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Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development to launch Mentoring by Design series
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (164+ words) University of South Alabama - Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development to launch Mentoring by Design series Featured Session: Grand Round 1 During the interactive one-hour session, participants will explore the distinctions between traditional and mentee-focused mentoring approaches while identifying the core principles…...
Welcoming Our Alumni Home: Medical Alumni Reunion 2026
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (183+ words) The USA Medical Alumni Association welcomed its highest-attended crowd to date for the 2026 Medical Alumni Reunion Weekend, held June 1213. Marking a historic first, the annual event was hosted on campus in Mobile, bringing together alumni, faculty, staff and friends to…...
South Partnership Enhances Weather Research and Forecasting
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (153+ words) University of South Alabama meteorology students and faculty now have access to the latest weather radar available after announcing a partnership with weather tech company Climavision. The company is making its proprietary radar data available to the University for instruction…...
Whiddon College of Medicine Class of 2028 Cloaked with White Coats
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (671+ words) Marking their transition into clinical training, 78 third-year medical students at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine were cloaked with white coats during a ceremony June 24 at the Mitchell Center. The students recited the Medical Student Oath, reaffirming their commitment to…...
Class of 2028 receives white coats, Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts new members
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (732+ words) Seventy-eight third-year medical students at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine marked their transition into clinical training during White Coat Ceremony, held June 24 at the Mitchell Center." The students recited the Medical Student Oath, reaffirming their commitment to the humanistic…...
USA Piano Camp Participant Concert June 26 at 1: 00
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (239+ words) The USA Piano Camp Participant Finale Concert will take place Friday, June 26 at 1: 00 p. m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Piano Camp participants will be performing works composed during the Romantic Period, reflecting the main theme of Late Romanticism…...
Whiddon College of Medicine presents innovative accreditation model at AAMC regional conference
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (184+ words) Melisa Pierce, Ed. D. , MPA, executive director of accreditation and continuous quality improvement, and David S. Williams, Ph. D. , MPA, assistant dean for institutional and academic success, recently presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges" Southern Group on Educational Affairs Conference in…...
Ph. D. candidate presents research at international microbiology conference
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (254+ words) Sayema Naaz, a Ph. D. candidate in the Borchert Lab at the Whiddon College of Medicine, recently presented her research at ASM Microbe 2026, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held June 4-7 in Washington, D. C. Naaz presented a research poster…...
Emergency Medicine residents, faculty participate in national meeting
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (317+ words) University of South Alabama - Emergency Medicine residents, faculty participate in national meeting The Department of Emergency Medicine was well represented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) 2026 Annual Meeting, with faculty and residents participating in national educational, scholarly, and…...
USA Research Explores Link Between Alzheimer's Protein and Urinary Tract Infections
1+ week, 6+ day ago (479+ words) A protein best known for its role in Alzheimer's disease may also help explain why some urinary tract infections become life-threatening, according to new research underway at the University of South Alabama. "These findings suggest that A" could potentially serve…...