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Two eldery women smiling assisting Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in UAH.

We’re OLLI! – Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UAH holds open house Aug. 16, launches new logo

Jul 29, 2024

When members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) urge others to join the fun, they keep the name simple: ...

UAH team ASTRA, a subset of the UAH Space Hardware Club, placed fifth among all United States teams.

UAH team places eighth internationally in 2024 University Rover Challenge

Jul 26, 2024

A team comprised of College of Engineering and College of Science students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, placed eight internationally in the 2024 University Rover Challenge (URC) in Mo...

The solar atmosphere, a region that extends eight million kilometers above the Sun's surface.

First-time UAH study sheds new light on mystery of why solar corona is so much hotter than Sun’s surface

Jul 26, 2024

In a new study published in the The Astrophysical Journal, a researcher from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, explores critical aspects of a phenomenon called kinetic Alfvén waves (KAW) to ...

The UAH TERMINUS Spaceflight Research Group displays the tethers

UAH TERMINUS student group set to launch biggest, most advanced spacecraft with NASA

Jul 25, 2024

This August, a student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va...

Dr. Michael Newchurch outside the UAH SWIRLL Building with his instrument truck the Rocket-city Ozone

Professor Newchurch Receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal in April 2024 for his in Air-Quality and Atmospheric-Chemistry Research

Jul 24, 2024

Prof. Michael Newchurch, faculty in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and a principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal...

A man wearing goggles and using a tablet

UAH-led coalition building new statewide plasma industry in Alabama, backed by National Science Foundation

Jul 24, 2024

A 10-year, $40 million federal investment in plasma science and engineering (PSE) efforts in Alabama managed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has produced tangible results that are very encouraging, according to Dr. Sandra Richardso...

UAH teams excel in 2024 international CanSat competition

Jul 23, 2024

Three Space Hardware Club (SHC) teams from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, have placed first, third and fourth nationally in the 2024 International CanSat competition ...

Dr. George Nelson, department chair and professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Dr. Guangsheng Zhang, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Dr. Avimanyu Sahoo assistant professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.

UAH helps Alabama lead charge to meet surging battery needs

Jul 22, 2024

With the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States projected to skyrocket to 26.4 million by 2030, the need is great for not only producing, but improving, the safety and efficiency of the batteries that power them, as well as cell pho...

Sarah Bailey, left, program director of The University of Alabama in Huntsville Regional Autism Network, and Linda Ware

UAH Regional Autism Network offers workshop for primary care providers, caregivers on Aug. 2

Jul 19, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville Regional Autism Network (UAH RAN) will offer a two-part workshop to provide important information to primary care providers and caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on Aug. 2 at the Jack...

Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; Steve Cash, Axient Corp., President, NSFC-Huntsville; and Andrew Johnston, Jacobs, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville.

Alabama Space Grant Consortium receives 20k donation