When David Shealy, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Physics, accepted an assistant professor position at UAB in 1973, he had no idea he would one day be honored for more than 40 years of service to the university. Shealy is among the nearly 300 employees who will be honored during this year’s Service Awards Program Feb. 21.

At its Feb. 7 meeting, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees converted, renamed or established five endowed positions. 

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees named six faculty members Distinguished Professors during its meeting Feb. 7.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Murat M. Tanik, Ph.D., and Frank M. Messina, Ph.D., to endowed positions during its meeting Feb. 7. 

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees named two professors emeritus during it's meeting Feb. 7.

An unexpected two inches of snow quickly turned to ice and left many faculty, staff, students, travelers, patients and family members stranded and in need of food and shelter this week. That’s no small feat when you realize that if UAB were a city — its daily population would rank among the state’s top 20 largest.

UAB became a haven for faculty, staff, students and strangers who couldn't make it home after unexpected snow quickly turned to ice Tuesday, making safe travel near impossible. Here are some heartfelt messages of thanks to those who offered help and shelter during the storm.

Called a wonderful leader and an outstanding motivator by her co-workers, LaKisha Mack exemplifies what it means to be UAB employee. Mack, operation manager in the Department of Medicine, has been named January's Employee of the Month.

Gary Warner, UAB's Director of Research in Computer Forensics, has been named by BankInfo Security as one of the Top 10 influencers in banking information security. Warner is regarded as an expert in phishing attacks and international cybersecurity fraud. Along with directing the UAB Computer Forensics Research Laboratory, Warner is co-founder and chief technologist for Malcovery Security.

When David Shealy, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Physics, accepted an assistant professor position at UAB in 1973, he had no idea he would one day be honored for more than 40 years of service to the university. Shealy is among the nearly 300 employees who will be honored during this year’s Service Awards Program Feb. 21.

Called a wonderful leader and an outstanding motivator by her co-workers, LaKisha Mack exemplifies what it means to be UAB employee. Mack, operation manager in the Department of Medicine, has been named January's Employee of the Month.

Gary Warner, UAB's Director of Research in Computer Forensics, has been named by BankInfo Security as one of the Top 10 influencers in banking information security. Warner is regarded as an expert in phishing attacks and international cybersecurity fraud. Along with directing the UAB Computer Forensics Research Laboratory, Warner is co-founder and chief technologist for Malcovery Security.

Sixteen UAB physicians and researchers were selected for awards during the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center's annual research retreat and competition.

Rev. Malcolm Marler, director of Pastoral Care at UAB Hospital, will be ordained as an Episcopal priest at 4 p.m. Jan. 15 in UAB Hospital's North Pavilion Atrium. The public is invited.

Denise Goska, program administrator with the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, has been named December's Employee of the Month. Goska has been a UAB employee for more than 24 years. 

Nominate a faculty member for the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award who has served the Birmingham community through education, economic development, health-care delivery, the arts, social services, human rights and/ or urban and public affairs. The deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 19. Direct questions to Linda Piteo at 934-9438.

The 2013 edition of the Best Doctors in America list recognizes 323 UAB physicians in 65 specialties among the nation’s top 5 percent of clinicians, as voted by their peers. Find one online at uabmedicine.org.

Sergio Stagno, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, will be awarded the UAB President’s Medal during UAB's fall commencement ceremony Dec. 14.

School of Nursing Dean Doreen C. Harper, Ph.D., has been named a Legend in White by the Birmingham Black Nurses Association.

Employees often step up when co-workers are out for a few days, but Donna Satterfield took the reins of her department for three months while one was on leave. This is one of the several reasons Satterfield was selected as November's Employee of the Month. 

UAB ranked No. 15 among the top colleges for best online degree programs according to Affordable Colleges Online. UAB offers online degree programs in accounting, education, engineering, health-care management, information systems, nursing, occupational therapy, public health and more.

Health Professions' Jon Vice was given the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' Founder's Award for his work with children.

A new book co-authored by Communications Studies Professor Larry Powell, Ph.D., examines the life and work of Oscar-winning American director John G. Avildsen, responsible for blockbusters such as Rocky and the Karate Kid series. Available from Amazon.com.

Richard M. Allman, M.D., director of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging at UAB since 1992, has been appointed chief consultant for Geriatrics and Extended Care Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. He will begin his service Jan. 12, 2014.

David Briles, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, and Lawrence DeLucas, O.D., Ph.D., professor of optometry, have been named National Academy of Inventors Fellows. 

UAB ranked No. 33 on the magazine's inaugural list of universities that help veterans pursue a college education under the post-9/11 GI Bill.

The UAB Callahan Eye Hospital, which opened in 1963 as the Eye Foundation Hospital, is home to the nation’s first Level 1 trauma center and Alabama's only 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, eye-emergency center.

Nurse practitioner details physical, emotional toll of disease in A Place I Didn't Want to Go: My Victory Over Cancer.

An unexpected two inches of snow quickly turned to ice and left many faculty, staff, students, travelers, patients and family members stranded and in need of food and shelter this week. That’s no small feat when you realize that if UAB were a city — its daily population would rank among the state’s top 20 largest.

UAB became a haven for faculty, staff, students and strangers who couldn't make it home after unexpected snow quickly turned to ice Tuesday, making safe travel near impossible. Here are some heartfelt messages of thanks to those who offered help and shelter during the storm.