South Magazine Fall 2023
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SIX DECADES OF SOUTH<br />
2000s<br />
FIGHTING CANCER TWO WAYS<br />
The Mitchell Cancer Institute,<br />
created to combine cuttingedge<br />
research and treatment,<br />
hires its first director in 2002.<br />
In 2008, MCI gets a high-tech,<br />
125,000-square-foot home that<br />
serves patients in Alabama<br />
and along the Gulf Coast.<br />
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina<br />
devastates New Orleans and the<br />
Mississippi Gulf Coast; <strong>South</strong><br />
Mobile County also is hit hard,<br />
but damage to <strong>South</strong> is minimal.<br />
Technology revolutionizes how<br />
students interact. Social media<br />
companies Facebook, Twitter<br />
and MySpace launch; the<br />
iPhone appears in 2007.<br />
SCULPTURES<br />
CELEBRATE<br />
CHILDREN<br />
2001<br />
SOUTH DEDICATES the Geri<br />
Moulton Children’s Park<br />
at USA Health Children’s &<br />
Women’s Hospital. Bronze<br />
sculptures celebrate children<br />
and families.<br />
2002<br />
GROWING BY<br />
DEGREES<br />
The University awards<br />
its 50,000th degree.<br />
Today, the number<br />
exceeds 109,000.<br />
2003<br />
FRIENDLY<br />
COMPETITION<br />
The Intramural<br />
Sports Complex and<br />
Fieldhouse opens<br />
with 16 acres for<br />
basketball, sand<br />
volleyball, softball,<br />
soccer, football and<br />
other turf sports.<br />
The space eventually<br />
gives way to Hancock<br />
Whitney Stadium,<br />
and a new complex is<br />
created nearby.<br />
2005<br />
GETTING<br />
AROUND GETS EASIER<br />
JagTran, the $6.2 million campus<br />
transportation system, begins rolling.<br />
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