Psychology researchers probe how juries evaluate jailhouse informant testimony
Oct 30, 2019
Jailhouse informant testimony in a legal trial seems to exist at the intersection of two old TV shows, "Law and Order" and "Let’s Make a Deal." There’s almost always a reward for it, and you’d think that should mitigate against accepting its ...
UAH and the Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne sign MOU codifying cooperative endeavors
Aug 06, 2019
UAH and the Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne (UEVE), a member institution of the Université Paris-Saclay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this summer to codify their commitment to developing mutually beneficial academic programs ...
Summer clinic gives teachers hands-on experience in differentiated instruction
Jul 19, 2019
Hands-on experience is an essential part of the curriculum at UAH because it ensures that graduates have the skills necessary to hit the ground running as they embark on their chosen career path. But the rising popularity of online alternatives for...
Space Hardware Club on the hunt for terrestrial gamma rays in thunderstorms
Jul 01, 2019
Student members of the Space Hardware Club at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are preparing to launch weather balloons into thunderstorms to try to directly observe the terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) storms generate. ...
Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis now offered by UAH’s College of Education
Jun 17, 2019
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at UAH is pleased to announce its newest graduate degree program, the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (M.S. in ABA). The M.S. in ABA is intended for individuals...
A trip to Capitol Hill gives public affairs graduate real-world political advocacy experience
Jun 04, 2019
Given her professional aspirations to become a policy maker, it seems all but inevitable that Erin Wright will one day end up in Washington, D.C. So she was thrilled to be invited on a trip to the nation’s capital last month to attend Advocacy Da...
VORTEX-SE delivers tornado formation research
May 09, 2019
Scientists at UAH are publishing research about tornado formation resulting from the multiyear Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) program. ...
Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies
Jan 28, 2019
Truong Xuan Tran may have started his academic career as an electronic and telecommunication engineering major at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, but since coming to the U.S., he’s decided to follow his passion for computer scienc...
Marsbee mission gets a little more real thanks to systems engineering
Jan 08, 2019
When Shahrom Doneshwar first learned about the NASA-funded plan to explore the surface of Mars using robotic bees, he says he "didn’t even know that it was possible!" Now, however, the master’s candidate in the Department of Industrial & Sy...
Plasma-based technology may bring clarity to challenges posed by contaminated water
Dec 17, 2018
The availability of clean, potable water is a concern for everyone, from residents here on Earth to astronauts in space. To address the issue, researchers have recently begun studying plasma-based technologies as a cost-effective method to purify w...