Bringing Artistry to the Streets of Carnival
USA alumni keep a tradition alive by designing and building floats for some of Mobile's most iconic Mardi Gras parading groups.
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Weather Center Gets New Name, Location
The Alabama Power USA Coastal Weather Research Center supports business and serves as a training ground for meteorology students.
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Author Patti Callahan to Hold Workshop
The Stokes Center for Creative Writing will host Callahan, who will conduct a writing workshop and discuss her historical novel.
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South Artist Wins Girl Scout Award
Freshman Grace Richardson earns the Girl Scouts' highest honor with a campaign inspired by a visit to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
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USA to Host Author Edwidge Danticat
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
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!
A puzzlehunt, math problem-solving event for middle and high school students will be held Jan. 25.
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A Global Perspective Shaped at Home
Marylyn Gafford speaks Spanish and Russian and has traveled abroad. Her globally minded focus started with a single visitor.
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'Everything He Did, He Did For His People'
Graduate student Fernando Guérard delved into archives as part of his research in creating a sculpture of Chief Calvin McGhee.
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Collecting History Through Conversation
An Honors College initiative is sending students and faculty into the Mobile-Tensaw Delta to record stories of its people.
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'Celebrate the Season' With South
The department of music will host its annual holiday concert Dec. 6 on campus. The community is invited to this free event.
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Phi Kappa Phi Names Scholar, Artist of 2019
Dr. Silas Leavesley and Dr. Laura Moore are recognized by the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
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Princeton Author, Professor to Speak
Dr. Tera W. Hunter, who explores the history of African American marriage and family, will be this year's Stallworth lecturer.
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Assessing the Health of Mobile Bay
USA receives $2.9 million to study how oysters, blue crab and speckled trout provide answers to environmental questions.
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Creativity + Critical Thinking = Math Circle
South students and professors have helped students grades 7th through 12th solve problems for the past 20 years.
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Creating Jobs, Housing and Room to Breathe
South alumnus Clyde Higgs leads one of the nation's most ambitious land use development projects at Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
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University Board of Trustees Scholar Named
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.
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Unusable, Inaccessible and Increasingly Scarce
A fourth of the world's population is under extremely high water stress. USA hydrologist Alex Beebe lists six reasons to conserve.
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How Did People Live 4,500 Years Ago?
College students from around the country hone their research skills studying ancient bones during a summer program at South.
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#MyFirstJob: Thomas 'Reid' Nelson
In a lab along the California coast, Reid Nelson researches ways to improve survival rates of juvenile salmon migrating to sea.