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How UAB is taking a leading role in health promotion worldwide
Innovative programs and a high-profile position in the International Health Promoting Campuses Network have made UAB a model for other universities in the United States and beyond.
UAB and Birmingham Promise: a partnership for the futureThrough an internship with UAB HR Talent Acquisition, Birmingham City Schools student Jaykease Rosales gained skills and experience and proved to be a strong asset to UAB’s employee recruitment and retention efforts.Community shines light on a little-known incident in Civil Rights-era BirminghamUAB history students and faculty are contributing to the Beth-El Civil Rights Experience, an effort by the congregation of Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El to share the experiences of members of the city’s Jewish community during the era, including an attempted bombing in 1958.Changing lives, one tax return at a timeEnrollment in Eddie Nabors’s course on Poverty and Human Capability has more than tripled in the past year. Why? He gives students the chance to help the working poor receive thousands of dollars each and avoid scammers — even during a pandemic.Toxicologist unravels the dangerous medical mystery of ZaZa, Alabama’s 'gas-station dope'When use of an obscure antidepressant exploded across the state, William Rushton, M.D., who directs UAB’s medical toxicology program and the state’s poison control hotline, began an investigation that led the Alabama Department of Public Health to halt sales.Physics courses inspired by ‘good games’ help draw high schoolers to STEM careersCoding with Physics workshops train teachers to incorporate storytelling, supportive teamwork, productive failure and other videogame techniques to engage teens in science.
Watch, listen to these Birmingham stories during Black History MonthFind out how a local DJ passed coded messages to protestors, what life was like in a company town, why Black workers flocked to Birmingham’s steel mills and more in short films and oral histories from UAB students and faculty.
Pledge your support to the Blazer family, Birmingham community with a gift to the Benevolent FundHelp the Benevolent Fund meet its spring campaign goal of $2 million and enable its continued support of the Blazer Kitchen, the Employee Emergency Assistance Program and other community partners.
Apply for, donate to tornado relief funds for UAB employeesThe Employee Emergency Assistance Program and Blazer Kitchen, operated by the Benevolent Fund, can provide assistance to those affected by the Jan. 26 tornado, and employees can contribute to relief funds online.
Tended by Blazers, these UAB Gardens plots grow produce for the food-insecure on campusThe plots will provide vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices to increase food security for the campus community and enable shoppers in UAB’s food pantry, Blazer Kitchen, to make more and varied healthy choices.
Recurring gifts to the Benevolent Fund support UAB, the Birmingham communityUAB’s Benevolent Fund has been working in overdrive to meet the needs of Blazers and Birmingham residents. Making, restarting or increasing a monthly pledge via payroll deduction can help continue its work.
A doctor goes ‘behind the curtain’ to reach those getting left behind during COVID-19Assistant Professor Ellen Eaton, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist, is leading the Jefferson County health department’s effort to reach special populations.
Blazer Kitchen secures more funds to provide food in the communityTwo new grants will enable the campus food pantry to continue providing pre-packed bags twice weekly to employees and students — and an additional 400 food boxes to others in the Birmingham community.
How to make meaningful connections when social distance is the order of the dayCoronavirus breeds loneliness, which is as bad for the health as heavy smoking. The longtime director of UAB’s Pastoral Care program shares how best to reach out to others in need.
‘Proud to be a part of UAB’s impact’: What employees get when they give backUAB staff and faculty share what drives them to volunteer their time for community-focused projects like the upcoming InnoHack 2020 event.
Habitat build has family home for the holidaysThe sixth Habitat for Humanity Greater Birmingham home built by volunteers from UAB was dedicated with a ceremony Nov. 20, just in time for the Young family to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Spread holiday cheer: Donate to UAB Toy Drive through Dec. 5Drop new, unwrapped toys to the UAB Toy Drive boxes located in buildings across campus, from Campbell Hall to the Administration Building.
Live-streamed labs offer a glimpse into creative researchPeek into graduate research laboratories through a Facebook live presentation of Discoveries Behind the Scenes every other Wednesday this fall.
Sign up to volunteer for #UABBuildsUAB is building its sixth Habitat House in Eastlake.
BlazerPulse builds stronger connections among service-learning partnersAfter using BlazerPulse in service-learning courses during spring semester, faculty feedback is helping make the online community-engagement platform an even better tool for promoting, organizing and measuring UAB’s impact in the community.