Charger Rocket Works achieved top honors among 22 university teams from across the country that advanced to Flight Week

UAH wins first place overall at NASA 2026 Student Launch Initiative

Jun 08, 2026

A team of engineering students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, captured the overall championship at the NASA 2026 Student Launch Initiative (NSLI) after a nine-month engineering challe...

Students from Konyang University in South Korea proudly show off certificates from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) during the closing event of their two-week academic and cultural exchange in the spring 2026 semester. Seated in front of the students, from left to right, are Dr. Daekoo Kim, director of the Konyang Headquarters for Medical and Health Support; Dr. Jon Hakkila, associate provost for international services and academic integrity and dean of the Graduate School at UAH; Professor Seokhwan Bae, general director of the Global University Initiatives at Konyang University, and Dr. David Puleo, UAH provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.

UAH offers educational insights, cultural exchange to visiting Konyang University students

Jun 05, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) displayed a wide array of academic programs and area tourist attractions to a group of students and professors from South Korea’s Konyang University during the spring 2026 semester. ...

Dr. Dale Thomas, deputy director of the UAH Propulsion Research Center, holding a model of the nuclear engine and power rod that may be used for future space exploration power plants

UAH, NASA partnership pushes nuclear thermal propulsion toward making deep space exploration a reality

Jun 01, 2026

For decades, the challenge of deep space exploration has been less about where we want to go, and more about how long it takes to get there and the physical toll it will exact on the explorers themselves. ...

UAH graduate receiving diploma from The University of Alabama in Huntsville during commencement ceremonies on May 4, 2026

UAH announces 2,055 students who excelled to make Dean’s, President’s lists in spring 2026

May 28, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honors the outstanding work of 2,055 students during the spring 2026 semester with the announcement of the Dean’s and President’s lists. ...

Dr. Eric Smith, the new dean of the Honors College at The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dr. Eric Smith, new dean of the UAH Honors College, aims to inspire more students to seek higher goals

May 27, 2026

Dr. Eric Smith believes in the transformative power of education. It’s taken him from student in a small North Alabama high school all the way to full professor in the Department of English at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part...

A widely spreading coronal mass ejection (CME) blasts more than a billion tons of matter out into space at millions of kilometers per hour

UAH researcher earns NASA Early Career Achievement Medal for advancing AI-driven foundational models for science

May 26, 2026

Dr. Sujit Roy, a researcher in the Earth Systems Science Center (ESSC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been awarded the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal. ...

Former WHNT news anchor Steve Johnson sits down for questions with K. T. McFarland, a longtime national security analyst, former government official

UAH Distinguished Lecture Series speaker K.T. McFarland sees Iran war, global economic policies and burgeoning technologies as pivotal to U.S. security

May 22, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted K.T. McFarland, formerly Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump, for a wide-ranging discussion on U.S. national security strategy,...

The Large Magellanic Cloud has a mass of approximately 41 billion times that of the Sun.

UAH researchers find new method to “weigh” neighboring galaxies using pulsars as ultra-precise gravitational probes

May 21, 2026

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, have identified a promising new method for measuring the mass of galaxies orbiting the Milky Way by using pulsars, some of the universe’s mo...

Group of people discussing scientific posters at a conference or academic event in an indoor venue.

UAH sustains top-tier research rankings for thirteenth year in a row

May 20, 2026

Five programs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) rank among the top 25 federally-funded programs in the United States, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. ...

The University of Alabama in Huntsville campus student service building

UAH announces promotion, tenure awards for 2026-27 academic year, grants of emeritus status

May 19, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced awards of tenure and/or promotion for 20 faculty members and recognized nine others who were recently granted emeritus status at the University Awards for Excellence celebration on April 23 at...