UAB Briefs: Small business workshop, grad school fair, campus sustainability
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
Small business people will learn how to take part profitably in research and development at UAB during an event at the Collat School of Business.
Many UAB employees are taking the lead in new sustainability initiatives on campus.
And the Graduate School will soon show off the school’s many graduate and professional programs at a recruitment fair.
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GET INNOVATIVE
The Collat School of Business will play host to the Small Business Innovation workshop on Monday, June 24, from 9 a.m.-noon., according to a UAB news release.
The Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science will also take part.
Attendees will learn how their enterprises can benefit from federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which enable small businesses to participate in research and development that has commercial potential.
Lili M. Portilla, the SBIR/STTR Program Director at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, will make a presentation.
The workshop will also show attendees how to collaborate with UAB programs and partners.
The event is free and open to the public. To see the agenda and reserve a spot, click here.
BE AN AMBASSADOR
In recent months, more than 70 UAB employees have worked to make the campus greener by becoming Sustainability Ambassadors, according to a UAB news release.
The Ambassadors promote sustainable ventures among their colleagues and help implement educational programming tailored to the needs of their departments.
For example, Shantay Williams helped start a sustainability committee in the UAB School of Nursing, where she serves as program manager. Each office at the school now has a recycling box, and the committee is looking at other possible initiatives.
“I want to do my fair share,” Williams said in the release. “We’re trying to preserve the Earth’s resources for generations to come.”
Sustainability Ambassadors must be full-time, benefits-eligible faculty or staff and have the support of a direct supervisor.
They must also be able to serve a one-year, August-to-August term, attend meetings in October and April and keep in regular contact with UAB Sustainability.
For more information, go to uab.edu/sustainability or email sustainability@uab.edu.
RECRUITING GRAD STUDENTS
The UAB Graduate School will host its summer 2019 graduate program recruitment fair at the Hill Student Center at 1400 University Blvd. on Thursday, June 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The recruitment fair is aimed at students and professionals interested in pursuing graduate or professional education to advance their careers.
Attendees can meet and network with faculty and staff from across the UAB campus.
The UAB Graduate School offers 55 master’s and 40 doctoral degree programs, and more than 70 of the school’s graduate degrees, certificates and continuing education courses are offered online
For more information, go to the UAB Graduate School website.