SSWO participates in the 2017 Homecoming parade

On a bright afternoon in early April—just weeks before this spring’s commencement ceremony—the hum of creative energy was unmistakable as University of Alabama at Birmingham students stepped inside Bash, a Vestavia Hills–based advertising agency.

UAB and partner institutions provide a playbook for launching research administration degree programs at 21 institutions in the United States and one in Namibia.

Supporting individual artists is key to Alabama’s creative growth, according to the ASCA. James Braziel and Jillian Marie Browning, faculty members at UAB, each received a $7,500 grant.