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  • Dr. Tony Waldrop, University of South Alabama president, talks with Beth Thomas, corporate communications manager for Alabama Power, inside the new Alabama Power USA Coastal Weather Research Center. The center provides weather forecasting to more than 100 clients.
    Weather Center Gets New Name, Location
    February 11, 2020
    The Alabama Power USA Coastal Weather Research Center supports business and serves as a training ground for meteorology students. ...
  • Author Patti Callahan, winner of the prestigious Harper Lee Award, will conduct a writing workshop and discuss her bestselling novel “Becoming Mrs. Lewis” Feb. 13 at the University of South Alabama.
    Author Patti Callahan to Hold Workshop
    February 11, 2020
    The Stokes Center for Creative Writing will host Callahan, who will conduct a writing workshop and discuss her historical novel. ...
  • Grace Richardson, a University of South Alabama freshman from Hoover, holds a painting that was part of her Project Aquarius campaign. She earned the Girl Scouts' Gold Award as a result of her work.
    South Artist Wins Girl Scout Award
    January 28, 2020
    Freshman Grace Richardson earns the Girl Scouts' highest honor with a campaign inspired by a visit to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. ...
  • Author Edwidge Danticat will discuss her writing on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 5 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. She will also lead a creative writing class during her visit.
    USA to Host Author Edwidge Danticat
    January 21, 2020
    The Haitian-born Danticat will visit Jan. 30. Her latest book, 'Everything Inside,' includes stories of her personal journey. ...
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    South Helps Host Jewish Film Festival
    January 14, 2020
    The Mobile Jewish Film Festival will run from Jan. 16 through Feb. 2. Several of the films will be shown on USA's campus. ...
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    Solve Puzzles! Break Codes! Roam USA's Campus!
    January 1, 2020
    A puzzelhunt, math problem-solving event for middle and high school students will be held Jan. 25. ...
  • Marylyn L. Gafford said her interest in a globally focused career began at home. “Once we started hosting exchange students,” she said, “I knew I wanted a more global career.”
    A Global Perspective Shaped at Home
    December 10, 2019
    Marylyn Gafford speaks Spanish and Russian and has traveled abroad. Her globally minded focus started with a single visitor. ...
  • Fernando Guérard, a graduate student at the University of South Alabama, watches as his sculpture of Chief Calvin McGhee is being cast in bronze at the Fairhope Foundry. “This man, his humbleness and his honesty, I really connected with,” Guerard says.
    'Everything He Did, He Did For His People'
    December 9, 2019
    Graduate student Fernando Guérard delved into archives as part of his research in creating a sculpture of Chief Calvin McGhee. ...
  • Ruby Bryan, a University of South Alabama student, joined Dr. Kathy Cooke, Honors College dean, and Dr. Kern Jackson, director of the African American Studies Program, for an interview on the Eastern Shore as part of an oral histories program. The interviews will be shared with the public in local library programs early next year.
    Collecting History Through Conversation
    December 9, 2019
    An Honors College initiative is sending students and faculty into the Mobile-Tensaw Delta to record stories of its people. ...
  • The community is invited to attend the "Celebrate the Season" holiday concert at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 6, at the USA Mitchell Center.
    'Celebrate the Season' With South
    November 22, 2019
    The department of music will host its annual holiday concert Dec. 6 on campus. The community is invited to this free event. ...
  • Dr. Laura Moore, left, associate professor and chair of music, and Dr. Silas Leavesley, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, were named respectively as Phi Kappa Phi’s artist and scholar of the year.
    Phi Kappa Phi Names Scholar, Artist of 2019
    November 15, 2019
    Dr. Silas Leavesley and Dr. Laura Moore are recognized by the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. ...
  • Dr. Tera W. Hunter, author and Edwards professor and scholar of gender, race and Southern history at Princeton University, is the guest speaker at this year's Stallworth Lecture. The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center.
    Princeton Author, Professor to Speak
    October 23, 2019
    Dr. Tera W. Hunter, who explores the history of African American marriage and family, will be this year's Stallworth lecturer. ...
  • Dr. John Lehrter, associate professor of marine sciences, and Ph.D. student Mai Fung will take part in a study to determine how oyster, blue crab and speckled trout respond to changes in their environment. “We’re looking at how do we manage the ecosystem both from the bottom up – water quality and habitat quality – and top down – fisheries management,” Lehrter said.
    Assessing the Health of Mobile Bay
    October 22, 2019
    USA receives $2.9 million to study how oysters, blue crab and speckled trout provide answers to environmental questions. ...
  • USA students John Pomerat, center, a sophomore computer science and mathematics major, along with Daniel Hodgins, a freshman engineering major, show Murphy High School student Mollee Bearden how to problem solve during a recent Math Circle session.
    Creativity + Critical Thinking = Math Circle
    October 15, 2019
    South students and professors have helped students grades 7th through 12th solve problems for the past 20 years. ...
  • University of South Alabama alumnus and Atlanta BeltLine CEO Clyde Higgs has spent his life's work at the intersection of private and public sectors, or, as he says, "where the magic exists." Photo courtesy of Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
    Creating Jobs, Housing and Room to Breathe
    October 1, 2019
    South alumnus Clyde Higgs leads one of the nation's most ambitious land use development projects at Atlanta BeltLine Inc. ...
  • Stephen Azar, second from right, is the University of South Alabama Board of Trustees Scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year. Azar is a freshman from St. Patrick High School in Biloxi, Miss. The scholarship is awarded annually to the most academically talented student in each incoming freshman class at USA. Joining Azar at the USA Board of Trustees meeting are, from left, 2018 scholar Cody Dunlap of Mobile, 2017 recipient Ada Chaeli van der Zijp-Tan of Madison, Ala., 2016 recipient Christian Manganti of Gulfport, Miss., Board of Trustees chair pro tempore Jimmy Shumock; Rana Azar, Stephen Azar's mother; Azar, and University President Tony Waldrop.
    University Board of Trustees Scholar Named
    September 13, 2019
    Stephen Azar, who scored a perfect 36 on his ACT, is named the 2019-20 Board of Trustees Scholar. He plans to major in biology. ...
  • Dr. Alex Beebe, an associate professor in the department of earth sciences, said an adult requires a minimum of about three liters of water each day to survive. The average U.S. citizen uses more than 200 liters every day.
    Unusable, Inaccessible and Increasingly Scarce
    August 7, 2019
    A fourth of the world's population is under extremely high water stress. USA hydrologist Alex Beebe lists six reasons to conserve. ...
  • Participants in a summer forum, financed by a $293,914 National Science Foundation REU grant, study pieces of a skull loaned to Dr. Lesley Gregoricak, associate professor of anthropology at South, and Dr. Jamie Ullinger, associate professor of anthropology at Quinnipac University, by the government of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE. The students collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of dynamic scientists while conducting original research over an eight-week period.
    How Did People Live 4,500 Years Ago?
    July 23, 2019
    College students from around the country hone their research skills studying ancient bones during a summer program at South. ...
  • Thomas “Reid” Nelson credits South’s Ph.D. program in marine sciences with having the resources and range of expertise in faculty to support his research interests and education. He works in a National Marine Fisheries Service lab with other scientists from UC Santa Cruz.
    #MyFirstJob: Thomas 'Reid' Nelson
    July 22, 2019
    In a lab along the California coast, Reid Nelson researches ways to improve survival rates of juvenile salmon migrating to sea. ...
  • Dr. T. Grant Glover, seated, demonstrates an early-stage prototype of the next-generation carbon dioxide scrubber being developed for the International Space State. Colleagues Dr. Matthew Reichert, from left, standing; Dr. James Davis and Dr. Kevin West are colleagues on the research project, which is financed by a $1.1 million grant from NASA.
    South Awarded $3.8 Million for Ionic Liquids
    July 18, 2019
    USA researchers are leading the way in developing liquid salt as an environmentally friendly solvent, on Earth and in outer space. ...
  • Dr. Sarah Koon-Magnin, associate professor of political science and criminal justice, works with volunteers who act as advocates for sexual assault victims. The work is done through Lifelines Counseling Services of Mobile.
    Examining the 'Disclosure Experience'
    July 18, 2019
    The #MeToo movement has brought focus to sexual assault. Dr. Sarah Koon-Magnin works to make talking about it less traumatic. ...
  • Zane Patterson's official title at Shipshape Urban Farms is account manager. But working at a start-up means pitching in wherever he's needed, and Patterson said he thrives on that culture. "I enjoy the flexibility of entrepreneurship,” he said.
    #MyFirstJob: Zane Patterson
    June 17, 2019
    An account manager at Shipshape Urban Farms, Zane Patterson thrives on start-up culture. 'I get to help shape this business.' ...
  • Andrew Conniff, who earned a strategic communication degree from the University of South Alabama in 2017, was named 2019 Photojournalist of the Year by the Alabama Broadcasters Association.
    Creating His Own Story, Telling Others'
    June 13, 2019
    Andrew Conniff, who earned a strategic communication degree from South in 2017, is named 2019 Photojournalist of the Year. ...
  • Dr. Ken Heck, professor emeritus, and Alex Rodriguez, a technician in Heck's lab, look at seagrass samples from near Port St. Joe, Fla., as part of their research to find ways for replenishing the grasses.
    Protecting the Gulf's Underwater Nurseries
    May 31, 2019
    Propellers, hurricanes and even sea turtles pose a threat to Gulf of Mexico seagrass. South researchers aim to reverse its decline. ...
  • Dr. David Meola, the Bert and Fanny Meisler Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies and director of the Jewish and Holocaust Studies Program, will research the involvement of Jewish Germans in the German liberal and democratic movement of the 1830s and 1840s as a Fulbright Scholar.
    South Professor Awarded Fulbright
    April 5, 2019
    Dr. David Meola, director of the Jewish and Holocaust Studies Program, will conduct research in Germany for two summers. ...

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