James Webb Space Telescope: Countdown to Extraterrestrial Hookup
Things are unfolding just fine for the James Webb Space Telescope — Alabama’s newest contribution to space exploration — which passed a major test...
Go Build E-Textbook: Downloading a Better Career Path
Go Build Alabama has unveiled a skilled trades e-textbook that uses interactive exercises for students and teachers to showcase technical careers in labor-hungry industries.
Inside...
John Walker Paintings: Lost ’30s Treasure Reclaimed
Mural painter John Augustus Walker painted in bold tempera strokes that gave his oversized paintings an aura of dense, dreamlike motion. Walker, a full-time...
UAH CanSat Competition: This Race Comes with Rockets
Two student teams from the University of Alabama in Huntsville finished third and seventh in a global competition to create space systems.
Called CanSat, the...
Spotlight on Bibb, Chilton and Dallas Counties
Bibb, Chilton and Dallas counties, in west central Alabama, are steeped in history and heritage but also moving ahead with jobs creation and ambitious...
Rural Studios at Twenty: Chronicles of the Company Through the Years
It came into being, according to one of the founders, because architects had become “lapdogs of the rich” who needed to learn how to...
Airbus Branding: How Airbus Rebranded to Improve Their Image
Branding is a focus of this month’s Business Alabama, and we need look no further than Airbus Group for a lesson in the science...
Mercedes C-Class Sedan: Mercedes Production Line Dance
They were literally dancing on the floor of the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance on June 18. With the infectious Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy”...
Walmart Management: A Graduate of the Walmart School of Hard Knocks
Walmart, the biggest employer in the United States with a workforce of nearly 2.2 million people, didn’t have to look far to fill management...
Manufacturing Low Grades on ‘Human Capital’: Alabama Lowest GRADE
Alabama’s manufacturing and logistics report card arrived in June, and — while we didn’t really ace any of the subjects — we at least...