Researcher uses biometric data to study public speaking anxiety
Nov 12, 2018
As a researcher, Dr. Candice Lanius is less interested in why people are so afraid of speaking in public and more focused on how cutting-edge technology can be used to help them improve in spite of their fear. "Public speaking anxiety becomes a problem when the response to the stimulus spirals and the person speaking can’t calm down and focus on what they’re doing," says Dr. Lanius, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at UAH. "I want to understand what’s causing them to have a stressful response, so that we can train them to become better speakers." ...
‘Mr. Burns, a post-electric play’ opens Nov. 7-10 in Wilson Theatre
Oct 30, 2018
UAH Theatre continues its 2018-2019 season with "Mr. Burns, a post-electric play," a contemporary mash-up of "The Simpsons," the apocalypse and early 21st century popular culture. ...
New certificate program enhances curriculum – and resume – of students in any degree field
Oct 22, 2018
In an effort to help students integrate cross-cultural communication skills into their chosen career, the Department of World Languages and Cultures and the Global Studies Program at UAH have partnered to introduce a Global Professional Pathways Certificate Program. ...
UAH’s internet-connected Yamaha Disklavier is revolutionizing piano instruction
Oct 18, 2018
Last week, the Department of Music at UAH showed the world how cutting-edge technology is fundamentally changing the way students learn piano by becoming the first U.S. university to connect an internet-enabled Yamaha Disklavier CFX concert grand piano with a counterpart in Beijing, China. ...
“Late bloomer” makes up for lost time after discovering love of history
Oct 09, 2018
Meagan Bojarski describes herself as a "late bloomer" when it comes to her love of history. "I hated it until about six years ago," laughs the Lawrenceville, Ga., native. ...
UAH celebrates 10 years of Poetry Out Loud!
Oct 09, 2018
UAH and the Department of English is celebrating 10 years of hosting the Poetry Out Loud competition. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation and locally by the Huntsville Literary Association, the contest is the nation’s largest youth poetry recitation competition. ...
Dr. Frances Roberts’ dissertation to be published in conjunction with Alabama’s bicentennial
Oct 01, 2018
Dr. Frances Roberts' 1956 Ph.D. dissertation, "Background and Formative Period in the Great Bend and Madison County," will be published next year in conjunction with the state's 200th anniversary celebration. The effort was undertaken by Dr. Thomas Reidy, a lecturer in the Department of History at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), with the assistance of Jessica Brodt, a Ph.D. student in the Department's graduate program, and at the behest of the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. ...
UAH welcomes Michelle A. Holling, national scholar on Chicana/o-Latina/o communication, gender studies
Sep 14, 2018
Michelle A. Holling, an award-winning scholar on Chicana/o and Latina/o communication and gender-feminist studies, will visit the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on Thursday, Sept. 20. ...
UAH Theatre announces its 2018-2019 season
Sep 11, 2018
Featuring classics and new plays, comedies and tragedies, the UAH Theatre 2018-2019 season is sure to please every theatre lover in North Alabama. ...
UAH Art, Art History & Design Department host reunion of 60s and 70s students
Aug 17, 2018
Before social movements were created and spread globally by the Internet, art was the catalyst that rocked the world. ...