Dr. Jennifer Sims wins 2020 Mid-South Sociological Association Book Award

Oct 19, 2020

UAH Assistant Professor Dr. Jennifer Patrice Sims has won the 2020 Stanford M.  Lyman Distinguished Book Award for her co-authored book Mixed-Race in the US and UK: Comparing the Past, Present, and Future (Emerald Publishing, 2020). The award is …


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Gerry Schaffer wins 2020 Alumni of Achievement award for CAHS

Oct 06, 2020

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, announced that Gerry Schaffer has won the 2020 Alumni of Achievement Award for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social …


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UAH English Alumna Alina Mitchell publishes debut book about the first black model of Vogue Modeling School

Sep 17, 2020

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) alumna, Alina Mitchell published her first book earlier this year that explores the life of Ophelia DeVore, the first black model to graduate from Vogue Modeling School. The book The Color of Beauty …


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UAH Arts Coordinator Ron Guthrie lifts pandemic spirits with neighborhood recitals

Aug 05, 2020

Navigating challenging times can leave some feeling helpless, even temporarily hopeless, when weathering difficult situations beyond their control, such as the current …


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UAH Engineering, Psychology, Theatre faculty collaborate with NASA for “intentional improv” workshops

Jun 01, 2020

Faculty members from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Music, and Psychology have received two grants totaling $74 thousand through the NASA Systems …


Kathy Chan Painted Violin with Poster
Violin painted by alumna Kathy Chan speaks a language both universal and unique

May 27, 2020

Internationally renowned artist and University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) alumna Kathy Chan has created a new work she hopes will inspire UAH Art and Music students and faculty for many years to …


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UAH scientists brave curses, spooky anomalies to unravel secrets at Skinwalker Ranch

May 26, 2020

Two intrepid explorers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) visited an extraordinary place last summer to perform experiments for a research team participating in a docu-series called “The Secret of Skinwalker …


Online dating probably will get a boost from pandemic, UAH sociologist says

May 04, 2020

Online dating’s popularity probably will get a boost from the coronavirus pandemic, says an assistant professor of sociology at …


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Awards won by 19 student projects at UAH Research Horizons Day

Apr 24, 2020

Nineteen research projects, and the students who conducted the work, were awarded at the recent COVID-19 modified Research Horizons Day Poster Session at The University of Alabama in Huntsville …


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UAH community donates, produces COVID-19 equipment for Tennessee Valley

Apr 23, 2020

A wide assortment of critical equipment has been created and donated to Tennessee Valley healthcare workers by the UAH campus community during the COVID-19 …