We love sharing good news with you, Birmingham. Especially when it concerns students and their success! Local schools recently released their Dean’s and President’s Lists for the fall 2018 semester. Bham Now wants to acknowledge and celebrate the success of…
Sponsored Since The Altamont School’s computer science (CS) curriculum was introduced three years ago, there has been an explosion of interest and growth. Nearly a third of the school’s student body takes a CS class.
If you’re a high school student interested in engineering, an internship where you learn bicycle mechanics is a pretty sweet gig. That’s exactly what one local senior is doing this semester. It’s all thanks to partnerships between Redemptive Cycles, Birmingham…
THE YARD is a national initiative whose goal is to take HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) across the country from surviving to thriving. So what is the THE YARD’s blueprint for success? None other than Birmingham’s own Miles College.
If you’ve ever wanted to take an intimate glimpse inside Alabama’s judicial history, head over to Vulcan Park and Museum Tuesday, February 26 5:30 – 7 PM. You’ll hear an enlightening panel discussion featuring three of Birmingham’s top minds on…
Every school day, Alabama bus drivers travel 488,000 miles—the equivalent of 20 trips around the earth—while safely transporting our most precious cargo. Every year a national event called “Love the Bus,” held locally in Pelham, honors their service.
Sponsored Are you kicking yourself because you forgot to register for the Samford Academy of the Arts classes and workshops this past January? Or do you think it is too late to sign up your child for summer camp?
Stage I approval has been secured from the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. Now plans move ahead for a new science and engineering complex on UAB’s urban campus in Birmingham.
On Wednesday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin addressed a school-wide Black History Month Assembly at The Altamont School.
On Saturday, February 2, 5-8PM, you will find McWane Science Center transformed into a magical world filled with acrobatics, intrigue and the forces of nature. It’s all part of Beaker Bash Carnivale 2019, McWane’s big annual fundraiser.
Sponsored Are leaders born or made? Students at The Altamont School strive to answer that question through participation in the school’s C. Kyser Miree Ethical Leadership Center.
Sponsored “Think globally, act locally.” When it comes to dining services on a university campus, such as UAB, one local sustainability initiative can make a huge impact on the environment. Take for example, plastic straws.
What’s out: teachers dipping into their own pockets for basic classroom supplies. (Seriously, boo.) What’s in: local high school students on the Birmingham Youth Action Committee raising $5,000 to give back to teachers. The youth-led nonprofit delivered 53 boxes of…
Birmingham had a major presence at a roundtable held by President of U.S. Conference of Mayors Steven Benjamin on January 22, prior to the opening of the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Washington D.C. The topic: HBCU’s (Historically…
By all accounts the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ total lunar eclipse did not disappoint last night in Birmingham.