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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.
The IGS program has proved to be a popular option for UAB employees using their Educational Assistance benefit. Forty-five employees have now graduated from the program. “Mostly, that is because of the flexibility,” said program director Carmel McNicholas-Bevensee, Ph.D. “You can tailor a degree to your own career plan or interest.” Hear from two employee graduates in this story.
The 2025 honorees for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching represent UAB schools, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Honors College. Hear what their students and colleagues have to say.
The latest cohort selected for the Blaze Leadership Academy includes 20 faculty and staff from across campus. See the full list of participants in this story.
UAB Graduate School and Global Affairs will become two distinct, collaborative entities with David Schneider, Ph.D., and Catherine Crowe, J.D., serving in interim leadership roles.
Researchers explore how to help budding scientists fall in love with a field that is incredibly important but can be “very overwhelming” to start.
Shadi S. Martin, Ph.D., brings extensive experience in international and graduate education and a strong record of interdisciplinary scholarship to this new combined role.
This year, the university recognizes 50 years of service by Jeanne Hutchison, Ph.D., and Ferdinand Urthaler, M.D., and 45 years of service by Robert Kim M.D., and Joseph Lovetto. In addition, 294 employees with 20 or more years and 904 with five, 10 and 15 years will honored for their longevity.
Erin Borry leverages sitcom laughs to prepare future bureaucrats for sticky situations in government work.
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.