Arts and Sciences News Archive
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Medicine and Music
Noah Sugg, this year's Board of Trustees Scholar, arrived at South with a perfect 36 on the ACT, a 4.56 GPA and National Merit finalist status – along with a double bass, mellophone and French horn. ...
September 20, 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 Poets. ...
August 21, 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 the dig. ...
August 6, 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 -
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 warnings in advance of storms. ...
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 -
'Fishmas' in July
For 35 years, South's marine science students have looked forward to the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. ...
July 23, 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 discovered. ...
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 player with the Vegas Thrill. #MyFirstJob ...
June 28, 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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
The Big Picture
Murals painted by teenagers at Strickland Youth Center, and created through a program led by a South graduate, are featured at the Festival of Flowers. The event supports USA Health Providence Hospital. ...
March 5, 2024 -
Brass Act
Classical tuba lifted Clayton Maddox from poverty and led him to South, along with ensembles such as Alias Brass Company, which received consideration for a Grammy Award. ...
February 1, 2024 -
Holiday Concert Celebrates 60 Years of South Alabama
South celebrates its annual Holiday Concert featuring the theme "Home for the Holidays." ...
November 27, 2023 -
Roots of Research
Dr. Tuan Tran wins a USDA grant to study a soil-based pathogen that causes bacterial wilt in plants such as potatoes and tomatoes. ...
November 21, 2023 -
Start the Presses!
The Vanguard student newspaper bucks online publishing trend by adding its first print edition at South since 2019. ...
November 14, 2023 -
Good Chemistry
South's chemistry department partners with the Exploreum Science Center helping inspire young students to learn about chemistry. ...
November 14, 2023 -
South Hosts Middle School Students for STEM Conference
USA hosted more than 150 middle school students for a conference titled "GEMS: Go Explore Math and Science!" ...
November 3, 2023