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MOBILE, Ala. — The USA Center for Healthy Communities is piloting the Community Health Workers (CHW) clinical integration model at the USA Health Stanton Road Clinic to help patients navigate health and social services. Funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CHW is a collaboration between the USA Center for…
MOBILE, Ala. — CLK, a Long Island based commercial real estate investment firm with a national portfolio, has acquired a 201-unit multifamily development of 20 buildings in Mobile for $15.8 million in an off-market deal, the company announced in a press release. The Park Apartments property, built in 1975, sits on 11.5 acres and features two-story buildings,…
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile is poised to land a $22-million Topgolf entertainment complex that will bring in approximately 150 full- and part-time jobs, according to a project agreement expected to be voted on by the Mobile County Commission and Mobile City Council over the next two weeks, AL.com reported. The project will include 60 hitting…
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach has won two of the 43 awards given to an international collection of higher education institutions, Gulf Coast Media reported. The 2022 Exemplary Course Program Awards from Blackboard Inc. are for excellent course design. Dr. Jim Marion and instructional designer Cheryl Kula were awarded for…
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — The Mobile County Public School System has announced the recent launch of Murphy High School’s first Farm to Table program. It incorporates science, math and the culinary arts in an effort to give students the skills and tools needed for self-sustainable, small-footprint farming. The “urban farm” at Murphy’s Midtown campus includes…
MOBILE, Ala. — The Port of Mobile had its busiest month ever for containerized cargo in July, breaking 50,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for the first time since the container port began operations in 2009, Business Alabama reported. The year-over-year comparison reflects a growth rate of 184.7% for intermodal cargo and 35.8% for dry and…
Dr. Andrew D. Gentry of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science in Mobile, Dr. James F. Parham of the University of California Fullerton and Caitlin Kiernan of the McWane Science Center in Birmingham recently announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater turtle that lived alongside dinosaurs 83 million years ago. The new…
MOBILE, Ala. — Researchers at the University of South Alabama (USA) plan to use a $2.59-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study tick-borne infections. The work is being made possible by the grant received by Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Dr. Meghan Hermance. The five-year study will lay groundwork for developing…
GULF SHORES, Ala. — The Gulf State Park Learning Campus in Gulf Shores, built by White-Spunner Construction of Mobile, has earned the Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Business Alabama reported. The Gulf State Park Learning Campus was designed by ArchitectureWorks of Birmingham in 2018. White-Spunner Construction acted as general contractor on…
MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama (USA) recently announced that Dr. Mike Lin, associate professor of physiology and cell biology at USA’s Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, has been awarded a $2.3-million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He will use the funds to further investigate the link…
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