How Donor Dollars Saved a Rock Star: “I never imagined it would be used on me.”

For more than a year J. Ryan Humphreys, M.D. campaigned for a UAB St. Vincent’s East Emergency Department ultrasound machine. “It was kind of my baby,” he says. “I thought this would be a very valuable piece of equipment. So, the Foundation got it for us, and it was fantastic.” Humphreys was so proud of […]
The Newtons, The Foundation, and College Gameday: How One Family Honored Their Loved One


While other football fans reminisce this fall about the pre-COVID joys of packed stadiums, tailgating, and campus-wide celebrations, Jane Newton remembers watching 2019 college football on a tiny hospital TV screen. She particularly recalls jumping from her seat one Saturday to see the replay of Tide running back Najee Harris hurdling over a defender. “I […]