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At least 2,724 students will graduate this spring, and more than 1,200 are expected to participate in UAB’s two spring commencement ceremonies at Bartow Arena.
Sadhvi Batra is one of only 40 winners nationwide for this fellowship, which begins May 25.

Campus enhancements taking shape as construction progresses for new facilities and outdoor spaces.
Nicole Rodriguez is the first UAB student to be selected for the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program.
The 10-student ensemble is invited to perform at the four-day conference, which features the world’s greatest trumpet and brass artists.
UAB Athletics partners with Student Activities Council to host Blazer Block Party.

The annual EXPO will showcase research and scholarly work by UAB undergraduate students across all academic disciplines and departments.


The only program of its kind in Alabama, UABTeach enables undergraduate STEM majors to receive a subject-matter degree and accreditation to teach at the secondary level in a traditional four-year plan.

Senior Johnathon Lyons and junior Nole Jones won at the Southeastern Regional National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions and will compete in nationals in June.

Mutt Strut will be held on Saturday, April 18, on the UAB Campus Green.
Students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Photography in the South course curated “Inherited Scars: A Meditation on the Southern Gothic,” from the Birmingham Museum of Art’s collection.
New lead vocalists make their debut during the choir’s spring concert, which will raise money for the group’s upcoming 20th anniversary concert and fall 2016 tour.

Early palliative care offers statistically beneficial effects on patient survival and family caregiver burden, according to articles published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Through international fellowships to study HIV in Kenya, Anna Joy Rogers and Nate Rogers complemented their UAB education with invaluable experience.

Coach Jerod Haase has signed a new, six-year agreement worth $1 million in annual compensation. “Our recruits and their families can rest assured that I will be at UAB for the long-term future,” Haase said. “Today’s commitment by the administration is a strong statement that UAB wants to be great in basketball.”




More than 20,000 students included in plan to educate the next generation of engineers.
Coming up for the Marching Blazers in 2015 are performances on the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere in Honolulu from March 21-28.
Cycliad, a four-week, 1,300-mile bicycling challenge, will conclude in Birmingham on May 3 with a celebration at Railroad Park and an opportunity for community riders to participate.
WBHM to host “Issues & Ales: Heroin in Alabama” on March 24.
For the second year in a row, UAB Medicine has been named among the best places to work in health care by Becker’s Hospital Review.
It’s a robot with the soul of an artist. The R2 PaintBot, conceived by UAB engineering students and financed through the Crowdfunding at UAB initiative, is designed to paint murals all across Birmingham in concert with the Magic City Mural Collective.
A futures trading team from UAB proves investment savvy in simulated trading competition, placing first among U.S. institutions and second among all in the international competition.
UAB National Alumni Society announces Excellence in Business Top 25 Class of 2015.
The April 18 workshop activities are designed to help improve the quality of life for young breast cancer survivors and their loved ones through education, personal support and networking.
This interdisciplinary symposium will highlight different areas of research from across campus.
The commission will present awards for 2015’s Outstanding Women and present a free lecture by leadership expert Betsy Myers.
Anne Marie Corgill, 2015 Alabama Teacher of the Year, has been named one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year.
Match Day, when fourth-year medical students learn their residency assignments, is March 20 in the Alabama Theater.
The 15th annual UAB School of Medicine art show kicks off March 17.
A gift from AT&T made possible a pilot program to improve writing skills at Parker High School.
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