By Sarah Kuper As UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center enters its third decade, its leadership’s mission is much the same as it always was: to entertain and educate the community and the UAB campus. But a closer look reveals an arts center that is evolving with the times, physically, technologically and programmatically. In less than a year, the ASC has instituted a … [Read more...]
Reaching Out: UAB Benevolent Fund Extends Its Reach Into the Community While Caring for Employees at Home
By Sarah Kuper Now in its 31st year, the UAB Benevolent Fund campaign has reached a milestone. Employees from all facets of the UAB community have come together and raised a record $2 million to help UAB employees in need and fund local non-profits. The fund is governed by a council of UAB employees, and the wider UAB community has input on where the money goes. Through … [Read more...]
The Five Fs of Fatherhood: Dr. Ron Henderson Reflects on His Life in New Memoir
By Emily Williams You can call Dr. Ronald E. Henderson, better known as Ron, a lot of things. You can call him a doctor – an OBGYN to be exact. You can call him an entrepreneur, leading him to found the Southeast’s first stand-alone surgical center. You can call him an advocate, writing a book on how to cope with myasthenia gravis. But you also can call him a farmer, the … [Read more...]
Leader in Psychiatry to Speak at Aware Event
By Sarah Kuper One of the nation's leading researchers in the field of psychiatry will speak at Aware Mountain Brook's April 26 event. Dr. Richard Shelton, head of the UAB Mood Disorders Research Center and vice chair for research in the department, is focusing on two important strategies in treating depression. He and his colleagues are testing medications that may work … [Read more...]
In the Blink of an Eye: UAB Cancer Center Hosts Annual Gala
ArtBlink, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center’s annual gala, took place Feb. 20 at The Kirklin Clinic. The event was organized by Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board Gala Committee members Joel Welker, Rick Swagler, Mitzi S. Davis, Robert Carr, George Wheelock, Lessley Hynson, Alisa Belcher and Suzanne Wald. As guests entered The Kirklin Clinic on the first floor, … [Read more...]