Brendon Hathaway, sophomore in history, received an email on Friday, May 1 stating that on Monday, he would need to arrive on campus by 7 a.m. to pick up his belongings left in Camp Hall. Unlike the other dorms, students from Camp Hall were not able to go directly to their dorms to pick up their belongings left in their dorms and instead were asked to arrive at another location to pick up boxes that had been packed by a moving company hired by UAB. Recently, Camp Hall was the dorm announced by UAB that Camp Hall will house health…
Author: Sufia Alam
Sufia Alam
Sufia Alam serves as the Editor in Chief of the Kaleidoscope. She is a second year student pursuing her Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. Here expected graduation data is April 2020.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Safety (CARES) Act under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund will allocate about $14 billion on grants to colleges around the county according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Caleb Wood Multimedia Reporter calwood@uab.edu The Ad Council has released a ton of public service announcements to inform the public about the coronavirus during our global pandemic. Some are better than others though, so here is a countdown of the Ad Council’s Coronavirus Public Service Announcements from Worst to Best. First Lady Coronavirus Response (60 Seconds) The information is a change of pace from most of the ads. It focuses on trying to stay connected as a family in this trying time. The graphics are cute. It is not as rushed as some of the shorted PSAs. But there’s no ignoring the obvious. It is…
Sufia AlamEditor in Chief sufia@uab.edu UAB will be collaborating with the biopharmaceutical company Altimmune, Inc. for preclinical testing of a potential vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease. AdCOVID, the name of the vaccine, is a single-dose vaccine candidate, that is delivered by an internal spray. “We are eager to collaborate with Altimmune on this important project,” said Frances E. Lund, the Charles H. McCauley Professor and Chair for the UAB Department of Microbiology. “The expertise and infrastructure at UAB will be invaluable to the rapid progression of this vaccine into clinical studies,” she added. Six UAB labs will work together on this…