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  • October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). NCSAM is a month out of the year in which the cybersecurity professional community comes together to focus on cybersecurity and encourage others to exercise proper cyber hygiene.

    Take Care, Be Cyber Aware
    October 12, 2020

    USA's Information Security Office has important cyber security topics for each week in October, National Cyber Security month. ...
  • New grant money will allow the PASSAGE USA program to expand, including offering a new four-year option for students.

    Major Grant Fuels PASSAGE USA Expansion
    October 8, 2020

    The College of Education and Professional Studies has been awarded a $2.3 million grant to expand its PASSAGE USA program. ...
  • Freshman Thanh Haas said the Marx Library is her favorite location on campus at the University of South Alabama. “I like the view from the second floor. You can sit next to the big windows and look out over the lake,” she said.

    Move Brings Adventure, New Direction
    October 6, 2020

    #FreshmanFocus: Thanh Haas was raised in Vietnam and has a German last name. Now she's getting a South education. ...
  • USA associate professor Dr. Brian Dzwonkowski and his team at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab explore how multiple severe weather events affect storm intensification near landfall.

    Following Hurricanes, Gulf in Hot Water
    October 5, 2020

    A USA oceanographer says severe weather events can fuel marine heatwaves, impacting the intensity of subsequent tropical storms. ...
  • When Trey Hall toured the University of South Alabama as a student in high school, he was impressed to find the Mitchell College of Business had 12 Bloomberg terminals. “In that interview,” Hall said, “I thought, ‘Oh, I need to come here.’”

    Finance Major Isn't All Business
    September 28, 2020

    #FreshmanFocus: Trey Hall is a Mitchell Scholar in the Mitchell College of Business. He's also chasing an elusive perfect game. ...
  • Dr. Rebecca Giles authors a book on teaching Pre-K students to become successful writers.

    Writing Kids' Futures
    September 25, 2020

    USA professor Dr. Rebecca Giles authors a book about teaching pre-K children to find their voices by learning to be good writers. ...
  • USA student-athletes volunteered to cleanup area households following Hurricane Sally.

    Team Cleanup
    September 25, 2020

    USA student-athletes help out their campus and community by volunteering to cleanup debris following Hurricane Sally. ...
  • Dr. Joél Lewis Billingsley, associate professor in the University of South Alabama College of Education and Professional Studies, stands along the Mobile River in Africatown, where enslaved Africans aboard the Clotilda formed a community after arriving in America.

    A Legacy of Strength, Perseverance
    September 9, 2020

    Through her work on 'Project 110,' Dr. Joél Lewis Billingsley traces her ancestry and confronts horrific realities. ...
  • Neil Chaudhary, named the 2020-21 University of South Alabama Board of Trustees Scholar, is a biomedical sciences student and plans to pursue a career in medicine.“I wasn’t anticipating extra financial aid or anything, but I was definitely very happy and grateful,” he said

    North Alabama Student Named Trustees Scholar
    September 11, 2020

    Neil Chaudhary, with a 35 ACT, is pursuing a career in medicine. An 'early spark' was his grandmother's struggles. ...
  • Hurricane Florence as seen above the Atlantic Ocean from the International Space Station. Florence made landfall along the Atlantic Coast on Sept. 14 and is the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas. While weather forecasting has improved dramatically in the last century, it is expected to improve even more using artificial Intelligence and machine learning.

    South Wins AI Forecasting Grant
    September 10, 2020

    Artificial intelligence and machine learning could lead to improved weather forecasting and more targeted evacuations. ...
  • Dr. Brandi Reese will serve as an associate professor in the department of marine sciences and as senior marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.

    Deep Beneath the Deep Blue Sea
    September 8, 2020

    Department of Marine Sciences newest faculty member Dr. Brandi Reese's cutting edge research explores life below the ocean floor. ...
  • Kaitlyn Reynolds, a freshman from Orlando, Fla., is considering a career as a physical therapist. “Growing up, playing sports, I was always in and out of physical therapy, so it’s something I’m comfortable with,” she said.

    Freshman Enjoys USA Homecoming
    September 8, 2020

    #FreshmanFocus: For Kaitlyn Reynolds, who kicked field goals in Orlando, Fla., coming to South is a family tradition. ...
  • USA Grad Student Wins Master's Thesis Award

    USA Grad Student Wins Master's Thesis Award
    September 8, 2020

    South's Valeria King beats out candidates from 200 institutions to earn top life sciences master's thesis for 2020. ...
  • Dispelling Myths of Sexual Assault

    Dispelling Myths of Sexual Assault
    September 3, 2020

    'Challenging the Myths' book by South professors wins Women & Crime Award from Society of Criminology. ...
  • Teaming up for Success in the Classroom

    Teaming up for Success in the Classroom
    August 27, 2020

    USA wins a National Science Foundation grant to help fund workshops for team-based learning in undergraduate mathematics courses. ...
  • Kristin Maas-Bangston, University of South Alabama associate director for student-athlete academic services, tutors Jaguar basketball player Tyreke Locure at the new Mobile County Center for Academic Success at Hancock Whitney Stadium.

    Jaguar Athletics Makes the Grade
    August 27, 2020

    South's athletic programs top the Sun Belt Conference in academic progress rates over the last one-year and four-year periods. ...
  • Madison English, a freshman at the University of South Alabama, has been selected to receive a full scholarship called the 100 Black Men USA Scholars of Perseverance and Social Justice. English said a high school teacher inspired her to get involved. “He told us that the world depends on our generation and we need to make our votes count,” she said.

    Mobile Freshman Wins Support
    August 26, 2020

    Madison English receives the first social justice scholarship from the 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile and the University. ...
  • Dr. Kathy Cooke has been elected president of the Southern Regional Honors Council, a coalition of honors scholars in the Southern region.

    Cooke Elected President of Southern Regional Honors Council
    August 20, 2020

    USA Honors College dean and history professor will begin serving in her role as Southern Regional Honors Council president in March. ...
  • 2020 USA civil engineering graduate, Evan Mazur is awarded one of six Hohenstein Fellowship by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

    A Multi-Talented Scholar
    August 19, 2020

    Evan Mazur is named a Hohenstein Fellow by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and receives an $8,500 award for graduate school. ...
  • Savannah Dinkel, Lauren Gaspard and Jose Pardo Granados are among the new Honors College students who, along with other freshmen, began classes this week on South's campus. “I wanted to be part of a community,” Dinkle said.

    New Students Join JagNation
    August 19, 2020

    South's Honors College gets a head start at its annual retreat, and Week of Welcome is underway to welcome new students. ...
  • 60 South faculty members took part in the Innovation in Learning Center's four-week Summer Institute emphasizing online teaching techniques.

    Staying on the Cutting Edge of Learning
    August 19, 2020

    The Innovation in Learning Center hosts Summer Institute for South faculty members to perfect their online teaching skills. ...
  • Dr. Joe Gaston, assistant professor in USA's department of counseling and instructional sciences and Julie Neidhardt, second grade science teacher at Hutchens elementary school.

    South Launches "Next in Ed" Podcast
    August 14, 2020

    The Next in Ed podcast will feature conversations with teachers, administrators and policymakers about issues in education. ...
  • Clayton Suell, an engineering senior at the University of South Alabama, was recognized with an Alabama Space Grant Consortium Award.

    Quickly Making an IMPACT
    August 14, 2020

    Clayton Suell, who studies artificial intelligence in South's IMPACT Lab, wins an Alabama Space Grant Consortium Award. ...
  • Dr. Stephanie Smallegan, assistant professor, coastal and civil engineering earns a 2020 fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

    Life is a Beach
    August 13, 2020

    Dr. Stephanie Smallegan received the 2020 early-career research fellowship given by the National Academies' Gulf Research Program. ...
  • Dr. Jeremiah Henning, an assistant professor of biology, has secured a two-year, $348,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

    The Science of Diversity and Inclusion
    August 10, 2020

    Dr. Jeremiah Henning, an assistant professor of biology, secures a two-year, $348,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. ...