This is the fifth consecutive year that UAB has been named a Diversity Champion and received the HEED award.

Live HealthSmart Alabama has taken its signature keys — healthy eating, prevention and wellness, physical activity, and education — to create and implement initiatives at all levels within the institution.

UAB has been recognized as one of just 13 institutions ranked as national leaders in racial and gender diversity representation in leadership.

UAB’s 2021 census data reflects the largest and most diverse first-time freshman cohort in school history.

Record $95 million Heersink lead gift to advance strategic growth and biomedical innovation.

UAB continues to implement its Campus Master Plan through new facilities and renovations to enhance instruction, research, technology and student life.

Students, faculty and staff will celebrate a new addition to the UAB community with a ribbon-cutting for the McMahon residence hall, which will open this fall.

UAB’s diverse workforce is recognized by Forbes as one of the best in the nation, chosen based on an independent survey of more than 50,000 employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people.

UAB — Alabama’s largest public employer and home of the state’s flagship academic medical center — has been named America’s No. 1 Best Large Employer by Forbes.

UAB’s School of Engineering student-led organization will participate in the national Design Build Fly competition.

UAB tops 22,500 students for the first time, featuring its highest retention rates in the history of the university.

Angie Toluhi, a physician who championed a number of initiatives to improve the health of mothers and children in her home country, will complete her UAB training before returning to her native Nigeria to continue her work.

Kecia M. Thomas will join UAB as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jeffrey W. Holmes will join UAB as the seventh dean of the School of Engineering.

Gonnerman’s experience includes managing Vanderbilt’s flagship library for the arts and sciences, humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.

Fouad’s winning UAB Grand Challenge proposal is a comprehensive approach to addressing Alabama’s complex health problems and includes 90 partners on her team from communities, government, business, education and more.

The Birmingham City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday, Oct. 15, that establishes a non-smoking Health District on Birmingham’s Southside. Smoking will be prohibited on public property – including city streets and sidewalks within the Heath District.

UAB’s newest academic building, located on the university’s Campus green, will serve College of Arts and Sciences faculty, staff and students.

Times Higher Education’s university rankings are among the world’s most comprehensive, balanced and trusted.

John R. Jones III, Ph.D., will serve on the president’s senior administrative cabinet and work closely with the Office of the Provost to provide leadership and direction to the Division of Student Affairs.