populations.
Blazer Kitchen secures more funds to provide food in the communityTwo new grants will enable the campus food pantry to continue providing pre-packed bags twice weekly to employees and students — and an additional 400 food boxes to others in the Birmingham community.
How to make meaningful connections when social distance is the order of the dayCoronavirus breeds loneliness, which is as bad for the health as heavy smoking. The longtime director of UAB’s Pastoral Care program shares how best to reach out to others in need.
‘Proud to be a part of UAB’s impact’: What employees get when they give backUAB staff and faculty share what drives them to volunteer their time for community-focused projects like the upcoming InnoHack 2020 event.
Habitat build has family home for the holidaysThe sixth Habitat for Humanity Greater Birmingham home built by volunteers from UAB was dedicated with a ceremony Nov. 20, just in time for the Young family to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Spread holiday cheer: Donate to UAB Toy Drive through Dec. 5Drop new, unwrapped toys to the UAB Toy Drive boxes located in buildings across campus, from Campbell Hall to the Administration Building.
Live-streamed labs offer a glimpse into creative researchPeek into graduate research laboratories through a Facebook live presentation of Discoveries Behind the Scenes every other Wednesday this fall.
Sign up to volunteer for #UABBuildsUAB is building its sixth Habitat House in Eastlake.
BlazerPulse builds stronger connections among service-learning partnersAfter using BlazerPulse in service-learning courses during spring semester, faculty feedback is helping make the online community-engagement platform an even better tool for promoting, organizing and measuring UAB’s impact in the community.
More than 10,000 hours committed to community service in 6 monthsIn fewer than six months, 1,343 faculty, staff and students logged more than 10,000 combined hours of community service in BlazerPulse, a platform launched in January to promote, organize and measure UAB’s impact in the community. If you're hoping to top the leader board, Michelle Henry is the one to catch.
Badham honored for volunteer service to Birmingham communityAmy Badham, director of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research, was honored as Volunteer of the Year at the Hands On Birmingham IGNITE Awards in April.
Blazer Kitchen enriches the campus, community and curriculumIn just two years, the campus food bank has served more than 156,300 meals to students, employees, patients and their families with the help of volunteers, including students from the Department of Social Work learning to apply the principles that guide their profession.
BlazerPulse connects opportunity to community at UABA new online platform will enable the university to organize, promote and quantify engagement and scholarship in our community and beyond. See how to get started.
Support cancer research during Lace Up for the Cure March 9The second annual event, a 5K all-ages walk, will bring together individuals who have, in some way, been affected by cancer and raise awareness of and education about services offered at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.
UAB dedicates its fifth Habitat homeWork began Sept. 20 on the home by built by 523 UAB community members who volunteered nearly 2,000 hours to complete it.
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Free community English classes to be taught in fallClasses begin Sept. 13 and run through Dec. 7. Placement tests for new students will be administered Sept. 6.