UAB's Community Solutions Collaborative: Classroom to City Action

0:00It's April 27th. You're listening to Birmingham News today, AI-powered local news. UAB just launched the Community Solutions Collaborative, pulling together three labs from their Criminal Justice Department to tackle real issues in. Birmingham, led by Professor Jeffrey Walker, Laura McClester, and Brandon Blankenship, in mixes digital forensics, law, and data science. The goal is simple. Give undergrads hands-on experience while boosting the local community. McClester's DragonSkills Lab crunches massive data sets from surveys and outside sources to spot trends and prevent problems. Blankenship's Praxis Legal Lab pairs students with partners on stuff like Freedom of Information Acrequests or Cold Case Work with the District, Attorney's Office. Meanwhile, McClester's Dragonized Spot trains kids in digital investigations through collaborative practice. Students love it. Reactions highlight how this build skills that matter. Following majors from Criminal Justice to Genetics and Beyond, it's open to undergrads

1:01and grads alike, creating a diverse crew focused on service learning that directly helps understaff groups thrive. All-engowing partnerships keep eroaling, like analyzing data for Woodlawn United's Community programs or teaming with Ed Farm to tech up K-12. Schools. One student's even tackling a thesis on Genetics and Law. This collaborative turns classroom theory into city action, prepping the next generation while lifting Birmingham one project at a time.