UPDATE: 8.1.2008, 11:07 p.m.,
Click here to view what its looking like inside of the library during the first day of the new policies - just in time for students to return later this month.
Beginning today, if you are not a UAB student, faculty or staff member, or a student at another area college or [...]

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The 3-ton, smoke-breathing statue of UAB’s mascot, Blaze, was unveiled Tuesday afternoon in front of the Bartow Arena. The 9 foot tall by 16 foot long, 7,000 pound smoke spewing statue created by artist T.J. Neil of Homosassa, FL. It cost approximately $30,000 was commissioned by the UAB National Alumni Society. UAB president [...]

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[ March 28, 2008; 7:00 pm; March 29, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] As part of the 2008 V-Day College Campaign, students at UAB will present two performances of “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend to raise money and awareness to stop violence against women and girls. The proceeds will be donated to Rape Response and the Family Violence program at the YWCA. The play is about what [...]

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We constantly talk about the University of Alabama at Birmingham as being the economic engine of not just the city or the region, but the state.
Today one the columnists for their student newspaper, the Kaleidoscope, decided to pose a rather powerful question (and challenge) to her fellow students and I believe to the community at [...]

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[ November 17, 2007; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Axis will challenge your notions of dance and movement by turning the whole concept of choreography upside down. The company’s innovative repertories of physically integrated works feature dancers with and without disabilities. Choreographer Bill T. Jones says, “There is no more defiant a land that I can think of than Axis. They showed me what [...]

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[ November 11, 2007; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] In her return performance to the Alys Stephens Center, star of the screen Patricia Neal brings us this wonderful theatrical tribute to Helen Keller. Made up of Keller’s prose, speeches, correspondence, the performance also includes stories, songs, poems and prayers. It is made possible with the assistance of Ivy Green and the American Foundation for [...]

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[ November 11, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Describe legendary musician Taj Mahal in a word or phrase? Impossible. You could call him a singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, two-time Grammy-winner or world traveler. All accurate titles, yet none convey the soulfulness of Taj’s music. He’s been playing his own distinctive brand of music – folk, jazz, zydeco, gospel, R&B, soul, all layered on [...]

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