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    Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti

    Researchers discover new monster black hole 'practically in our back yard'

    Oct 19, 2022

    The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that has about 12 times the mass of the sun is detailed in a new Astrophysical Journal research submission, the lead author of which is Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, a physics professor at The University o...


    Dr. Frank Franz

    Dr. Frank Franz, who transformed UAH, dies

    Aug 11, 2022

    Dr. Frank Franz, the fifth and longest-serving president of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), who instituted the creation of a campus strategic plan, oversaw the expansion of campus facilities and grew UAH’s research programs and aca...


    Duane and Hoque smiling and looking at their experiment in their UAH laboratory

    UAH-developed ultrasensitive optical sensing instrument has broad medical, science uses

    Aug 04, 2022

    In research that could broadly benefit science, medicine and engineering, a new kind of ultrasensitive optical sensing instrument has been developed by a doctoral student at UAH. ...


    Nazar Pyvovar

    Student overcomes setbacks of war to solve a difficult quantum optical system problem

    Jul 21, 2022

    In work applicable to super-fast quantum computing and quantum optics, undergraduate research by a recent graduate in physics and mathematics at UAH has simplified a difficult mathematical problem to further illuminate the behavior of two-level qua...


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    UAH co-hosts ALSAMP conference to boost underrepresented student participation in STEM

    Jul 13, 2022

    UAH recently co-hosted the 2022 Spring Research Conference for the Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ALSAMP). ...


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    UAH announces faculty promotion and tenure decisions for 2022-2023 academic year

    Apr 29, 2022

    UAH announced that 26 faculty members have been recognized for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by being awarded tenure and/or promotion effective the 2022-2023 academic year. ...


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    UAH presents 2022 University Awards for Excellence to faculty, staff

    Apr 26, 2022

    On April 21 UAH hosted the annual University Awards for Excellence ceremony to recognize the achievements of the university’s faculty, staff members and researchers. ...


    2022 COS Honors Day

    2022 COS Honors Day

    Apr 08, 2022

     The College of Science is home to many outstanding students, faculty, and staff. On Tuesday, April 5, COS gathered to recognize several individuals for Honors Day. The Program of Events from the day can be found here. Following the ackno...


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    UAH Space Hardware Club team will connect area students with International Space Station

    Apr 04, 2022

    Eight area sixth and eighth graders will be placing a long-distance call to lower Earth orbit when they dial up the International Space Station (ISS) via ham radio on April 7. ...


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    UAH programs in top 25 nationally for federal funding as university ranks in research elite

    Mar 10, 2022

    Six programs at 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. ...


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