Gail Allyn Short
Magic City Data Collective steers students toward data science fields
Magic City Data Collective steers students toward data science fields
Spotlight: Jefferson County
Jefferson County spans 1,111 square miles in north central Alabama. It is the state’s most populous county with 659,680 people. Alabama’s largest city, Birmingham,...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Culture & Recreation
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument • The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is dedicated to telling the history of Black Americans and their fight...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Higher Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
UAB is a research university and academic medical center and a major economic driver in Jefferson County.
With more than 22,500...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Community Development
Jefferson County is preparing the way for new companies and existing national companies to move in or reinvest their dollars and create new jobs...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Movers & Shapers
Jason Alexander is president and CEO of Ascension St. Vincent’s and executive vice president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System/Ascension...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Health Care
UAB Health System
On its website, UAB Medicine’s charge is clear: “UAB Medicine’s mission is to deliver world-class patient care to the residents of Alabama...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Economic Engines
Health Care
The health care industry in Jefferson County is one of Alabama’s largest employers. In Birmingham alone, an estimated 59,000 people are employed in...
Byars|Wright Gets Growing
Haig Wright II was the 30-year-old president of his father, Dick Wright’s, insurance agency, Primm-Wright Inc., when in 1990, the agency merged with Byars...
How PPP Loans saved some Alabama businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the $961 billion emergency fund to help businesses stay afloat financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, came to a close...