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A series of images from the UAB Archives

Image of the Month (2021)

  • Dr. Larry DeLucas receives the inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Award, December 1991

    Dr. Larry DeLucas receives the inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Award, December 1991
    December 2021 Image of the Month
    Dr. Lawrence "Larry" DeLucas (left) receives from President Charles A. McCallum, Jr., the inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Award of the UAB National Alumni Society during the commencement ceremony on December 8, 1991.  DeLucas earned five degrees from UAB, the BS and MS in Chemistry, the BS in Physiological Optics, the OD, and the PhD in Biochemistry, and in 1982 he joined the faculty of the School of Optometry.  In 1991 DeLucas was selected as a payload specialist for the NASA Space Shuttle Program, and he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in June-July 1992 as part of space mission STS-50.

    Image ID: P6, #0102

  • Transplant surgeon Robert Karp interviewed by local media, November 1981

    Dr. Robert Karp interviewed by local media
    November 2021 Image of the Month
    On November 24, 1981, Dr. Robert B. Karp headed the UAB team that performed a heart transplant at University Hospital, the first heart transplant performed in the southeastern United States.  Dr. Karp was a member of the faculty of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

    Image ID: P7.2.1, #0211

  • Dedication of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, October 19, 1971

    Lister Hill Library dedicated
    October 2021 Image of the Month
    The Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences was dedicated in formal ceremonies held on October 19, 1971, as the first building constructed for the university's health sciences library.  Prior to the opening of the new building, the campus library had been housed within the University Hospital complex since the four-year medical school was established in 1945.  When completed in 1971, the new facility was named in honor of Lister Hill, the former Senator and Congressman from Alabama who had spent over four decades in Washington as a proponent of, among others, medical libraries, medical education, and of healthcare for Americans.

    Image ID: P7.2.7, #1458

  • Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center opened, September 22, 1996

    Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center opened, September 22, 1996
    September 2021 Image of the Month
    Leonard Slatkin conducts the National Symphony Orchestra during the official opening of the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center on September 22, 1996.  The Jemison Concert Hall opened as part of the first phase of UAB's new fine arts facility.  The building's other venues, the Sirote Theatre, the Odess Theatre, and the Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall, would open three years later as part of phase two.  A new home for the Department of Theatre, phase three, would be opened in 2005.

    Image ID: P7.3.13, #1327

  • A new sign highlights the new University College, 1971

    University College students relax in front of new sign
    August 2021 Image of the Month
    On August 1, 1971, UAB's College of General Studies was reorganized and renamed as University College, an administrative entity initially consisting of four academic schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Education, and School of Engineering.  Dr. George W. Campbell, former dean of the College of General Studies and former director of the Birmingham Extension Center, became the inaugural Vice President for University College.  Students Judith Haney and Allen Barra, the editor of the Kaleidoscope student newspaper, helped the university promote the newly renamed entity.

    Image ID: P7.3.3, #0046

  • US Men's Soccer Team trains on the UAB campus, July 1996

    US Men's Soccer train on the UAB campus, July 1996
    July 2021 Image of the Month
    During the 1996 Summer Olympics, Birmingham's Legion Field hosted nine men's and women's soccer matches.  UAB provided practice space for several of the teams playing in the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games, including the US men's team.

    Earlier this year, UAB was announced as a host for the forthcoming World Games, to be held in Birmingham in July 2022.  Visiting athletes, coaches, and officials will be housed in UAB residence halls and four athletic competitions (lacrosse, tug-of-war, racquetball, and squash) will be hosted in venues on the UAB campus.  UAB Medicine will also be the official sponsor of medical services for the World Games.

    Image ID: 6.3 (UAB Soccer Media Guide, 1997)

  • UAB outdoor sculpture, circa 2000

    UAB outdoor sculpture, circa 2000
    June 2021 Image of the Month
    Installed in front of UAB's Bell Theatre, Central Axis, a cast iron, concrete, and steel piece by artist Harold "Skip" Van Houten, was acquired for the university's permanent collection as part of the 1996-1997 Samuel B. Barker Outdoor Sculpture Competition.  The competition was named in honor of arts patron and benefactor Dr. Samuel B. Barker, inaugural dean of the UAB Graduate School and a member of the university faculty for more than thirty years.  Dr. Barker, who acquired many art works for UAB, thought that a university should place art where students would experience it on a regular basis.

    Image ID:P7.3.13

  • Bracie Watson elected SGA president, May 1971

    Bracie Watson, Jr., Student Government Association President
    May 2021 Image of the Month
    In May 1971 senior Bracie Watson, Jr. (Biology), became the first African American student elected as president of the UAB student government association.  Watson was most likely the first African American student in the state of Alabama elected as the president of a student government association outside of the state's historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).

    Image ID:Annual Report yearbook

  • Dedication of Children's Hospital, 1961

    Dedication of Children's Hospital, 1961
    April 2021 Image of the Month
    On April 30, 1961, a dedication ceremony was held for the new Children's Hospital in the university medical center.  U.S. Senator Lister Hill (Ala.) was the featured speaker at the dedication.  Located on Sixth Avenue South, the $2.9 million hospital was a "new concept" in that it was built as a "complete hospital" for children from birth to the age of 18 years.  It was the only such institution in the state of Alabama and replaced an older facility located on 30th Street South.  Faculty, residents, staff, and students from the medical center have been connected to the hospital since it was first opened.

    Image ID: P7.2..7, #1433

  • UAB MedWise Takes the Stage at the Riverchase Galleria, 1994

    UAB MedWise Takes the Stage at the Riverchase Galleria, 1994
    March 2021 Image of the Month
    The UAB Blazer Band, conducted by band director Clifford Winter, performed for the crowds at the center court stage at the Galleria.  UAB MedWise, a life styles and outreach program for senior citizens, was established at UAB in 1991 with George N. Mickwee as program director.  In 1993 some 300 UAB personnel from across the university and medical center assisted with the week-long event at Hoover's Galleria.  MedWise included health screenings for the community, info talks on topics of interest to seniors, and entertainment by local and national artists.

    Image ID: P7.4.1, #1113

  • University College Building No. 1 and Mervyn H. Sterne Library at dusk, circa 1973

    University College Building No. 1 and Mervyn H. Sterne Library
    February 2021 Image of the Month

    University College Building No. 1 and Mervyn H. Sterne Library were among the first four buildings constructed for the new University College campus. The four buildings were dedicated during ceremonies held on May 20, 1973. In September 1983 Building No. 1 was rededicated as the School of Education Building. The education school moved out of its long-time home in 2020, and the building is slated for demolition in order to make way for a new Science and Engineering Complex.

    Image ID: P1, #0675

  • UAB National Alumni Society House Dedicated, 2011

    UAB National Alumni Society House Dedicated, 2011
    January 2021 Image of the Month
    President Carol Z. Garrison (far left), Malcolm Portera, chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System (far right), and other UAB associates cut the ribbon during the dedication ceremony for the UAB National Alumni Society House, January 20, 2011. 

    Image ID: A2018-13P

Mervyn H. Sterne Library

917 13th St S
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-6364

Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences

1700 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL

(205) 975-4821

Reynolds-Finley Historical Library

1700 University Blvd - 3rd Floor
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-4475

Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences

1700 University Blvd - 3rd Floor
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-4475

Lister Hill Library at University Hospital

615 18th Street S - P235 West Pavilion
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-2275

801 Building

801 5th Ave South
Room 1111
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-5432

J. Ellis Sparks Medical Library

301 Governors Drive SE - 3rd Floor
Huntsville, AL 35801

(256) 551-4405

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