Jesse Chambers
Blazer Hall on UAB’s Campus Green, one of several dormitories built in recent years and another symbol of the university’s rapid growth. The school’s reputation seems to growing, as well. It was named June 6 as the No. 1 ranked young university in the nation.
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
Know people, places and programs on the UAB campus that deserve a mention? Email jchambers@starnespublishing.com.
HIGH RANKING
UAB, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2019, has been ranked the top young university in the United States and No. 10 worldwide in the 2018 Young University Rankings.
Those rankings, released on Wednesday, June 6, come from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Times Higher Education ranked 250 institutions from 55 different countries in this year’s Young University Rankings, with the schools measured for their teaching, research, citations, international outlooks and industry incomes.
To see the full rankings, click here.
ANOTHER HONOR FOR UAB
UAB Hospital was listed recently on the list of 100 Great Hospitals in America for 2018 compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review.
UAB is the only hospital in Alabama to make the annual list published by Becker’s Healthcare, a source of business and legal information for the healthcare industry.
According to Becker’s, the hospitals included on the list have been recognized for excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes, and staff and physician satisfaction.
Becker’s Healthcare selected hospitals for inclusion based on analysis of ranking and award agencies, including U.S. News & World Report’s 2017-18 rankings, CMS star ratings, Leapfrog grades and Truven Health Analytics.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Works from the collection of Jack and Rebecca Drake of Birmingham are on display at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at UAB through August 4.
The exhibition, “Focus III: I’ll see it when I believe it,” opened June 1.
Works in the Drake collection range from civil rights photography to German abstract painting.
“Focus III” is the third in a series of AEIVA “Focus” exhibitions that showcase local and regional private art collections.
“One of the most pleasant discoveries I made when I began working as a curator in Birmingham was the vast number of world-class art collections in our own backyard,” said AEIVA Curator John Fields.
The exhibition is co-curated by a group of AEIVA interns and students from the Department of Art and Art History.
For more information, call 975-6436 or go to uab.edu/cas/aeiva.
