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UAH achieves top level R1 rank in Carnegie research classifications

Feb 07, 2022

UAH has achieved the highest research activity rating in the current, 2021 update of the Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education. ...


Meet the Spring 2022 Science Ambassadors

Meet the Spring 2022 Science Ambassadors

Feb 02, 2022

The Science Ambassador program cultivates passionate College of Science student leaders who demonstrate the diversity of our community and are happy to share their UAH stories! Our ambassador team consists of knowledgeable student leaders who will pr...


NASA's successful MaGIXS launch led by COS alumni

NASA's successful MaGIXS launch led by COS alumni

Aug 20, 2021

Led by Dr. Amy Winebarger (Ph.D., Physics, 2000 | M.S., Physics, 1997) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on July 30, 2021, the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) payload was successfully launche...


Nabil Md Rakinul Hoque

Optics doctoral student Nabil Hoque is one of 78 globally to receive SPIE scholarship

Jul 15, 2021

Nabil Md Rakinul Hoque, a doctoral candidate in optical science and engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), is one of 78 students globally to receive a 2021 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship. ...


Orphan cloud

‘Lonely cloud’ bigger than Milky Way found in a galaxy ‘no-man’s land’ by UAH physics team

Jun 30, 2021

A scientifically mysterious, isolated cloud bigger than the Milky Way has been found by a research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in a “no-man’s land” for galaxies. ...


Declan Brick

Honors student Declan Brick named Goldwater Scholar

Jun 07, 2021

Declan Brick, an aerospace engineering and physics double-major at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been named a Goldwater Scholar, the first from UAH in 13 years. ...


Ann McNair

UAH creates endowed scholarship to honor NASA pioneer Ann McNair

May 19, 2021

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has created an endowed scholarship to honor Ann McNair. ...


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UAH presents 2021 University Awards for Excellence to faculty, staff

Apr 20, 2021

On April 16, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted the annual University Awards for Excellence ceremony virtually to recognize the contributions of the university’s faculty, staff member...


Intern Student of the Year: Sarah Sheppard

Intern Student of the Year: Sarah Sheppard

Apr 19, 2021

Michael Mercier/UAH   The Intern Student of the Year award is presented by the Office of Career Services and recognizes an outstanding student who has excelled in their internship, in the classroom, and across campus. Sarah Sheppard is the ...


Alencia Hall

Alencia Hall awarded summer internship to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Mar 25, 2021

Honors Student Alencia Hall, a sophomore majoring in aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, part of The University of Alabama System, has been awarded a summer internship with Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics La...


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