Full News Archive
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Businessman Elliot B. Maisel Donates $5 Million to Whiddon College of Medicine
The gift is the largest from an individual for the facility that will allow the University to graduate more physicians and enhance ...
September 13, 2024 -
USA Receives $2.5 Million EPA Grant
The Gulf Coast Environmental Equity Center will fund projects focused on improving water quality and reducing pollution. ...
September 9, 2024 -
Enrollment Grows for Second Consecutive Year
More students than ever are living on campus as enrollment at the University of South Alabama tops 14,000. ...
September 9, 2024 -
Paper Trail
A mechanical engineering graduate starts his career at an International Paper mill in Bogalusa, Louisiana. #MyFirstJob ...
September 6, 2024 -
South Creates Office of Military Services
The expansion of support for active-duty members of the U.S. military, their dependents and veterans will be led by David Blair, a ...
September 3, 2024 -
School of Computing Alumni Connect at Summer DOE Internship
USA doctoral student Tristan Clark and Dr. Tristen Mullins worked together over the summer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ...
August 30, 2024 -
A View to the Future
Finance major Gabriel Kucala turns a summer internship into an extended stay, then a full-time job with Airbus on the 26th floor o ...
August 29, 2024 -
South's Collegiate 100 Chapter Finishes Second in National Competition
South's Collegiate 100 chapter recently placed second for their research presentation at the 100 Black Men of America's ...
August 26, 2024 -
James Named College of Engineering Dean
Dr. Darryl James will lead South's College of Engineering after serving more than 30 years at Texas Tech University. His focu ...
August 26, 2024 -
Engineering Honor Society Recognizes USA's Dr. John Steadman
The Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society names Dr. John Steadman its 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner. ...
August 23, 2024 -
Pence Wins National Poetry Fellowship
Charlotte Pence, director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing recently won a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American ...
August 21, 2024 -
Exhibit Brings Substance Use Disorder into the Light
USA is collaborating with the INTO LIGHT Project to host the exhibition, "Drug Addiction: Real People, Real Stories," Th ...
August 21, 2024 -
Code Mode
After learning software development at South, this information systems graduate landed a job with an international consulting firm ...
August 20, 2024 -
Leading Role
Students in South's Honors College kick off the semester early with a retreat. It's a tight-knit group whose members enr ...
August 16, 2024 -
South Alumna Receives Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
South mechanical engineering graduate, Julia Nelson has been selected as a 2024 Phi Kappa Phi recipient. ...
August 16, 2024 -
USA Receives $1 Million Grant to Create Semiconductor Package
National Science Foundation grant will be used to create and develop a semiconductor course package within the College of Engineer ...
August 16, 2024 -
Student Success Summit Features Engaging and Empowering Sessions
The Student Success Summit at South connects students with university resources while fostering relationships among students, facu ...
August 14, 2024 -
Launching a Career
After restarting the student rocket program at South, an engineering graduate lands a job with a missile defense firm in Huntsvill ...
August 13, 2024 -
Archaeology Open House Showcases the Dig
South's Center for Archaeological Studies holds summer open house for students, faculty and staff to see what happens after t ...
August 6, 2024 -
First Impression
Mackenzie Endres had no idea that a casual phone conversation would lead to part-time work and, eventually, her first full-time jo ...
August 5, 2024 -
USA Faculty-Student Team to Support Community Public History Project
Students and faculty from South's history department will help create a community public history project for Africatown. ...
August 5, 2024 -
South Launches New Faculty Ambassador Program
Dr. Bhushan Lohar, an assistant professor of systems engineering, is one of several faculty members promoting global engagement an ...
July 30, 2024 -
Casting A Wider Net
A $3 million award will expand the South Alabama Mesonet system across more than a third of the state and help provide timely warn ...
July 29, 2024 -
Weather Expert to Speak at USA by the Bay in August
Dr. Sytske Kimball will speak at the USA by the Bay Eastern Shore Speaker Series Aug. 8, at the Baldwin County campus in Fairhope. ...
July 24, 2024 -
Davis Named Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
USA Associate Professor Dr. Wesley Davis to be inducted into the 2024 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. ...
July 23, 2024 -
'Fishmas' in July
For 35 years, South's marine science students have looked forward to the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. ...
July 23, 2024 -
Future of the Field
South's Nicholas Sheppard has been selected to the Society of Research Administrators International's Future of the Fiel ...
July 22, 2024 -
USA Scientist Receives $300,000 Grant for Alzheimer's Study
Dr. Amy R. Nelson, assistant professor of physiology and cell biology, accepted the award in Columbia, South Carolina ...
July 17, 2024 -
Tuned In
Speech pathology graduate Caroline Locke turns her South degrees and pediatric training into a position in rehabilitation services ...
July 17, 2024 -
USA Hosts Traumatic Brain Injury Camp
USA recently partnered with the Alabama Head Injury Foundation for a three-day camp for survivors and families dealing with life-a ...
July 10, 2024 -
South Engineers Win 'Living With a Star' Grant from NASA
Dr. Edmund Spencer and Mohamed Shaban hope to be able to predict solar substorms with the help of artificial intelligence. ...
July 9, 2024 -
Picking Up the Pace
A full-time day shift in the emergency department at USA Health University Hospital keeps nursing graduate Luke Thomas's adre ...
July 8, 2024 -
Passionflower Species Named in Honor of Late Biology Professor
Dr. Brian Axsmith, who passed away in 2020, is honored with the naming of a previously undescribed species of passionflower he dis ...
July 2, 2024 -
Jags' Football Coach Major Applewhite To Speak In Fairhope
The first year head coach highlights the USA by the Bay Eastern Shore Speaker Series Thursday, July 11, 2024. ...
July 2, 2024 -
2024 Greek Awards Celebrates Fraternities and Sororities
The annual awards ceremony recognizes members of the Inter-Fraternity Council, College Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellen ...
July 2, 2024 -
Kills and Thrills
Hannah Maddux, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees at South, made her debut as a professional indoor volleyball p ...
June 28, 2024 -
U.S. Senate and House Commend South on 60th Anniversary
Alabama's Congressional delegation recently supported resolutions highlighting the University's 60th anniversary. ...
June 18, 2024 -
Sending Sentinels Into the Storm
As the hurricane season begins, South's Dr. Bret Webb is part of a research effort that, for the first time, is gathering det ...
June 14, 2024 -
South's Common Read Offers Food for Thought
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People and Communities is the 2024-25 Common Read book selection for 2024-25. ...
June 12, 2024 -
Keeping Up with Demand
The Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences gets an $8 million expansion to meet surging undergraduate enrollment. ...
June 7, 2024 -
South Announces First Endowed Deanship
Dr. Michael Capella is the Abraham A. Mitchell Endowed Dean, the first of its kind at the University, in the Mitchell College of B ...
June 7, 2024 -
Prestigious Science Journal Publishes USA Professors' Paper
Three South professors' paper on major issues facing the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is published by prestigious journal Scienc ...
June 4, 2024 -
Only Scratching the Surface
An anthropology class gets a peek into the past during an archaeological dig in a student's backyard. ...
May 31, 2024 -
South Creates 'Growing Up Down the Bay' Exhibit
The exhibit depicts what life was like for children growing up in the "Down the Bay" neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s ...
May 21, 2024 -
South Students Win Record Number of Gilman Scholarships
Seven students received awards to study abroad beginning this summer. ...
May 21, 2024 -
Civil, Coastal and Environmental Engineering Department Awarded Two Grants
The National Institute of Standards and Technology grants will allow for the development of learning modules, curriculum and textb ...
May 17, 2024 -
Gregoricka Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
USA anthropology professor Dr. Lesley Gregoricka will travel to the United Arab Emirates to examine prehistoric human skeletons. ...
May 14, 2024 -
USA Researchers Spot Great White Shark Off Alabama Coast
White sharks are rarely seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Researchers named her Miss Pawla, in honor of South's mascot. ...
May 7, 2024 -
A Feat of Engineering ... and Design
Lawrence Stoudemire went vertical with his elaborately decorated mortar board ...
May 6, 2024 -
'Nobody Knows How to Rally Like a Jaguar'
Commencement was a first for students whose high school graduations were upended amid the COVID pandemic. ...
May 4, 2024