Category Education
Attention all education innovators, AT&T Aspire Accelerator is taking applications
AT7TAT&T Got a solution to an education challenge we face? If you have an innovative education venture, AT&T wants to know about it…and just maybe they will help you  make that idea become a reality! With investment money, expenses, mentoring and access…
Online programs rank high for UAB and Samford in 2017 U.S. News and World Report
Great news has been reported for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Samford University. In a 2017 U.S. News and World Report ranking of best online programs in the nation, both universities land high on the list.
Sharks swam in Alabama’s inland seas; now one is named for Bear Bryant.
Imagine a time when Alabama was at least partially covered by a sea and huge woolly mammoths and mastodons roamed the land…and a shark now named after legend Paul “Bear”Bryant swam in the waters. Meet Cretalamna bryanti.
Birmingham’s weekly event guide: January 11-17
New franchises, basketball as you don’t get to see every day, Russian ballet, and lots of classes! Find out what’s going on in Birmingham in the second January event guide.
Consider these 10 simple good deeds this holiday season
Between end-of-year work pressures, decorating, holiday shopping and entertaining we often forget that the easiest way to spread a little joy might be doing a simple good deed. Take a look at our list of good deeds, and our spot-light…
Birmingham-Southern College and UAB join forces for nursing program
Birmingham-Southern College and UAB have created a new partnership to help nursing students earn their graduate degree faster.
BIS Story Time: Teaching Our Children Well
Back in November, Ashfaq Taufique from the Birmingham Islamic Society (BIS), told me about BIS’s Story Time at the N.E. Miles Jewish Day School and how they’d like Bham Now to do a piece about the event. I’ve written several…
Woodlawn revitalization: Ending the cycle of poverty through education, housing and wellness
Sponsored The Woodlawn Foundation was founded in 2010 by Mike and Gillian Goodrich to be the lead organization for the holistic revitalization of the Woodlawn community.
Birmingham’s Southern Museum of Flight will have a new home
The Southern Museum of Flight, right here in Birmingham, is home to over 100 different aircrafts, flight artifacts, photography and unique engines. The museum will be moving to an exciting new location soon.
UAB awarded $3.5 million in federal grants to help Birmingham high school students, UAB undergrads
Two of the grants will benefit  students from Carver, Jackson-Olin, Parker, Tarrant and Bessemer high schools.
As World AIDS Day approaches, Birmingham prepares to remember and continues to support
AIDS is no longer the death sentence it once was. Â In fact, with careful management, people living with AIDS can live almost entirely normal lives. Â With World AIDS Day (which promotes awareness, not AIDS) approaching, what are Birminghamians doing?
Have something to say about Birmingham City Schools? Here’s your opportunity:
Share your ideas with Birmingham City School Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring tonight!
AT&T unveils honorees for Alabama African-American History Calendar
AT&T unveiled the Alabama African-American History Calendar for 2018. The calendar will be a tribute to these Alabamians and a valuable, inspirational resource for educators and parents.
Birmingham Public Library Archives presents two WWI events in November
It seems fitting that Birmingham, home of so many college campuses, and the first place to celebrate Veterans Day, will have two programs  honoring veterans, and exploring our country’s military campaigns and the history surrounding them.