Noelle Annonen

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UAB opens new engineering school building

3 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

After two years of construction, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has a new home for its engineering school. Staff cut the ribbon for the Frances and Miller Gorrie Hall Tuesday morning. “This is a once in a 40-year event for us,” UAB School of Engineering Dean Jeffrey Holmes said, pointing out that his school’s previous building opened in 1983.
Why did Alabama families drop their challenge to an anti-transgender law?

4 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Sara O’Neal is leaving the state. She’s following her daughter, who left Alabama to live somewhere that is safer for transgender people, like herself. “Why would I live somewhere where if my daughter came to visit, there’s a 50 percent or greater chance that she would be ostracized or marginalized,” O’Neal said. O’Neal and her daughter Sydney had to scramble to get hormone medications back in 2022.
How new at-home HPV test kits could help Alabama fight cervical cancer

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening kit. That disease causes nearly all cervical cancers. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reports Alabama is consistently among the top five states for rates of cervical cancer. While some hope the new kits might turn things around, others have questions. The new kits, made by Teal Health, come with a swab for collecting vaginal samples, which are then mailed to a lab for screening.
Could calligraphy help with anxiety? This study aims to find out

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Fourth-year University of Alabama at Birmingham medical student Heather McKelvey laid out sheets of paper across a rubber mat. In broad, sweeping brush strokes, she wrote out the word “calligraphy” in ink. She carefully pulls the tail of the letter Y into an elegant swirl before precisely dotting the letter i. People have a lot of strategies for dealing with anxiety – medication, therapy or exercise, for instance. But a new study overseen by McKelvey explored a different method – calligraphy.
Author revives forgotten stories through historical fiction novel based in Birmingham

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park southwest of Birmingham is still covered with leaves shed from last fall, and new, green underbrush is just beginning to peek up from underneath it. University of Alabama English Professor Barry Cole and his husband walk through the park. “It’s quite a nice local touristy place,” Cole said.
Coca-Cola Amphitheater poised to open mid-June

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

With just six weeks until the first show, construction at the new Coca Cola Amphitheater north of downtown Birmingham is still underway. Piles of gravel and other construction materials surround the open air amphitheater, hugged by neighborhood streets and the remains of the Carraway Hospital. But the future loading bay is smooth with freshly laid pavement and construction workers are busily finishing up landscaping and adding the finishing touches to the dressing rooms.
UA graduates take in the opportunity to hear a sitting president speak

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Despite being introduced by beloved former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban, President Donald Trump received the loudest welcome of the night when he took the stage at Coleman Coliseum on the university campus Thursday night. He spoke at a special ceremony ahead of the UA commencement ceremonies. “I can say at some point in time that I got to see the president in real life and at my graduation,” graduate Lexi Morrell said.
How a rural clinic is changing lives in Alabama and why it’s at risk

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Cahaba Medical Care, a collection of clinics that get doctors into some of the poorest, sickest communities in Alabama, never turns away patients. But a federal grant that supports the doctors there is at risk of getting cut in the midst of the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize. WBHM’s Noelle Annonen sat down with Stephanie McCrummen, staff writer for The Atlantic, who reported on the clinic. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Let’s start with an introduction.
Former Birmingham-Southern College students enjoy a graduation tradition for the last time

1 month ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Clicking heels echoed across an empty Birmingham-Southern College campus as girls in white dresses and others in flowing graduation gowns gathered with their former classmates on Tuesday. A year after Birmingham-Southern closed, having succumbed to financial mismanagement, former students who are graduating this spring from Samford University visited the campus to capture a bit of tradition. “It’s sentimental,” Graduating student Victoria Langevine said.
Celebrating 100 years of speech arts in Birmingham

2 months ago | wbhm.org | Noelle Annonen

Women in flowing dresses and glittering cardigans filled the Virginia Samford Theater in Birmingham on a recent afternoon. They excitedly greeted, embraced and laughed with their friends as they made their way to their seats. Once there, they fell into a hushed anticipation. The event was a celebration for the one hundredth anniversary of the Speech Arts Club of Birmingham. The speaker, Ellise Mayor, opened the gathering in typical fashion: with a speech.