UAH grad Amanda Blanton creates free app FoodieRadar Dec 15, 2014 A "friendly feud" involving food choices and the high cost of gas, between Amanda Blanton, a senior at (UAH), and her boyfriend, Eddie Chong, earlier this year has turned into a unique business opportunity. Blanton put an end to the "feud' when she developed FoodieRadar, a food-truck real-time mapping application that allows customers to be connected to their favorite restaurant on wheels. "I wanted to go downtown and look for food trucks to have lunch, and he didn't want to waste gas driving around to a location that could possibly be closed," she said. ... Community partners spread holiday cheer in gala celebration Dec 12, 2014 As promised, Peace on Earth: A Gala Celebration of the Arts and Humanities proved to be this holiday season's can't-miss spectacular. Hosted by the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), the event took place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, at the Von Braun Center Concert Hall. "The show was a hit with the audience and the performers alike," says Dr. David Ragsdale, Chair of the Department of Music. "We enjoyed collaborating with our community partners in the arts and bringing a unique and epic holiday event to the city of Huntsville for the second year in a row." ... Cemetery dating back to 1820s “cannot be lost,” says UAH history major Dec 04, 2014 As a veteran of the U.S. Army, Patricia Cates has a soft spot for her comrades in arms. So when she discovered the overgrown graves of Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers at Mount Paran Cemetery in New Market, Ala., she knew she couldn't rest until the site was restored to its proper, respectful condition. "It just cannot be lost," says Cates, who is working toward her bachelor's degree in history at UAH. "When you walk through the cemetery, you walk back in time. It's amazing." ... Study-abroad semester in Thailand helps UAH student “go with the flow” Dec 03, 2014 In the past few months, Jenna Tischler has scaled the Bua Tong "Sticky" Waterfall, bonded with elephants at a rescue and rehabilitation center, taken part in a Buddhist ritual, and taught conversational English to Thai soldiers. It's not your average fall semester, by any means. But Tischler wasn't interested in your average fall semester, which is how she ended up in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for a semester abroad. A Madison native, Tischler knew from the moment she enrolled at UAH that she would be spending a semester in a far-off place. "I didn't have the opportunity to travel much growing up, but I wanted to experience other countries, cultures, and languages," she says. "I recognized that spending a few months abroad would be more worthwhile and affordable - both time- and money-wise - during college." ... Ideals may play role in knowledge formation, professor’s research says Dec 02, 2014 Dr. Cling's research is exploring how ideals may pull us along in acquiring better beliefs despite the fact that we cannot have the "fully transparent reasons" our ideals require. ... UAH sets first Research Horizons Day Celebration Nov 21, 2014 In cooperation with each of the university's colleges, UAH Office of Academic Affairs plans to hold its first campus-wide display of student research in conjunction with Honors Convocation in April 2015. "Our students are involved in a lot of research, creative projects and scholarly activity with faculty, research staff and local stakeholders," says Dave Cook, coordinator of student research programs for the Office of Academic Affairs. "Dissemination of the results of their work is an essential element of research, and this event will provide experience presenting ideas in the format used by many academic conferences. It also creates a forum for students to discuss cutting-edge research and creative topics with peers, faculty, research staff, administrators, family and the local community." ... "Peace on Earth" is the can’t-miss event of the season Nov 19, 2014 Mark your calendars for the season's biggest holiday event! Peace on Earth: A Gala Celebration of the Arts and Humanities is returning to the Von Braun Center Concert Hall on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. This family-friendly extravaganza, presented by the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), captures the spirit of the season with a selection of traditional holiday classics – and showcases the collaborative efforts of the city's arts organizations. This year's gala will feature performances from the Department of Music's faculty and students as well as community partners including the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, the Huntsville Community Chorus, the Huntsville Ballet, the First Baptist Church Mosaic Ringers, and Randolph School's Young Voices. ... UAH student posters place at GEO-Huntsville Forum contest Nov 14, 2014 Five projects were presented by students at UAH during a poster competition at the GEO-Energy Summit and Educational Forum 2014 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Nov. 12-13. Three UAH students brought home prizes from the poster session, which included research utilizing geospatial technologies by graduate and undergraduate students from UAH and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU). ... UAH to construct world-class recording studio in newly renovated recital hall Nov 11, 2014 Alabama has long made a name for itself as the go-to destination for music recording thanks to Muscle Shoals' legendary sound studios. And now UAH plans to bolster the state's reputation with the construction of a world-class analog recording studio in the newly renovated Roberts Recital Hall. According to Johnna Doty, UAH's Director of Music Technology, seeds for the studio were planted shortly after construction began on the hall. "When they started taking the old recital hall apart, we starting putting together some ideas of how we could maximize the space," she says. ... UAH welcomes noted English professor and Eminent Scholar Wolfram Schmidgen Nov 10, 2014 Wolfram M. Schmidgen, noted English professor, author and visiting Eminent Scholar will give a public talk at UAH on Nov. 13. Schmidgen will give the talk "Species and the Literary Imagination," at 7 p.m., in Wilson Hall (room 168). His visit is sponsored by the UAH Humanities Center, and the English Department. The talk is free and open to the public. ... 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44