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University of Alabama at Birmingham students, faculty and staff gave 316 hours of community service Friday, March 26, for Into the Streets.
It is the 22nd year of this student-led day of service, a university tradition at UAB and mission pillar of UAB’s strategic plan, Forging the Future. Nearly 140 volunteers worked at 14 sites around Birmingham, with six community partners, while also practicing health-promoting behavior.
The program was updated to meet the school’s COVID-19 social event guidelines for students, which are designed to protect the campus community. All campus safety protocols applied, including Healthcheck. In adherence to social distancing guidelines and healthy behavior protocols, volunteers went directly to their service sites; in some cases, fewer volunteers were able to participate due to social distancing recommendations. Student and faculty/staff site leaders led each group and helped make sure everyone was working safely and participants abid
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Did Alabama’s Roscoe Hall make the first cut on ‘Top Chef’?
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No one wants to be the first contestant eliminated on a reality TV show.
But that’s exactly what happened to Alabama’s Roscoe Hall on the Season 18 premiere of “Top Chef.”
Hall, a Birmingham resident and the culinary director for Post Office Pies, was one of 15 chefs featured on Thursday’s episode of the Bravo series. That makes him part of a prestigious crew, chosen to display his skills and talents for a national audience and the show’s three primary judges: Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.
Sharp decline in Flu and Colds: Will masks stick around? Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged in the U.S. and other countries, masks became key to reducing the virus spread. But they did more than just prevent people from getting or spreading COVID-19 they also appear to be the reason why cases of the flu, cold and other respiratory diseases are down significantly in the last year.
And as a post-pandemic future becomes more clear with the vaccine rollout well underway, health experts are wondering if masks will stick around in the U.S. after COVID-19 is finally in the rear view.
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