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“Battle of the Buffalo” returns to downtown Huntsville April 12; Chicken wing festival and 5K run raise money for local cancer research

Apr 07, 2025

Get ready for a sizzling day of mouth-watering chicken wings! The 16th-annual “Battle of the Buffalo” will take place Saturday, April 12, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Big Spring Park in downtown Huntsville. ...


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Student projects highlight research innovation in 2025 Graduate Poster Session

Apr 07, 2025

The Graduate School at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) hosted its annual UAH Graduate Poster Session in the Student Services Building on the UAH campus, a part of the University of Alabama System. ...


Dr. Jan Davis, former NASA astronaut and alumna of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, speaks at UAH in 2018

Astronaut Jan Davis to share ‘Air Born’ stories at OLLI at UAH free public program on April 18

Apr 02, 2025

From B-17 bombing runs over Europe in World War II to scientific discoveries aboard NASA space shuttle missions, former astronaut Dr. Jan Davis chronicles two transformative eras in American aviation history from a personal perspective in her book ...


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UAH physics researcher proposes first-time model that replaces dark energy and dark matter in explaining nature of the universe

Apr 07, 2025

Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a paper in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity that proposes a universe built on steps of multip...


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UAH expands program offerings in cyber, AI and game design

Apr 10, 2025

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced today the addition of several courses of study. The new offerings include two new degree programs as well as a certificate program. ...


Dr. Gary Zank, director of the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), holding a model of the Parker Solar Probe and SWEAP instrument suite created by Blake Parker

UAH development of SWEAP instruments helps Parker Solar Probe win 2024 Collier Trophy

Apr 01, 2025

The Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite developed by researchers at The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Marshall Space Flight Center for NASA’s Parker...


U.S. Air Force ROTC cadets from The University of Alabama in Huntsville From left, they are Dorian Cole, Jacob Padgett, David Hays, Quan Davis, Gabriel Rice, Madison Bipes and William Harper.

UAH Air Force ROTC program holds enlistment ceremony for its first group of seven cadets

Mar 28, 2025

The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) program at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) held an enlistment ceremony on March 26 for its first group of seven cadets to have been contracted into the United States Air Force ...


Dr. Hanumanthrao “Rao” Kannan, an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville

UAH researcher wins $500K NSF CAREER award to advance problem formulation in Systems Engineering

Mar 27, 2025

Dr. Hanumanthrao “Rao” Kannan, an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to reimagine foundational aspects of system...


Sensors provide critical insights into how soil moisture influences fire dynamics.

Fighting fire with science: UAH and NASA forge groundbreaking fire management collaboration in South Alabama

Mar 24, 2025

Researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, have partnered with the Alabama Forestry Commission and NASA’s FireSense initiative to study prescribed burns in the Geneva State Fores...


Lorin Carter, second from right, a civil engineering major at The University of Alabama in Huntsville UAH President Dr. Charles Karr, far right; UAH Provost Dr. David Puleo, far left, and her parents, Army Maj. Joseph Carter and Virginia Carter

UAH civil engineering major Lorin Carter enlists in Navy Collegiate Program

Mar 21, 2025

When Lorin Carter enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Jan. 21, 2025, she was given one job: Excel in her studies as a civil engineering major at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). ...


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