Displaying items by tag: community engagement

Capó-Lugo ‘has a heart for community service’

For her ability to see a need and get things done, Assistant Professor Carmen Capó-Lugo received the 2022 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award.

Published in Awards & Honors

Reading leads children to a better life. Be a part of that journey.

Reading level in third grade is an astounding predictor of life outcomes. Learn how one UAB partner organization prepares tutors to walk alongside struggling students.

Published in Get Involved

‘Proud to be a part of UAB’s impact’: What employees get when they give back

UAB staff and faculty share what drives them to volunteer their time for community-focused projects like the upcoming InnoHack 2020 event.

Published in UAB in the Community

Meet the faculty developing service-learning curricula

During the past year, 11 faculty from varied disciplines developed ideas for service-learning to promote active and ethical citizenship, social responsibility and engagement.

Published in Programs & Curricula

A slipstitch in time brings joy, comfort to families in the RNICU

A group employees are helping families with premature infants and creating cross-campus chains with hooks and needles meant for yarn.

Published in Behind the Scenes

More than 10,000 hours committed to community service in 6 months

In 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.

Published in UAB in the Community

Grants Awarded

Major NIAID grant brings cutting-edge equipment to UAB for research on COVID and more

UAB scientists will have a new arsenal of state-of-the-art, high-end technology for their investigations in infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness through a $4.3 million scientific equipment grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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More faculty share the stories behind their development grants
Plant-based diets, biased language in the courts and the trouble with night lights: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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Four faculty share the stories behind their development grants

A civil rights field experience, safer MRI scans, investigating college stress and implementing a massive genetic test for cancer: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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22 faculty receive grants to fund developmental projects

The UAB Faculty Development Grant Program supports junior faculty with funding to pursue research, creative works and scholarly activity.

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Using AI to translate old code and fix aging computer systems
UAB computer scientists are contributing to a DARPA-funded initiative with artificial intelligence-based programming languages that allow humans to understand the “safety and correctness of code in the wild.”

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ZAMBAMA grant leverages ‘reverse innovation’ to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and improve HIV outcomes
Researchers from UAB’s Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention are collaborating with colleagues in Africa on a $5.8-million study to translate effective approaches from Zambia to rural Alabama — and vice versa.

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Helping teachers see the beauty in Black language
Teaira McMurtry, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Education, is using funding from the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program to provide Alabama teachers with tools, strategies and lesson plans to understand the power of Black language.

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1850s horror Twitter, recursive propaganda, mapping mutations: Faculty grants seed new projects and nurture careers
Projects selected for the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program offer an intriguing look into the creativity and range of research and scholarship on campus.

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The world is bumpy. These researchers are teaching computers geometry to save lives and accelerate commutes.
With a new NSF grant, computer scientists are developing a precision flood prediction system that pushes the boundaries of the young field of geometric deep learning. Their work could lead to better route recommendations in navigation apps and breakthroughs in drug discovery and development of novel, energy-efficient materials.

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With new NSF grant, UAB researchers have a hot ticket to the materials of the future

UAB will be a statewide hub for developing a new generation of components for spacecraft, power plants and biomedical implants thanks to crush- and corrosion-resistant spark plasma sintering technology.

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Plant AI project aims to bring food to tables and students into science
With a $1 million-plus grant from the National Science Foundation, Shahid and Karolina Mukhtar, associate professors in the Department of Biology, will use machine learning to identify new ways to boost crop production and train high school science teachers in cutting-edge gene studies.

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21 faculty receive grants to fund developmental projects

The Faculty Development Program supports junior faculty as they explore research initiatives, creative works, publications and presentations.

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Links between alcohol and suicide risk to be studied

What does drinking have to do with suicide risk? With a five-year, $750,000 mentored award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, early-career investigator Caitlin Clevenger, Ph.D., aims to find an answer.

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CAS grants spur interdisciplinary research

Pilot funds enable cross-campus collaborations focused on mobility with disabilities and older caregivers with HIV.

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Perseverance powers Eaton’s research linking HIV, substance use and mental health

By holiday season 2020, Assistant Professor Ellen Eaton, M.D., was almost ready to give up pursuing research funding and focus solely on patient care. She took one more shot, which paid off with two major new grants.

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‘High-risk, high-reward’ NIH grant expands researcher’s work predicting cancer immunotherapy success

Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D., has received a five-year, $1.5-million New Innovator Award grant to develop a PET imaging test that identifies patients most likely to benefit from immunotherapy.

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Young investigator’s ‘kangaroo’ vaults her aging research onto a new level

Biology postdoc Jessica Hoffman earns a career-launching NIH K99/R00 award with her intriguing research into size and lifespan in dogs and other species.

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Dentistry awarded $22.4M to continue leading national research efforts

In this unique network, community clinicians and clinical scientists are expanding the knowledge base for clinical decision-making and moving the latest findings into routine care.

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