Academics News Archive
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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 Business. ...
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 Science. ...
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 textbook. ...
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 -
'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 -
USA Engineering Students Design Public Park for City of Mobile
College of Engineering students seize on the opportunity to work with the City of Mobile for their senior design project. ...
May 1, 2024 -
A Passion for Tarantulas
Biology major Jorjia Elmore's research on venomous animals is leading her to medical school. ...
April 30, 2024 -
Jaguar Senior Medallion Members Inducted
Twenty-four seniors were recognized for outstanding academic and leadership achievements, service and engagement, and Jaguar pride. ...
April 26, 2024 -
Dr. Matthew Pettway Named Fulbright Scholar
Pettway will teach and conduct research as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Brazil from August through December of this year. ...
April 24, 2024 -
USA Launches New Hospitality and Tourism Concentrations
Global leadership and events marketing and management concentrations will be available beginning in the fall for students majoring in hospitality and tourism management. ...
April 17, 2024 -
Mortar Board Receives National Award, Initiates New Members
South's chapter of Mortar Board has received the Ruth Weimer Mount Chapter Excellence Award as best chapter in the nation. ...
April 17, 2024 -
USA Administrator Named as Faculty at National Institute
Dr. Mike Wilkinson has been chosen as a faculty member for 2024 New Professionals Institute. ...
April 16, 2024 -
South Earns National Designation for Cybersecurity Research
USA's School of Computing awarded a designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Research. ...
April 16, 2024 -
Case Study
South engineering students tackle a senior project to design a battery case that could contain fires and warn users during air transport. ...
April 16, 2024 -
USA Student Government Leaders Elected
Junior marketing major Hank Rader has been elected as president of South's Student Government Association for 2024-25. ...
April 8, 2024 -
Rachmaninoff and Research
A South engineering and music student wins a Goldwater Scholarship for his science research, while also performing at Carnegie Hall. ...
April 8, 2024 -
5 Things to Know About the Solar Eclipse
South physicist Dr. Albert A. Gapud gives a primer on next week's astronomical event 鈥� and explains when a total eclipse will next reach Alabama's Gulf Coast. ...
April 2, 2024 -
Undergraduate Researchers Honored at National Conference
USA biomedical sciences majors Connor Holm and Anita Nguyen are accepted into the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. ...
April 2, 2024 -
Super Commuters
One crosses the equator line, the other eight time zones. Both Danny Navarrete and Noah Farhadi get an early start to classes at the Mitchell College of Business. ...
March 25, 2024 -
Raines Highlights By the Bay Eastern Shore Speaker Series
Ben Raines will present "Saving the Clotilda and America's Amazon: A Prescription for South Alabama's Future" April 4. ...
March 25, 2024 -
South Selected to Participate in International Academic Partnership Program
USA will be one of 19 U.S. institutions participating in the International Academic Partnership Program focusing on Thailand. ...
March 25, 2024