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From crisis to hope: How UAB’s International Student Emergency Fund supports students in tough times
UAB is home to over 1,000 international students representing more than 85 countries. While they enrich our campus with diverse perspectives and talents, these students face unique challenges when financial or personal crises strike.
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Investing in tomorrow’s STEM workforce: Honda helps SOARING program expand to east Alabama counties
Supported by a $75,000 contribution from Honda, UAB’s Science on a Roll in Next Generation: Providing Hands-On Experiences (SOARING) program will expand to six east Alabama counties starting in October.
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Aged to perfection: Collat Emeritus Professor Joe Van Matre uses proceeds from fine wine auction to support students
In the course of more than half a century teaching statistics at the UAB Collat School of Business (CSOB), Joseph G. Van Matre, Ph.D., became the longest-tenured faculty member in school history. Along the way, he also established the Juanita and William H. Van Matre Endowed Scholarship, a tribute to his parents, in 1986.
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Grant from Shipt helps UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama expand its Mobile Market
As part of its Community Impact and Innovation grant program, retail tech company Shipt has awarded UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama (LHSA) initiative a $20,000 microgrant to help expand its Live HealthSmart Mobile Market to 10 additional underserved communities, giving them access to fresh, affordable staple foods and produce.
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The human connection
UAB scholarship named in honor of former Chief HR Officer Alesia Jones
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Unveiling a “Hidden Gem”
UAB Libraries leads $500,000 fundraising initiative for the Historical Collections Gallery
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“UAB is Leading the Charge”: Dr. Earl Fox’s $25K Gift Allows Magic City LGBTQ Heath Studies Endowed Professorship to Become Chair
Last summer, a $25,000 gift from Claude “Earl” Fox, MD, MPH, to UAB’s School of Public Health was the final push that allowed the school’s Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship to transition to become the Magic City LGBTQ Heath Studies Endowed Chair.
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“He was so proud of who he had become”: Computer Science scholarship honors UAB freshman
Finally, in the fall of 2021, Madhav Praveen officially became a UAB Blazer.
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