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Sloan family honors sister, former UAH employee, by adding legacy gift to 45-year-old memorial nursing scholarship

Jan 14, 2022

On October 5, 1975, at the age of 28, JoAnn Sloan was driving her Volkswagen Beetle on Memorial Parkway in Huntsville when a drunk driver sped through a red …


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UAH MLK celebration to feature political strategist Shaniqua McClendon

Jan 11, 2022

UAH will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 13, from 3-5 p.m. with a virtual remembrance for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Program hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion …


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Alumnus Taylor Reed launches ShowerUp Huntsville to help bring hope to area homeless

Nov 16, 2021

When Taylor Reed saw a need in his community, he stepped up to the plate to address it, helping to bring hope and renewed dignity to others through the launch of ShowerUp Huntsville, a 501(c)3 non-profit that provides mobile showers, personal …


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CON alumna Dr. Ellen Rummel creates Zach Foundation to help children with cancer

Oct 19, 2021

When faced with an unthinkable tragedy, an alumna of the College of Nursing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville chose to transform her sorrow into a way of helping make life better for children with cancer by forming Zach’s …


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Newly funded NSF project will move UAH mobile atmospheric instruments to the forefront

Oct 14, 2021

A plan by three Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science faculty to offer UAH atmospheric measuring instruments and equipment to other atmospheric researchers has already proven to be exceptionally …


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Angela Curry wins 2021 Alumni of Achievement award for College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Oct 12, 2021

Alumna Angela Curry (B.A., Political Science, 2000) has been selected as the 2021 Alumni of Achievement award winner for the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at …


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UAH partners with AEOP to provide underrepresented students with hands-on STEM

Oct 11, 2021

This past summer, faculty and staff at UAH once more partnered with the Army Educational Outreach Program to provide historically underrepresented students with hands-on experience in STEM …


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UAH hosting the 14th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium

Oct 06, 2021

Registration is open for the 14th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium, set to be held both online and in person Oct. 12-14 at The University of Alabama in …


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INCLUDE student program uses interdisciplinary approach to envision Earth-based space port

Sep 07, 2021

Faculty members from the UAH Colleges of Engineering and Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences have devised a program called INCLUDE, an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Experience tasked with the goal of “conceptualizing a space ecosystem” …


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Endowment to support the performing arts established with matching gift opportunity this fall

Sep 01, 2021

UAH announces the newly established Endowment to Support the Performing Arts, which recognizes the importance of investing in the arts and provides perpetual funding to UAH’s performing arts …