Where is the Auto Industry Headed?
Bernard Swiecki is an analyst with the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit that has provided research for the U.S. auto industry for...
School Teacher Becomes Aqua-entrepreneur
Soft-shell crab fans are fanatically devoted to these newly molted crustaceans with their edible shells. As one devotee described the first bite, “One...
Battling Big Pharma
Suing pharmaceutical companies on behalf of consumers is some of the main work of Dee Miles, a partner with the Montgomery-based plaintiff law...
Design Prodigy
The steel-toed boots architect Courtney Brett keeps in her car come in handy on work sites around South Alabama. But they also serve as...
Maestro Healer
Birmingham ophthalmologist Andrew Mays briskly walks into the examination room beaming. This is no perfunctory encounter. He appears genuinely happy to greet this patient...
Some Shindig
The house is packed at the 700-seat Shoals Community Theater in Florence, and Alabama Shakes is rockin’ the place with its distinctive blues-and-soul-based...
Southern Styled for High Yield
Brent Howell has always loved clothes. For him, a perfect-fitting polo style shirt was the height of comfort and style. Throughout his life,...
Health Perspectives from Grandview
Keith Granger is the president and CEO of Grandview Health, Alabama’s newest hospital. Formerly called Trinity Medical Center, the hospital moved from...
Biotech Startup Specialist
It’s a bright Friday afternoon, and the sunlight pours into the glass-faced foyer of the Mitchell Cancer Institute, in Mobile. Michael Chambers,...
Cultivating Creativity
How do you create an environment conducive to innovation? Drawing on a lifetime of learning and experience, James Blackmon, a research...