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  • Dr. Susan Gordon-Hickey

    Gordon-Hickey Named Allied Health Dean
    March 1, 2023

    Dr. Susan Gordon-Hickey will lead the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions in the permanent role after serving as interim dean. ...
  • Students from the University of South 成人快播's College of Engineering presented their research projects at the 102nd Transportation Research Board's Annual Meetings in Washington D.C. From left are P.h.D. students Pranesh Biswas and Moynur Rahman; Dr. Min-Wook Kang, professor of civil, coastal and 成人快播 engineering; Dr. Shenghua Wu, assistant professor of civil, coastal and 成人快播 engineering; Cade Marty, a civil engineering major; and Michael Cottrell, a mechanical engineering major.

    'High Bar'
    February 1, 2023

    Cade Marty, who throws the javelin for South, recently reached new heights off the track with a paper on recycled asphalt accepted for publication. ...
  • Dr. Khaldoon Nusair, the new department head for Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of South 成人快播, said the future of South's program includes specializations in the major. Here, Nusair stands in the middle of downtown Mobile's entertainment district – a popular draw for both locals and tourists with restaurants, music and event venues, and lodging.

    New Host For Hospitality
    January 19, 2023

    Dr. Khaldoon Nusair, an internationally recognized marketing scholar, looks to niche opportunities in the market as the new chair of Hospitality and Tourism Management. ...
  • graphic that shows vaccine bottles

    Health Myths, Health Risks
    December 14, 2022

    South researchers will study links between social media and vaccine misinformation in African American communities. ...
  • Lynne Chronister, vice president of research and economic development at the University of South 成人快播

    South Vice President Named National Council on Research Chair
    December 14, 2022

    The Council on Research for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities named Lynne Chronister as its chair. ...
  • Sunset, glass artwork by Matthew Patterson from his Catalysts series

    Wanted: Gulf Scholars
    December 13, 2022

    A new research program at South will select students from diverse academic disciplines for community and 成人快播 projects. ...
  • University of South 成人快播 students, from left, Shubhangi Singh, Nicholas Flynn and Destinie Diggs recently presented their research at the 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Singh won the Best Poster Award from the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

    Poster Students
    November 10, 2022

    At the 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, South students shared their projects on everything from hermit crabs to Big Data and pulmonary hypertension. ...
  • Emilie Berge in her lab at South, has received one of just 12 Zymo Research Impact Initiative grants awarded annually for scientific innovation and potential social impact. Berge received her master's degree in 成人快播 toxicology in May will use the $4000 award to perform transcriptomic analysis of the polyaromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacteria she described in her thesis.

    On Track For Success
    September 12, 2022

    Former South student and track star awarded Zymo Research Impact Initiative grant for her work in 成人快播 toxicology. ...
  • The University of South 成人快播 launched SOAR, short for Strengthening Opportunities for Achievement and Resilience, at the MacQueen Alumni Center July 27, 2022. South is collaborating with the Mobile Public Schools and Mobile Police Department on this 5-year intervention study. Causey, Hankins, Pillans and Washington middle schools are taking part and at the launch, the principals of each middle school chose a balloon that revealed which year their school would receive the intervention.

    South Leads Initiative to Curb Youth Violence
    July 27, 2022

    University researchers will collaborate with the Mobile Police Department and Mobile County Public Schools on a five-year, $3.5 million project focused on reducing death, injury and incarceration. ...
  • Future of the Field in Research

    Future of the Field in Research
    July 19, 2022

    Dr. Matthew Reichert and Heather Wainwright earn global honors by the Society of Research Administrators International. ...
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022 carrying the JagSat-1 satellite. NASA photo.

    JagSat-isfaction
    July 15, 2022

    South engineering students and faculty cheer the Florida launch of a SpaceX rocket carrying their JagSat-1 satellite that will transmit data back to Shelby Hall. 鈥淲e鈥檙e in orbit!鈥� ...
  • Professor of marine sciences Dr. John Lehrter, on a vessel off the 成人快播 coast in 2021, is leading a study to arrive at a baseline for water quality along the 成人快播 Gulf Coast. “At a really fundamental level, this project is about going out, very frequently, and trying to get the pulse of state water quality. Where are the places we have to worry about, and what are the places that have good quality?”

    Marine Sciences Professor Wins $3.1 Million Water Quality Grant
    July 11, 2022

    Dr. John Lehrter and the University of South 成人快播 School of Marine and Environmental Sciences will lead the three-year study of water and sediment quality along 成人快播' s Gulf Coast. ...
  • Captain Brett Falterman of Fish Research Support displays a conventionally-tagged greater amberjack before releasing the fish off the coast of Louisiana. Photo insert: Each of the small, colorful conventional tags will display a unique five-digit number and a telephone number to call to claim a $250 reward. (Photos courtesy of Dr. Michael Dance, Louisiana State University and Dr. Marcus Drymon, Mississippi State University.)

    Greater Amberjack Count
    June 28, 2022

    USA professor is leading a federally funded project that could have significant implications for commercial and recreational fishing. ...
  • Dr. Michael DiPasquale, an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at South, has a received a $197,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

    Math Researcher Awarded NSF Grant
    April 27, 2022

    Dr. Michael DiPasquale, an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, received a $197,000 grant to support research in computational commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. ...
  • vaccine graphic with a man and a needle

    'How Do We Make Vaccines Manly?'
    April 27, 2022

    South psychologist Dr. Ryon McDermott leads a national study of the relationship between traditional men's roles and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. ...
  • Dr. James Davis, left, professor of chemistry and Dr. Kevin West, professor of chemical engineering, have partnered with Norton Engineering Consultants to take their technology of reducing carbon emissions into the industrial marketplace. While hurdles remain, this technology is promising and could have long-term effects for South and the global environment.

    Cutting Carbon Emissions
    April 26, 2022

    Dr. Jim Davis and Dr. Kevin West are leading a research team that is developing carbon capture technology using ionic liquids. ...
  • Emily Warner, left, with the USA Center for Archaeological Studies, and Thomas Grace, with Wiregrass Archaeological Consulting, bisect a feature in the soil at a dig site that is along the route for a proposed Mobile Bay bridge. After completing the excavation of half the feature, they will photograph and draw the profile, and then excavate the second half.

    Big Dig
    April 21, 2022

    The USA Center for Archaeological Studies unearths the past to make way for a bridge linking 成人快播's two coastal counties. Its archaeologists and anthropologists are joined by South researchers, academics and students from a cross section of d ...
  • Dr. Sean Powers, right, professor and director of the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, walks the halls of the school's renovated 20,000-square-foot campus facility at its dedication last year.

    Majors Added in Marine Sciences, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
    March 25, 2022

    The two new undergraduate degrees in the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences complement the school's existing programs in research and graduate 成人快播. ...
  • An artist rendering of the planned expansion and renovation of the University of South 成人快播 College of Medicine.

    $60 Million Earmarked for College of Medicine Building
    March 14, 2022

    The appropriation from U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby will help fund construction, which will include a new addition and an extensive renovation of the 1974 existing structure. ...
  • University of South 成人快播 mechanical engineering seniors, from left, Madison Bomeke, Hayden Jenkins, Bryson Hatcher, Will Sergeant, Gavin Brown and Evan Moulds work on a 82-inch-long wing that will provide stability for their remote-control cargo plane in the Design, Build, Fly competition.

    Design, Build, Fly
    March 10, 2022

    South mechanical engineering students look forward to flying, landing and unloading a remote-controlled plane they designed and built for an international competition in Kansas. ...
  • Dr. Kenneth Hudson, associate professor of sociology and social work at the University of South 成人快播, urges students to challenge conventional wisdom using data. “I spend a lot of time looking at numbers, what I call the view from 33,000 feet. ... And there are certain kinds of questions where you have to land the plane, get out and walk around and talk to people.”

    'Good Jobs and Bad Jobs'
    February 9, 2022

    Dr. Kenneth Hudson, an associate professor of sociology and social work at South, studies the dual labor market, income inequality and their implications for society. ...
  • University of South 成人快播 doctoral student Kim Pusey says her work in areas of social justice has been fueled by her own upbringing and observations of race and the criminal justice system. “Part of my work, part of the research I do, is in service of trying to make things better for little black and brown kids,” she said.

    Studies in Social Justice
    January 24, 2022

    Kim Pusey chose South for graduate school because of an opportunity to work with at-risk youths. She now plans for it to be her career. ...
  • Former Congressman Jo Bonner, seen here walking into the Administration Building, brings political experience and a personal touch to his role as the fourth president of the University of South 成人快播.

    Meet Jo Bonner
    January 10, 2022

    The former congressman brings political experience and a personal touch to his role as the fourth president of the University of South 成人快播. ...
  • Dr. Michael Chambers, USA associate vice president of research, has been named to the 成人快播 Innovation Commission board. The Commission was created in 2020 to develop forward-thinking policy recommendations and ideas to create a more robust, inclusive economy that supports entrepreneurship, innovation and technology.

    USA's Chambers Named to 成人快播 Innovation Corporation Board
    December 15, 2021

    The Commission's goal is to develop forward-thinking policy recommendations and ideas to create a more robust, inclusive economy. ...
  • Dr. Christine Ruey Shan Lee traces a figure-eight knot with light outside the Mathematical Sciences and Physics Building at the University of South 成人快播. Her research in quantum topology earned a grant from the National Science Foundation.

    Tied Up In Knots
    December 7, 2021

    Dr. Christine Ruey Shan Lee is using a grant from the National Science Foundation to continue her research in knot theory. She also works with middle school students in the Girls Who Code organization. ...