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A circuit board displays UAH using colorful beads, with wires connected to a nearby component on a dark surface

UAH researchers use adhesive tape to generate electricity for low-cost, self-powered wearable biosensors and energy harvesting

May 16, 2025

A research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has published a new paper in American Chemical Society Omega that demonstrates inexpensive store-bought tape can be used to craft a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) capable of harve...


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UAH changes the name of the College of Education to encompass all of its programs

Feb 07, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Education will become the College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year. ...


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UAH College of Nursing to Host Health Equity Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 14

Nov 04, 2024

The College of Nursing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will host the Health Equity Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. ...


New faculty members who joined The University of Alabama in Huntsville community in 2024, front row, left to right, Deanna Womble, Jackson Lawrence, Will Waldron, Hannah Nolte, Melissa Miasek, Preston Miller and Summer Atkins and, back row, left to right, Charles O’Brien, Daniel Walsh, Natalie Click, Henrick Haule, Jeffery Williams, Evan Miller and Cheng Chen.

As fall 2024 semester begins, UAH welcomes 25 new faculty members to Charger community

Aug 23, 2024

As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) welcomes 25 new faculty members who joined the Charger community in 2024. ...


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UAH honors faculty, staff, researchers with 2024 University Awards for Excellence

Jun 10, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized outstanding achievements of its faculty, staff members and researchers during the 2024 University Awards for Excellence ceremony on April 26. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System...


UAH Honors Day will highlight achievements of outstanding students, faculty and staff on April 5

UAH Honors Day will highlight achievements of outstanding students, faculty and staff on April 5

Apr 04, 2024

Outstanding students, faculty and staff at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) received well-earned kudos on Friday, April 5 2024, during the university’s annual celebration of Honors Day. ...


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UAH researchers design revolutionary low-cost wearable biosensor to enhance athletic performance and physical health

Jan 29, 2024

Researchers at UAH have designed a wearable biosensor that offers a new way to measure human muscle activation to potentially prevent injuries and enhance athletic performance. ...


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UAH College of Education Confers First Child, Family, and Community Development Degrees

Dec 14, 2023

Less than a year ago, the Bachelor of Science degree in Child, Family and Community Development (CFCD) was officially launched in the UAH College of Education, and this new program just graduated its first class during the Fall 2023 Commencement. Thi...


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UAH students recognized for undergraduate research in Summer Community of Scholars poster session

Oct 24, 2023

Fifteen student research posters were selected for top Dean’s and Alabama Space Grant Award honors at the end-of-program Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) poster session at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. ...


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UAH achieves GOLD status certification as part of celebration to host International Day of University Sport

Sep 14, 2023

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is the first university in the United States to have achieved GOLD certification, as designated by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FI...


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