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Campus & Community Oct 2, 2026

Oct. 11-15, “Blaze the Seas” for UAB 2026 Homecoming Week

Avast ye, Blazer fans: Homecoming 2026 has UAB taking on the East Carolina Pirates with the annual parade and game Thursday, Oct. 15.

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Campus & Community Oct 1, 2026

Application fees at UAB waived for first-time freshman, transfer and online students from Oct. 5-9

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Health & Medicine Sep 24, 2026

UAB marks five years of transformational $100 million Heersink gift

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Sep 22, 2026

UAB highest-ranked public institution in the Southeast for faculty research performance, according to U.S. News & World Report

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Sep 21, 2026

UAB’s Fall Undergraduate Research Expo set to showcase student success

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Sep 14, 2026

UAB one of 10 centers nationwide selected to participate in the Pediatric Prevention Network, receive $10M in funding

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Health & Medicine

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Sep 23, 2026

Diagnosis to remission: A young patient’s journey with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma and leukemia

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Sep 21, 2026

Inaugural Heersink Student Mobility scholar finds new perspective on research and medicine

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Sep 15, 2026

Cooper Green adds enrollment specialists at UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham, UAB St. Vincent’s East

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Research & Innovation

Oct 5, 2026

UAB receives grant to investigate how genetics shape blood pressure response to salt

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Oct 1, 2026

UAB study seeks answers to rising rates of childhood myopia

Sep 29, 2026

UAB CARES Center funds four new research projects to address cancer disparities in Alabama

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Oct 2, 2026

UAB Army ROTC nursing cadet selected as best in the South

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Sep 15, 2026

UAB’s Henry Panion III to conduct, arrange for Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life” 50th anniversary tour

Aug 21, 2026

UAB students honored by NASA Alabama Space Grant Consortium

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Sep 30, 2026

Support student scholarships at UAB’s Uncork Education on Nov. 12

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Sep 28, 2026

Oct. 14-18, UAB Theatre kicks off season of power plays with “We Are Proud to Present”

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Sep 18, 2026

Oct. 3, Experience solar energy in action at the UAB National Solar Tour

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Oct 5, 2026

How to protect your attention in an always-on world

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Sep 24, 2026

How diet can help manage menopause symptoms

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Sep 21, 2026

Reduce flu risk this season by getting the flu shot

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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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Woman warns against popular immunity boosting vitamin-C supplement because of common ingredient Woman warns against popular immunity boosting vitamin-C supplement because of common ingredient

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

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Caffeine may increase pain tolerance

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