UAB Memories

UAB's schools and colleges are all unique in their own ways, but they have one thing in common: they have deans. In this episode of Memories, Deans Dr. Lori McMahon (UAB Graduate School) and Dr. Kelly Nichols (UAB School of Optometry) give a behind-the-scenes look at the daily duties and delights of "deaning".

You're never too young to change the world. In this episode of Memories, UAB's Dr. Michael Saag recounts the story of how the need for AIDS research in the 1990s led to the creation of the 1917 Clinic, a facility completely devoted to researching and treating the virus.

Sristi Das and Callie Walls might not have expected to spend their senior year living under the same roof. They come from completely different backgrounds, but through their college experience at UAB, that's exactly what ended up happening.

This Memory seems like it was plucked from the pages of a novel. Kerry and Norah Madden-Lunsford's story of swapping Southern California for Central Alabama has all of the highs, lows, and hijinks that you might expect from UAB's Director of Creative Writing.

UAB's Abigail Franks was named a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship in 2019, but her journey to one of the most prestigious scholarships in the world began in small-town Alabama. Hers is a story of persistence, patience, and perspective, and embodies the underdog spirit that has come to define UAB.

In 2020, it's hard to imagine a world without UAB. But there was a time when the idea of a large-scale university in the middle of Birmingham seemed crazy, and to the people at the first few years of classes at UAB, it was. In this episode of Memories, we hear from people who spent their college years at the rough-and-tumble, rapidly growing UAB of the early 70's.

February is an important time of year at UAB. In this special episode of Memories, we celebrate Black History Month by highlighting the vital contributions of UAB's black students and employees, both for themselves and those who would come after.

Two programs, two strikingly similar names. In this episode of Memories, we relive the coronations (and nerves) of two recipients of UAB's most prestigious of titles: Ms. and Miss UAB.

In this special Valetine's Day episode of UAB Memories, we're falling in love all over again. UAB grads Emily and Taylor Stanley have seen their relationship be shaped and grown by their time at UAB. From traveling to watch the Blazers in the NCAA Tournament, to trying to get Blaze to come to their wedding, these two are truly a UAB couple.

Every university has its own set of traditions. One of UAB's most unique and most celebrated pastimes comes every year during homecoming week: the Gurney Derby. It's a spectacle all its own, and we chronicled the journey of a team determined to take home the title.