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UAB’s Sami Raut Shares Tips for Mentoring Success

By Matt Windsor UAB News Finally, after all those sweaty days chasing dragonflies through the wetlands of central India, 19-year-old Sami Raut, a nervous undergraduate, is ready to give her first conference talk. And then, only a few slides into her presentation, the power goes out. “That is not uncommon in India,” recalled Raut, now […]

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Enjoying College Life During a Global Pandemic

By Savannah Koplon UAB News A lot about this fall semester looks different from years past and may be not what students expected college to be like. Studying, socializing — even going to the store and the gym — look different. While the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted changes to everyday

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‘Black Men in White Coats’ Are Showing Boys of Color That They Too Can Become Doctors

By Victor Omondi Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit is on a mission to “inspire the next generation of physician leaders and to diversify the field of medicine with a special emphasis on black males.” Dr. Dale Okorodudu of Dallas Texas is the founder of the movement. He recently arranged a youth

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Van McGrue Dreamed of Being Chief Nursing Officer at Princeton Baptist. It came true.

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times As someone with an established tenure in nursing, Vandalyn “Van” McGrue treats more than just her patients. “It’s about helping the families of those patients. It’s about helping the community,” she said. “We are everything to that patient: we are their

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Gov. Ivey Extends Alabama’s Mask Order to April 9

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times On Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey extended Alabama’s statewide mask order to April 9. Ivey was joined by State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris to announce an extension of the state’s existing Safer at Home Order that requires mask wearing in public places

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UAB medical team saves Fultondale tornado victim with onsite amputation

By Donna Cope Alabama Newscenter Working in what could be compared to a war zone, a team of UAB doctors and nurses performed an onsite amputation to save an injured man after the F3 tornado hit Fultondale Jan. 25. Sometime after midnight, UAB trauma surgeon Dr. Don Reiff received a call from

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People, Places, and Things

By Gwen DeRu TODAY… **HOW TO EFFECTIVELY CONNECT ACROSS CULTURES, with Tayo Rockson as speaker at Network After Work. **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Get all the latest news! **COMEDIAN ARNEZ J at the StarDome Comedy Club. FRIDAY… **COMEDIAN ARNEZ J at the StarDome Comedy Club. **MOVIE NIGHT: Check

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COVID-19 vaccine facts and figures

By Savannah Koplon UAB News Thousands of frontline UAB Medicine physicians, nurses, environmental services staff members and more have received the Pfizer vaccine, to date. While all have their own personal reasons for wanting to be vaccinated, the joy and excitement of having this protection has

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Get Your Motor Running: Museums to Satisfy Spring Break Adventure Seekers Close to Home - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

In addition to our feature story on the Cook Museum of Natural Science, here is a list of museums that are just a day trip away: Birmingham Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum In addition to its professional automobile and motorcycle race course, Barber Motorsports offers a museum dedicated to the

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Dr. Lori Croom: The Power of ‘My God Today’

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times For an extremely nearsighted person, Dr. Lori Alyse Croom could see her career path a long time ago. “I knew in 10th grade that I was going to be an optometrist,” she said. “I was a Fox 6 News Star Student of the Week [at Shades Valley High School, […]

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UAB’s Dr. Mona Fouad on All Of Us Research Program During COVID-19

Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times The goal of the All of Us Research Program is to help researchers understand more about why people get sick or stay healthy. People who join give information about their health, habits and what it’s like where they live. By looking for

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Chicago Native Launches Mentoring Organization for Young Girls. | Chicago Defender

The Dollhouse Girl's Club (DHGC) launched as an official nonprofit on January 4th of this year. Founded by Aneisha Julia, the organization aims to serve underserved girls ages 14-22. Their mission is to encourage girls to flourish through Enrichment, Exposure, and Empowerment which ultimately leads

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Listing of Some Area Events for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Events & Activities Burnette Farms Market & Cafe: Through October 31 - Enjoy pints of homemade pink vanilla ice cream from Burnette Farms, with all proceeds supporting the BCRFA. The Four Course Sessions: Thursdays in October - Join Thrivent, brick & tin and the BCRFA

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Birmingham Promise gives City Schools grad promising future at UAB

By Alicia Rohan UAB News Students from all seven Birmingham City high schools make up the first Birmingham Promise class of freshmen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The scholarship program provided 68 students with the opportunity to pursue their bachelor’s degree with a full-tuition

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Chadwick Boseman’s death ‘a wake-up call’, say UAB health providers

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times The recent death of 43-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman brought heightened attention to colorectal cancer and served as a wake-up call about the importance of preventative care, especially for African-Americans, said several area health

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BJCC Marks Topping Out of $174M Protective Stadium in Birmingham

By Alabama Newscenter Staff Construction of the $174 million Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex’s Protective Stadium marked a key milestone last week with a “topping out” celebration. A topping out marks the ceremonial placement of the last steel beam in a construction project. Due to

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The Importance of Navigators to ‘All of Us’ Research

Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times The goal of the All of Us Research Program is to help researchers understand more about why people get sick or stay healthy. People who join give information about their health, habits, and what it’s like where they live. By looking for

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Cooper Green offers its patients drive-in flu shots with food giveaway

By Bob Shepard UAB News Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority will offer drive-in or walk-in flu shots from Oct. 20 to Dec. 13 to its enrolled patients. Patients who gets a flu shot will also receive a food box donated by the Royal Divinity Ministry Food Bank in partnership with the

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‘Being broke takes away every bit of cuteness in being married’

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY Special to the Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Erica Wright ewright@birminghamtimes.com. Include

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Dannielle Brown ends hunger strike, starts foundation in honor of her son | BlackPressUSA

THE AFRO - Dannielle Brown’s hunger strike is over, but her battle for justice for her son is everlasting.Brown, whose son, Marquis Jaylen Brown, died after falling out of a Duquesne University dorm room window in 2018, announced the start of a foundation named in her son’s honor on March 11, at

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UAB to train more physicians for rural and urban underserved areas of Alabama

By Julie Cole Miller UAB News The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a $7 million grant to address the need for training additional family medicine physicians to serve in rural and underserved areas of the state in the years to

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Bessemer Native LaTasha Cook-Williams on Making History And Her City Better

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times As the city of Bessemer grew, so did LaTasha Cook-Williams. The 45-year-old Marvel City native is the first woman and first African American to serve as president of the Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce, a position she has held since 2015. “I am excited to set

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Jegil Dugger: Former Football Star Now Runs Successful Tech Companies

Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For the Birmingham Times Jegil Dugger went from running a football at Midfield High School and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to running a pair of tech companies. The former UAB Blazer’s path included a “business trip” that was anything but—except it helped put

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How can UAB test 200,000 college students for COVID-19 in four weeks?

UAB News The sheer scale of the GuideSafe Entry Testing initiative is staggering. Part of the multi-tool GuideSafe platform — a partnership between UAB and the Alabama Department of Public Health that has received more than $30 million in CARES Act funding from Gov. Kay Ivey — Alabama’s GuideSafe

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Alabama Power announces leadership changes

By Alabama Newscenter Staff Alabama Power on Friday announced leadership changes to enhance customer experience and community support. Tony Smoke has been elected senior vice president of Marketing and Economic Development. Myla Calhoun has been named vice president of Birmingham Division. Tequila

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Vic Styles Spreads the Power of Womanhood Across Her Social Media Platforms

By Ameera Steward For the Birmingham Times “I want to be the type of woman who inspires other women to be the type of women they are,” said Victoria Sanders, better known as “Vic Styles.” “Basically, it just means I want to be a role model for older women, younger women, women my age, so […]

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Four ways to save energy and money while working from home

By Brianna Hodge UAB News During COVID-19, a lot of people are working from home. While this can help slow the spread of the pandemic, it can cause a rise in energy use and utility bills for your household. Bambi Ingram, interim manager of Sustainability at the University of Alabama at

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People, Places and Things

By GWEN DERU TODAY… **NETWORK AFTER WORK, TODAY, 3-5 p.m. **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Get all the latest news! **COMEDIAN DERAY DAVIS at the StarDome Comedy Club. **SIDEWALK FILM FEST …all weekend. Check it out! FRIDAY… **SIDEWALK FILM FEST …all weekend. Check it out, 4 p.m.-Filmmaker Q & A Kevin

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OP-ED: Don’t you want MOORE? | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Christie K. Moore, a native Texan, in seeking her first public elective office, could make history if victorious in the May election over incumbent Julie Short, a realtor wife and grandmother. However, making history is not what Moore tends to focus on, although she would be

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People, Places and Things

By Gwen DeRu “REMEMBERING CIVIL RIGHTS ICONS CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS and REVEREND C.T. VIVIAN” TODAY… **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Get all the latest news! **OPEN BLUES JAM, 7-10 p.m. at Brennan’s Irish Pub. All musicians welcome. **COMEDIAN MIKE JAMES at the StarDome Comedy Club. FRIDAY… **TRIBUTE

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Word on The Street

Compiled by Erica Wright We asked Birmingham-area residents, name some good that came out of 2020 for you? ABBEY TIPTON: “I did get to travel even with all of the restrictions. I was able to explore a lot more of the country and from those travels I was able to build close relationships with

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