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UAB Center for AIDS Research receives $7.5 million grant renewal

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) received a $7.5 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to further their research in therapeutics, prevention, community-engaged research, and clinical manifestations and pathogenesis of HIV and related disorders.  Now in its 31st year of research, UAB’s CFAR will … Continued
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July 4, 2019

Trump nominates Austin Huffaker for U.S. District Court

President Donald Trump announced Monday the appointment of Austin Huffaker, Jr. to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Huffaker is a shareholder at Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A, where his practice focuses on complex commercial, product and lender liability and professional malpractice litigation. Huffaker also … Continued
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July 2, 2019

Emails show Culverhouse dispute unrelated to abortion legislation

Newly released emails show the dispute between The University of Alabama and Hugh Culverhouse Jr. began at least four days before Culverhouse called for a boycott of the school following the state’s passage of restrictive abortion legislation. University officials said in a statement they considered returning Culverhouse’s donation, the largest financial gift in the University’s … Continued
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June 10, 2019
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The privilege of privilege

Lots of people are up in arms, and rightly so, about those wealthy, privileged parents who illegally rigged the college admissions system to accept their little over-privileged children when their brats wouldn’t have otherwise qualified. When we observe those privileged parents’ progeny in their natural habitat, we just turn away in disgust. Aunt Becky’s (actress … Continued
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March 28, 2019

UAB to host Symposium on Disability Rights this month

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Institute for Human Rights and Center for Disability Health and Rehabilitation Science will team up with the Lakeshore Foundation on Feb. 21 and 22 to host the Symposium for Disability Rights. The three groups join together to help those who are disabled know their rights, as well as focus … Continued
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February 8, 2019