Graduate School News Archive

  • Caroline Locke, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of South Alabama, works with children in rehabilitation services at the Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola.
    Speech pathology graduate Caroline Locke turns her South degrees and pediatric training into a position in rehabilitation services working with children. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Bright Ideas Traumatic Brain Injury Camp
    91¶ÌÊÓƵ recently partnered with the Alabama Head Injury Foundation for a three-day camp for survivors and families dealing with life-altering injuries. ...
  • 91¶ÌÊÓƵ engineering professors Dr. Mohamed Shaban and Dr. Edmund Spencer
    Dr. Edmund Spencer and Mohamed Shaban hope to be able to predict solar substorms with the help of artificial intelligence. ...
  • Dr. Brian Axsmith, circa 2013
    Dr. Brian Axsmith, who passed away in 2020, is honored with the naming of a previously undescribed species of passionflower he discovered. ...
  • Hannah Maddux, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of South Alabama, was drafted to the Vegas Thrill in the inaugural season of the new Pro Volleyball Federation. She plans eventually to go into sports broadcasting.
    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 ...
  • In addition to relying on data from more expensive Sentinels, engineering professor Dr. Bret Webb will deploy smaller storm surge and wave gauges in advance of a hurricane. They can be affixed to structures such as this pier on Dauphin Island.
    As the hurricane season begins, South's Dr. Bret Webb is part of a research effort that, for the first time, is gathering detailed information about what happens when a storm hits the shore. ...
  • SSoMES Ribbon Cutting Video
    The Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences gets an $8 million expansion to meet surging undergraduate enrollment. ...
  • Abraham A. Mitchell Endowed Dean Dr. Michael Capella
    Dr. Michael Capella is the Abraham A. Mitchell Endowed Dean, the first of its kind at the University, in the Mitchell College of Business. ...
  • Dr. Shenghua Wu
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology grants will allow for the development of learning modules, curriculum and textbook. ...
  • Great White Shark in the Gulf of Mexico
    White sharks are rarely seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Researchers named her Miss Pawla, in honor of South's mascot. ...
  • Shelby Hall, University of South Alabama
    91¶ÌÊÓƵ's School of Computing awarded a designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Research. ...
  • Noah Farhado and Danny Navarrete
    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. ...
  • University of South Alabama Clinical and Counseling Ph.D. program, Nanako Hawley, Neuropsychology; Jasmin Pizer, Pediatric Neuropsychology; Katey Hayes Flowers, Youth Coping & Resilience; Haley Adams, Parent-Child Relationships; Sarah Salcone, Spirituality and Mental Health
Paola Fernandez, Military Mental Health
    South's clinical and counseling psychology Ph.D. program enjoyed a 100 percent match rate for a ninth consecutive year. ...
  • Dr. Kuang-Ting Hsiao
    91¶ÌÊÓƵ Engineering Professor Dr. Kuang-Ting Hsiao is honored as Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors and Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials. ...
  • Dr. Charlotte Pence, director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing at the University of South Alabama, has been named the first Mobile Poet Laureate.
    Dr. Charlotte Pence, director of South's Stokes Center for Creative Writing, is the city's first poet laureate. ...
  • Eastern Shore Speaker Series graphic
    The Speaker Series will showcase a range of lectures and performances by artists, scholars and industry experts at the Baldwin County Campus in Fairhope. ...
  • Nick Long, welding in the Science Laboratory Building at the University of South Alabama, is joined by other student members of South's chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers last semester in building a hybrid vehicle to compete at the SAE Formula Hybrid Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
    South students are building a car and recruiting sponsors for a national competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. ...
  • Dr. Angela Barlow, left, has been named dean of the University of South Alabama College of Education and Professional Studies, while Dr. Michael Capella has been appointed dean of the Mitchell College of Business.
    Dr. Angela Barlow will guide the College of Education and Professional Studies, while Dr. Michael Capella takes the reins at the Mitchell College of Business. ...
  • University of South Alabama leadership and supporters broke ground Friday on a new Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine building. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
    The new 250,000-square-foot building will allow the University to graduate more physicians and accelerate research and innovation. ...
  • 91¶ÌÊÓƵ president Jo Bonner, executive vice president Dr. Andi Kent and Dr. Matt Reichert discuss the merits of South's new 3D lab.
    South's new 3D printing lab will offer students first-rate training and support in a fast emerging industry. ...
  • Dr. Tuan Tran, assistant professor of biology at the University of South Alabama, was awarded a $40,000 grant by the USDA and the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to study a soil-based bacterium causes wilt in crops such as tomatoes, peppers and potatoes.
    Dr. Tuan Tran wins a USDA grant to study a soil-based pathogen that causes bacterial wilt in plants such as potatoes and tomatoes. ...
  • EV charging
    South's Dr. Daniela Touma will use AI to help in the development of new technology that allows electric vehicles to feed power back to the utility grid. ...
  •  Drs. Candace Selwyn, Anjanetta Davis, Ashleigh Bowman, Lori Prewitt Moore, Rebecca Thomas and Joyce Pittman. Also supporting this new grant project is Brady Urquhart.
    The College of Nursing is awarded a three-year $1.3 million grant to support the applications and enhancement of simulation-based training. ...
  • 2nd annual 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Technology and Research Showcase honorees. Dr. Na Gong, professor of electrical and computer engineering; Dr. James Davis, professor of chemistry; Dr. Jordan Shropshire, professor of information systems and technology; 91¶ÌÊÓƵ President Jo Bonner; Dr. Sean Powers, professor of marine and environmental sciences and senior marine scientists at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dr. Marie Migaud, professor of pharmacology and oncology.
    Five University of South Alabama faculty members were honored at the 2nd Annual Technology and Research Showcase. ...
  • Ben Raines in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta
    Ben Raines shares a devotion to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, "America's Amazon," as South's first environmental fellow and writer-in-residence. ...

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