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Scarinci selected to lead national cervical cancer elimination workgroup
Scarinci will lead a workgroup devoted to developing a road map to eliminating cervical cancer in the United States.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:11 AM


UAB CNBCI set to host research symposium, NeuroGateways 2024
This conference will feature research presentations from leading national and local experts in neuroengineering and neurotechnology.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:11 AM
Theatre UAB, ArtPlay present free performance for children, “The Princess and the Pea,” on March 8
This fun and engaging performance of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is for children in grades 1 through 6, making it perfect for school field trips.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:10 AM
Sign your little Blazer up for UAB URECs spring break camp today
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Campus Recreation Center is providing child care opportunities during spring break 2024. ...
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:10 AM
Three research projects awarded funding from the Immunology Institute Pilot Project program
The program seeks to support and foster multidisciplinary collaborations, especially between UAB clinicians and basic and physician scientists.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:10 AM
Sister pianists to perform together for UAB Piano Series on March 24
Esther Park and Sun-A Park will perform a program of music by three American composers and close their recital with Gershwins famous “Rhapsody in Blue.”...
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:10 AM
Drink water, not mold. Five steps for a cleaner water bottle
Name-brand water bottles have become the newest trend, but what happens when they are not properly cleaned? One UAB expert explains how bottles are a breeding ground for mold and bacteria.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:10 AM
Registration for 2024 UAB Summer Camps are now open
As summer approaches, registration for many UAB summer camps is now available.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:08 AM
UAB relaunches Womens Heart Health Program, now accepting patients
The program is designed specifically to treat women and address the distinct concerns and unique risk factors that women may experience.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:08 AM
Long-acting, injectable antiretroviral therapy clinical trial findings offer promising new treatment
Clinical trial findings from the LATITUDE study show promise in long-acting HIV treatment for patients who have long struggled with daily HIV oral medications.
UAB Campus News at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:06:08 AM
Railroad Park in the running for “2024s Best City Park” — vote now!
As of Wednesday morning, Railroad Park is in the #16 spot — cast your vote to help send Railroad Park to the top! #RailroadPark #USAToday #10Best #Birmingham nw...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
13 weekend events in Birmingham including the Five Points South St. Patricks Day Parade—March 15-17
?? Get your plans in order—here's what's happening this weekend in Birmingham, March 15-17. #birminghamalevents #weekendeventsbirminghamal PI...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
Why this Trussville sports mom loves working at this new orthopedic + injury clinic
??TRUSSVILLE'S NEW INJURY CLINIC: We got a tour of the brand-new orthopedic and sports injury clinic in Trussville. Deets + photos below! NowPartner #TrussvilleAL #OrthopedicandsportsinjuryBham #openinginBirmingham #OS1Sportsandinjury LP...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
9 women-owned businesses our audience loves
?? WOMEN-OWNED: To celebrate Women's History Month, we wanted to know our followers favorite women-owned businesses in Bham. Deets below! #BirminghamAL #womenowned #womeninbham LP...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
6 openings coming soon in the Greater Birmingham Area—what you need to know
?? NEW + COMING SOON: Its the start of another week in Birmingham, and were excited for some awesome new openings. Deets below! #comingsoon #newandclosing #TheMagicCity #BirminghamAl LP...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
Construction begins on new $47M Moody High School
Moody High School construction will last until 2026. #moodyalabama #stclaircountyalabama...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
This Bham native shares her brothers story with addiction + how you can help now
?? Meet the 2024 Champion for the Cause + sign up for the End Addiction BHAM Walk on April 6 at City Walk Bham. NowPartner #endaddictionbham #birminghamalevents #additctionpreventioncoalition PI...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
NEW: Automatic Seafood Chef to open 2nd Birmingham restaurant in Parkside
??Coming this Spring near The Fennec and Railroad Park! #JamesBeardFoundation #BirminghamAlabama #foodie...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
3 Birmingham startups you need to know
The Magic City is no stranger to exceptional talent, and we found three Birmingham startups that prove it. Keep scrolling to meet a few local companies that are rocking the Continue Reading ...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
Birmingham named 3rd best sports town in U.S. without one of the 5 major sports leagues
??Birmingham was recignized by a prestigious sports business publication. #sports #Theworldgames2022...
Bham Now at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:05:56 AM
EJI to Open 17-Acre Freedom Monument Sculpture Park on March 27 in Montgomery
eji.org Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has announced that the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park will open on March 27. The 17-acre site combines historical artifacts, contemporary art, original research, and first-person narratives to provide an authentic and historically significant space that explores the institution of slavery, the lives of enslaved people, and the legacy of slavery in this […]...
Birmingham Times at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:03:58 AM
Birmingham City Councilors Take Priorities to National League of Cities Conference
birminghamcitycouncil.org Birmingham City Councilors were among more than 3,000 elected officials from all over the United States last week to converge on Washington D.C. for the National League of Cities Conference. The officials took the time to share ideas, learn best practices, and have extended meetings with their congressional delegations to help shape policy and […]...
Birmingham Times at Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:03:57 AM
Media Release 54- Homicide Investigation- Avenue P
Homicide Investigation The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Monday, March 18, 2024. The victim will be identified upon notification to the next of kin. At approximately 5:20 p.m., West Precinct officers were dispatched to a Shot Spotter alert in the 1600 Block of 27th Street Ensley. Officers arrived […] The post Media Release 54- Homicide Investigation- Avenue P first appeared on Birmingham Police Department .
Birmingham Police News at Monday, March 18, 2024 10:00:27 PM
Local pediatricians share what makes their career so rewarding + special
?? LOCAL PEDIATRICIANS: Learn how two rockstar doctors found their dream jobs ?? #ChildrensofAL #Birmingham #AlabamaDoctors...
Bham Now at Monday, March 18, 2024 8:06:41 PM
Recipe: Southwestern Chicken & Rice Casserole
This dish combines bold Southwestern flavors and is easy to customize.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
Auburn University teaching hospitals collaboration key to foals recovery
Doctors and students used water therapy to strengthen little Tink's legs.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
Jeff Norris is a hype man for Alabamas teachers
The Oak Mountain Middle School educator is Alabama's Teacher of the Year.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
13 Alabama strawberry farms and festivals to visit this season
Alabama strawberries are plentiful from late March into June.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
James Spann: Freeze warning for Alabama tonight; dry through Wednesday
Temperatures will hold in the 50s over the northern half of the state today despite a mostly sunny sky.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
Rare portrait adds luster to African-American collection at Alabamas Birmingham Museum of Art
The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) continues to expand its collection of African American art with the purchase of a work by Joshua Johnson, a former slave who is widely recognized as the first professional African American painter in the United States. Johnsons “Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin” is now on view in the BMAs [...]...
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
Acclaimed Alabama Chef Adam Evans partners with Chef Luke Joseph on Birminghams Current Charcoal Gr
The Asian restaurant will open this spring in a 1920s space on Second Avenue South.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 6:05:50 PM
Leaders to gather for show, panel to address Alabama workforce needs
“Being Free” follows the journey of three formerly incarcerated people on the search for careers.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 5:03:45 PM
Warrior Met Coal raises mine investment by more than $100M
The project restarted in 2022 after it was forced to stop in 2020.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 4:55:27 PM
Iron Tribe Fitness taps new CFO
The Birmingham-based fitness company and franchise pinned a new leader for the C-suite.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 4:49:00 PM
House flipping in Birmingham — renovators discuss Magic City projects
One out of every 14 home sales nationwide were flipped last year, according to ATTOM. Thats about 7.2% of all home sales. Here's the breakdown for Birmingham.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 4:44:49 PM
James Spann: Freeze warning for most of Alabama tonight
With a clear sky and light wind, lows will be in the 20s for most of north and central Alabama.
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 4:07:05 PM
BBJ 2024 Nonprofit Awards: Birmingham Promise
The organization was an honoree in the Top Young Nonprofit category.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 3:48:58 PM
BBJ 2024 Nonprofit Awards: FC Birmingham Youth
The organization was an honoree in the Top Young Nonprofit category.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 3:48:39 PM
Bham energy optimization company expanding hiring, footprint
A Birmingham company is partnering with a major housing development near Panama City Beach, Florida.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 12:21:18 PM
Bham developer inks $9M deal for large Charlotte apartment project, brings local contractor on board
A notable uptown Charlotte property has a buyer, more than three years after it was listed for sale, and it has multiple Birmingham connections.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 11:54:30 AM
Magic City Newsmakers: Children's of Alabama, Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center, BioHorizons
Good works from Birmingham area companies and news from the metro's nonprofits.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 11:50:29 AM
Automatic Seafood & Oysters owner partnering on new restaurant concept for Bham
The new concept focuses on the wide range of flavors, ingredients and techniques of Asian cuisine.
Birmingham Business Journal at Monday, March 18, 2024 11:18:08 AM
Sisters in poetry: Alabamas and Birminghams poet laureates in conversation
Its a sunny Tuesday and Salaam Green is making a couple of stops in the Magic City. First, she attends a Birmingham City Council meeting, which is no ordinary gathering — its where she is sworn in as Birminghams first Poet Laureate. Now, Green is arriving at the Birmingham Museum of Art for a [...]...
Alabama Power at Monday, March 18, 2024 10:06:23 AM
9-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Milana Price Among Birminghams StrongHer Honorees
By Chanda Temple | birminghamal.gov Milana “LaLa” Price was 4 years old when a medical report shook her family to its core: she had a rare form of lung cancer, and half of her right lung and the mass behind it had to be removed. There were questions about how Milana would be after the […]...
Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:17 AM
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Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:16 AM
Stephanie St. Clair: How a Black Womans Empire Influenced Lotteries
By Samuetta Hill Drew | For the Birmingham Times As we continue to explore African American women and their influence and impact on our daily lives the name Stephanie St. Clair named surfaced. It was an unlikely name because most of the women in the past articles were inventors with U.S. patents or the like, […]...
Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:12 AM
Birmingham City Schools, UAB Nursing Partner to Prepare Students for College and Future Careers
Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Maria Manuel is just a freshman at Huffman High School but already knows what she wants to do once she graduates. “I want to be an ultrasound technician,” said the 15-year-old. Thanks to a Pathways to Professional Nursing Program at her school she is already on her way. Designed […]...
Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:11 AM
Jamilah Woods Named Deputy Director of Birminghams Department of Human Resources
City of Birmingham When Jamilah Woods was a kid growing up in the Collegeville community of Birmingham, she wanted to be a pilot. Though she had visions of slicing through clouds and sailing the skies, her career pivoted toward her steering a craft of different type: the City of Birmingham enterprise. Woods was recently named […]...
Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:10 AM
UAB Expert Shares 5 Steps for a Cleaner, Safer Water Bottle
By Brianna Hoge | UAB News Name-brand water bottles have become the newest trend, but what happens when they are not properly cleaned? One UAB expert explains how bottles are a breeding ground for mold and bacteria.Reusable water bottles have taken the social media world by storm, and while trends rise and fall, one thing […]...
Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:05 AM
School Attendance Incentives for Birmingham Students Showing Signs of Success
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Birminghams Every Day Counts program, an effort to combat truancy, is gaining momentum. The initiative incentivizes Housing Authority of Birmingham District (HABD) parents to get their children to school each day with the possibility of winning cash rewards (to be used for rent or utilities). The program […]...
Birmingham Times at Monday, March 18, 2024 9:04:04 AM
Berry Middle PTO to hold student-faculty March Madness basketball game
The event is raising money to purchase a new sound system for the school's competition gym.
280 Living at Monday, March 18, 2024 12:05:18 AM
Fido Fest 2024 returns to The Summit
The Summit is gearing up to host the 7th Annual Fido Fest on Saturday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
280 Living at Friday, March 15, 2024 3:07:56 AM
10th Annual Judy M. Merritt Memorial 5K & Family Fun Day set on March 16
The 10th Annual Judy M. Merritt Memorial 5K & Family Fun Day is scheduled to take place on March 16 at Veterans Park in Hoover.
280 Living at Thursday, March 14, 2024 6:05:35 AM
Without Birmingham there is no Homewood
By David Sher I know Im going to take some flak. When I publish columns about how our region would prosper with local government consolidation or collaboration, I brace myself for negative comments from folks who think their suburb is superior to Birmingham and imply wed all be better off if Birmingham didnt exist. I … Continue reading Without Birmingham there is no Homewood →...
Comeback Town at Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:01:49 AM
Man with Mtn. Brook legacy makes extraordinary prediction–could actually succeed
Today’s guest columnist is Bucky McMillan. Editor’s note: Bucky McMillan grew up in Mtn. Brook and coached basketball at Mtn. Brook High School where he won five state championships. In 2020, he became the head basketball coach at Samford which had only one winning season in the 14 years preceding McMillan’s arrival. This week his … Continue reading Man with Mtn. Brook legacy makes extraordinary prediction–could actually succeed →...
Comeback Town at Wednesday, March 13, 2024 7:01:49 AM
Commission awards contract for paving, resurfacing projects
A three person board of directors was also appointed for the Dunnavant Valley Improvement District.
280 Living at Tuesday, March 12, 2024 1:05:48 PM
Birmingham, once a hotbed of Communism
Today’s guest columnist is Dr, Thomas Reidy. A blackjack split open Joe Gelderss head before three men shoved him into a nearby sedan. It was late in the evening on the 26th day of September 1936. The kidnappers drove an hour and half from Birmingham to a wooded area near Maplesville, where the tormentors stripped … Continue reading Birmingham, once a hotbed of Communism →...
Comeback Town at Tuesday, March 12, 2024 10:01:38 AM
All-South Metro Basketball: Lions, Hornets land players on 1st team
The 2023-24 Starnes Media All-South Metro Basketball Team has been unveiled.
280 Living at Monday, March 11, 2024 11:06:55 AM
Chelsea High junior Ali Mims crowned Miss Alabama's Teen 2024
Mims, who was competing as Miss Hoover's Teen 2024, beat out 37 other contestants and now will compete in MIss America's Teen competition in Orlando.
280 Living at Sunday, March 10, 2024 9:05:38 PM
Dusty's Circus coming to Chelsea
There will be seven shows over the weekend of March 22-24 at the Chelsea Civic Center.
280 Living at Friday, March 8, 2024 4:12:01 PM

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