Tag: Ray Watts
Alabama bioscience sector poised for growth through major investments
Growth projects valued at almost $200 million are underway in Alabama’s bioscience sector, setting the stage for new research funding and recruitment...
UAB hires Trent Dilfer as new football head coach
The University of Alabama at Birmingham introduced former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Trent Dilfer as its next head football coach in a press conference on Wednesday....
UAB named one of 16 Diversity Champions, again receives Excellence in...
For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named a Diversity Champion by Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and...
$30 million program to provide tests for 265,000 Alabama college students
Some schools are also requiring tests for students coming to campus.
Birmingham’s innovation district expands, rebrands
The Switch expands Birmingham’s innovation footprint beyond the walls of its growing Innovation Depot to include several city blocks around the startup incubator.
UAB’s $37.5 million state-of-the art Collat School of Business opens
The University of Alabama at Birmingham bridges collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship with the opening of the $37.5 million state-of-the-art facility that will house the Collat School of...
Birmingham hosts Smart Cities Readiness Workshop
Strategic plans for how Birmingham will become a smart city are being laid out over the next two days during the Smart Cities Readiness Workshop. The workshop is...
Innovate Birmingham prepares students for tech jobs
The 28 graduates of an Innovate Birmingham program are “the full definition of getting it right” according to Birmingham’s mayor and “how workforce development is supposed...
Terri Sewell applauds $6M UAB grant to train local young adults...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is getting $6 million in federal funding to help train students for in-demand jobs.
UAB was one of 23 groups to...
Business group: Birmingham got $1.1 billion in capital investment in 2015
It has become conventional wisdom to take note of Birmingham's economic resurgence of late. The ongoing construction, growing payrolls, and general sense that there's...
