The University of Alabama at Birmingham prides itself on a culture of cross-disciplinary collaboration, which could be why the university rocketed from 47th place in our 2007 survey to 5th place this year. An embodiment of UAB's cooperative spirit can be seen in the university's new Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, which opened in 2006. Since then immunologists, neurobiologists, and others have been setting up shop in its labs and offices.













