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UAB students show high schoolers that college is an option
Scores of giggly Woodlawn High School freshmen sat in UAB's Hill University Center Alumni Hall today waiting for their names to be called.They are graduates of a semester-long program called Blueprints...
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Ceasefire in the Middle East could only be a temporary fix, professor says
If the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas happens today, it still won’t solve the underlying problem – the battle for borders, says Walter Ward, Ph.D., assistant professor of history. The history of...
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School of Business students take 2 of top 3 spots at Pi Sigma Epsilon...
Kayla Jones with her second-place trophy.The website for cutlery firm CUTCO says its Santoku-Style Cheese Knife is sharp, subtle and functional, with the ability to glide through or break off chunks of...
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Joseph Murray's legacy - UAB and beyond
Dr. Joseph E. Murray, the surgeon who performed the first successful organ transplant in 1954 in Boston and whose groundbreaking work has changed the lives of thousands of people who have received new...
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UAB School of Nursing reaches out to Birmingham’s less fortunate
Taking blood pressure at the Pathways ShelterFaculty and students from the UAB School of Nursing have worked with six community outreach groups this week administering flu shots, checking basic vital...
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UAB School of Nursing loses a pivotal leader in its history
Dr. Marie L. O'KorenMarie L. O’Koren Ed.D., M.S.N., professor and dean emeritus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, passed away December 11, 2012 at the age of 86. She is...
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Birmingham's African-American stories have home at UAB
Michelle Clemon and her father, U.W. ClemonMichelle Clemon knew her father, U.W. Clemon, was a history maker, but it wasn’t until she sat down with him in a recording booth that she learned the...
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NSF's Joan Ferrini-Mundy speaks at UAB on diversity and advancement of...
In this year of recognizing the gains of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and with a longstanding commitment to diversity, it is a natural fit for UAB to focus on making sure minority students advance...
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Paying tribute to the father of modern endoscopy
UAB physician Basil I. Hirschowitz, M.D., Ph.D., professor emeritus of medicine, physiology and biophysics at UAB, the medical pioneer who invented the first fiber-optic endoscope that became the...
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Group vows to work together to tackle AIDS in Alabama
Key players, caregivers and community activists from across the state converged at the University of Alabama at Birmingham last week to discuss “Ending AIDS in Alabama.” Their mission was to lay the...
View ArticleArtPlay teens present staged reading of "Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963"...
Laughter gave way to tears at UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center when the talented teens of ArtPlay’s Make It Happen Performing Ensemble joined older performers and Project1Voice to present a...
View ArticleOne night only: Experience art, music installations on Friday at UAB Visual...
Art and music fans will have a unique opportunity to experience an ephemeral event Friday, Feb. 22, at UAB’s Visual Arts Gallery.The gallery will host a free closing reception for the exhibition “A...
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UAB students to commemorate Bloody Sunday
On Sunday morning, March 3, a convoy of about 60 UAB students will trek down to Selma, Ala., to commemorate, soberly, the acts of Bloody Sunday. The group will join hundreds – possibly thousands – from...
View ArticleTheatre UAB grads: directing in NYC, munching in Taco Bell commercial, making...
Theatre UAB grads are creating magic, and they're making it happen on stage and screen in Birmingham and across the country.Department alum Luke Harlan is directing a show that just opened...
View ArticleUAB alum's film wins recognition, hearts
For 24-year-old filmmaker Ingrid Pfau, UAB was a place of firsts. It was the place where the Birmingham native first became a filmmaker and where she was first diagnosed with epilepsy.The 2011 UAB alum...
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UAB library receives important grant, hosts event
UAB's Mervyn H. Sterne Library was awarded a grant to help educate the community about the people, places, history, faith and culture of Muslims living around the world. The “Bridging Cultures...
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UAB students to join student march, reflect on history
Marti TurnipseedOn April 24, a sea of students from UAB, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), Parker High School, Bush Hills Academy and others will remember and reenact the courageous walk taken by...
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UAB gets creative for “Light Dreams," with giant Pac-Man game, 3-D virtual...
This week UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center (ASC) will present “Lux Somnia: Light Dreams,” a free digital art, light and music festival for the entire community. More than a year and a half in...
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UAB Gospel Choir group headed to U.S. Virgin Islands for mini-tour
Members of the UAB Gospel Choir are heading to the sun and fun of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 16-19, 2013.The group of 15, mostly singers, will be accompanied by Choir Director Kevin P....
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UAB student not afraid to be first; Scriber breaks ground and ice on his way up
By Kevin StorrKevin Scriber, a graduate student in the UAB Department of Biology, is a man of firsts. He is the first male in his family to graduate high school and college, and he will be the first to...
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A creative costume career takes flight around the world for 2008 UAB grad
Theatre UAB alumna Amanda Mattes is celebrating after completing her master of fine arts (MFA) degree in performance costume design at the University of Edinburgh, College of Art, but this feat is just...
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Film features UAB professor’s prose, voice of Harrison Ford
The plight of the Antarctic-based Adelie penguin reveals much about the future of our planet, according to UAB University Professor Jim McClintock, Ph.D.The story of the seabird’s struggle to adjust to...
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Professor spent summer sharing lessons of friendship and tomato sandwiches
Lucy and Kerry Madden-LunsfordThis summer, scores of bright-eyed kids across Alabama were treated to colorful stories of friendship and tomato sandwiches as professor Kerry Madden-Lunsford and her...
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OT class given $5, 5 minutes to make a difference in world
By Kevin StorrThe assignment was simple. Okay, maybe not simple, but definitely basic. Students in the UAB School of Health ProfessionsDepartment of Occupational Therapy class OT 673 were asked to make...
View ArticleWe're saying farewell
While we've enjoyed our blogging experience here at UAB News, we've decided to focus our efforts on creating even more great content for our main site, www.uab.edu/news, and our digital science and...
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