Breakthrough Brain Science
As a part of this issue’s focus on innovation, we spoke with Edward Taub, a medical researcher who has played a leading...
Scholar in Orbit, Out of Centerpoint
Christopher Gray landed more than $1.3 million in scholarships and used that expertise to devise an...
Retooling Cummings Research Park
Cummings Research Park, in Huntsville — the second largest research park in the U.S. and probably the most valuable commercial real estate development...
Getting in the Game
It is easy to spot a fantastic finish in the world of sports. The Hail Mary touchdown pass. The 3-pointer at the buzzer. The...
Learning to Lead
From aspiring entrepreneurs to military personnel and prospective politicians, those pledged to a paradigm for success find a certain resonance in William Shakespeare’s...
Big Data, Big Hospital Venture
Makul Mehra, M.D., a Birmingham gastroenterologist, says he first met entrepreneur G.T. LaBorde while attending parent orientation at their children’s grade...
Alabama’s Biggest Construction Project
Jim Page, the president and CEO of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, is the spokesperson for the Alliance for Alabama’s Infrastructure...
Hook-Setting Determination
For many people, the old Andy Griffith Show perfectly personified what life was like in a small Southern town in the ’50s and...
How to Do Food Franchises
“Wow, great pizza, ” lunch breaking Mobile police officers verbally approve, huddling over pepperoni in the first degree. Other customers of Uncle...
A Declaration of Independence in International Trade
We spoke with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in mid-June, on the subject of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. At the time, opponents...
