1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (354+ words) The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) will host its 40th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast on Monday, January 19 bringing together community leaders, educators, students, and residents to begin a day centered on reflection, education, and unity. The event will…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1067+ words) By Javacia Harris Bower | Alabama News Center This month,Jacqueline Allen Trimble" an award-winning poet and professor of English and chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures atAlabama State University" will be commissioned byGov. Kay Iveyas the new poet…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (266+ words) Seniors in Birmingham City Schools who want to attend a four-year college or university have until Feb. 1 to complete their Birmingham Promise scholarship application " a deadline that is coming months earlier than in years past. Birmingham Promise provides up to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (367+ words) By Anthony Cook | Alabama News Center The Birmingham Chapter of AABE partnered with the'Alabama Power Foundation'to present the hackathon last month at' Alabama Power' headquarters in downtown Birmingham. The purpose is to introduce students to human-centered design thinking and foster…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (858+ words) By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Maurice Arrington is more than the current band director at William J. Christian K-8 School. For the past seven years, he has been a crowd favorite as Saxophone Santa during Birmingham City Schools's All City Music…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1176+ words) By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times Maria Manuel, a ninth-grade student at Huffman High School, wants to be an ultrasound technician. "The most interesting thing I learned in this program is about the diet, what people are not supposed to…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (620+ words) By Angel Pine and Tehreem Khan | UAB News During the holiday season, many parents search for toys that support healthy development. The brain grows fastest in the first three months of life, with the second-fastest period occurring between three and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (408+ words) The Birmingham Times " The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Tuesday announced the appointment of"Deborah V. Bowie as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Bowie is no stranger to Birmingham. Earlier in her career, she served as Chief of…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (598+ words) By Grant Martin | www.uab.edu Devin Manigault arrived at the'University of Alabama at Birmingham'in pursuit of two lifelong dreams: to play college football and to become a civil engineer. Nearly four years later, he is leaving UAB as an…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) By Nathan Watson | BhamNow i3 Academy, a tuition-free public charter school'network in Birmingham, recently announced a new partnership with the A.G. Gaston Business Institute to implement its successful START SMART Youth Entrepreneurship program in i3 classrooms. Consisting of eight weekly class sessions, the…...