AUBURN, Alabama, Nov. 16 -- Auburn University issued the following news: The Alabama State Department of Finance has granted Auburn University $2 million to fund an ambitious health care access initiative aimed at addressing significant health disparities across rural Alabama. Auburn University Outreach, in collaboration with the colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Human Sciences and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, first pioneered this groundbreaking project in Chambers County, Alabama. A  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Nov. 16 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household food products? Associate Professor of History Xaq Frohlich's book, "From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age," explains the political, scientific and economic power struggles that led to the ever-present food label. What is the purpose of the food label? How does it represent a historical rela  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Nov. 15 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce posted the following news: Acclinate, a digital health company that's confronting the problems posed by the underrepresentation of people of color in clinical research, plans to launch a growth project in Birmingham that will add 25 new full-time workers, according to the Alabama Department of Commerce. Birmingham-based Acclinate couples community engagement with data analysis to assist biopharmaceutical companies and healthcar  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Nov. 16 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: Noel Godang, a medical student at the University of South Alabama Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine has received the Sydney D. Rodenburg Memorial Scholastic Award. This award is given by the allied health profession's national honor society, which is the Alpha Eta Society. Godang's award was recently announced at the annual Alpha Eta Society Business Session and Awards celebration. This nation  more