Explore UAB

Colleges & Schools

College of Arts and Sciences

Stories of Support

Featured Story

Partners join forces to advance health aging. Barefield makes transformative $10 million gift to UAB to bridge criminal justice, entrepreneurship for a better Birmingham

The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that J. Frank Barefield, Jr., president of Abbey Residential and chairman of Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama, has given a $10 million gift to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, committing $5 million to name the UAB J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences. This gift will also name endowed faculty positions to recruit and retain top faculty in perpetuity, including the J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Endowed Chair in Communities and Crime.

  • The Aldrich family is determined to make a difference
  • Carol Pittman believes in future Blazers
  • The Odaibos are ready to give back
  • James C. Hurt honors his mother’s passion for education
  • Transforming Lives: The Chapman Family Endowed Scholarship
  • Brasfields invest in the future of the Department of Computer Science
  • Maluff connects with the recipient of his new endowed scholarship in psychology
  • Department of Sociology receives generous gift from Dr. Mike Wilson
  • Alabama Power Foundation supports new program for Central Alabama nonprofits
  • An Impeccable Person
  • Donor establishes endowed scholarship honoring Liliana and Marcelo Benveniste
  • State Farm invests in TRIP Lab outreach efforts
  • UAB Professor Emeritus honored through gifts to his academic department – and one of his favorite pastimes
  • New history scholarship honors Fred Dyess
  • Donors establish endowed lectureship and scholarship in honor of Roger T. Lewis
  • Johnny Bates honors his father with an endowed scholarship in mathematics
  • The Joe and Mary Ann Cromeans Foundation provides scholarships to music and theatre students
  • Windgate Foundation makes donation to Department of Art and Art History
  • Finding Her Voice: The Megan Louise Montgomery Endowed Memorial Scholarship
  • The Life-Long Learning Endowed Scholarship Honoring Ruth J. and Robert J. Colvin
  • A servant's heart: Social Work alumna Jeanne Welch gives back to UAB