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Campus & Community Feb 20, 2026

UAB expands academic programs, offering new degree options to students

Seven new graduate certificates and an undergraduate certificate are available to Blazers.

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Research & Innovation Feb 18, 2026

The GLP-1 revolution: What UAB researchers are discovering about how these drugs work

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People of UAB Feb 17, 2026

Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame inducts four from UAB

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Feb 20, 2026

Testing community-based approaches to improve nutrition and physical activity

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Feb 19, 2026

UAB circle of Omicron Delta Kappa awarded prestigious honors

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Feb 18, 2026

March 14, celebrate a decade of growing Birmingham kids’ vocabularies with Vocabby’s World

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Health & Medicine

Feb 20, 2026

UAB performs first National Kidney Registry transplants in Alabama

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Feb 13, 2026

How a prenatal genetic test saved an Alabama mother and her baby

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Jan 26, 2026

UAB performs first robotic kidney transplant in the Southeast

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Research & Innovation

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Feb 19, 2026

UAB and McMaster University name 2025 Joint Pilot Grant awardees

Feb 19, 2026

UAB leads study to mitigate the medication adherence barriers in those living with HIV

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Feb 18, 2026

UAB Amputee Clinic leads Alabama with 3D-printed prosthetic technology

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People of UAB

Feb 4, 2026

UAB’s Ho Wook Jun receives UA System’s McMahon Pleiad Prize

Jan 16, 2026

UAB student’s research wins Best Paper Award at an international computing conference

Dec 11, 2025

Small town to soaring heights: UAB social worker’s pursuit of excellence and faith leads to graduation with a Ph.D.

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Arts & Events

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Feb 20, 2026

April 7-May 2, UAB student art featured in BFA exhibition at UAB’s AEIVA –

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Feb 17, 2026

Free recitals, guest artists and more announced by the UAB Department of Music for spring

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Feb 10, 2026

New, original play by Theatre UAB grad to have world-premiere performance Feb. 25-March 1

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Feb 16, 2026

How to support women and families through pregnancy loss

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Feb 9, 2026

Chocolate and Valentine's Day — A match made in heaven?

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Jan 30, 2026

Injury prevention and recovery: When to use hot or cold compresses in an active lifestyle

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Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination.

Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination.

An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients

An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients

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Is it actually possible to get rid of cavities without fillings?

Is it actually possible to get rid of cavities without fillings?

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How to do a semester at sea, for grown ups

Caffeine may increase pain tolerance

Caffeine may increase pain tolerance

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