These awards included UAH Foundation Staff Awards; Research and Creative Activity Undergraduate Mentor Award; College Outstanding Faculty Awards; University Distinguished Teaching Award; University Distinguished Research, Creative Achievement and Scholarly Performance Award; University Researcher of the Year Award, and the new faculty and staff Made a Difference Award

UAH celebrates outstanding faculty, staff at 2026 University Awards for Excellence event on April 23

May 12, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) honored the achievements of 23 faculty and staff members on April 23 at the 2026 University Awards for Excellence ceremony in the Student Services Building ballroom. ...

Dr. Gary P. Zank receiving the award from AKA CEO, Reed and SER Director, Adams.

Dr. Gary P. Zank Recognized with Alpha Kappa Alpha’s (AKA) Champion Award for Outstanding Community Support

May 08, 2026

Gary P. Zank, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Space Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, has been recognized with the prestigious Champion Award from Alpha...

Hot-fire test at the historic Apollo Test Stand 4670 on Marshall Space Flight Center.

UAH Business of Space Conference highlights NASA - Blue Origin partnership; restored Apollo Test Stand celebrates 500th hot-fire test

Mar 06, 2026

In an era defined by ambitions to return to the Moon and push onward to Mars, a groundbreaking partnership between NASA and Blue Origin is demonstrating how collaboration between government and industry can strengthen America’s space capabilities...

Image of MaGIXS-2 sounding rocket launch, 30 July 2024 from White Sands Missile Range, NM

UAH researcher wins $1.27M award to study dynamic evolution of plasma conditions during a solar flare

Feb 03, 2026

Despite decades of observations, our understanding of plasma conditions during solar flares has been limited by instrument capabilities. ...

X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) studies the hot, energetic universe by capturing X-rays to reveal details about galaxy clusters, black holes, supernova remnants and the formation of cosmic structures

UAH researchers lead study suggesting dark matter can be detected in unidentified X-ray emission lines in spectra of galaxy clusters

Dec 16, 2025

Scientists search for “decaying” dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines or neutrino signals not seen in normal matter, potentially revealing dark matter's particle nature, mass and interacti...

Sarah Dalessi, a graduate student in the UAH College of Science, holding a model of NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

UAH student researcher leads discovery of fastest gamma-ray burst ever recorded

Dec 08, 2025

– Sarah Dalessi, a fifth-year student in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is the lead author of a paper on arXiv detailing the discovery of the fastest gamma-ray ...

Dr. Laxman Adhikari’s fluid and space plasma turbulence class, from left: Bigyan Mainali, Dessalegn Kenno, Dr. Adhikari, Rubaiya Khondoker Shikha, Monika Karki, Prashant Baruwal and Ashutosh Giri. Missing is Prashrit Baruwal. Photo courtesy of Dr. Adhikari

Innovative teaching approach results in new framework to understand solar turbulence

Nov 20, 2025

A novel, innovative approach to teaching his first doctoral-level introductory fluid and space plasma turbulence class by new assistant professor of space science Dr. Laxman Adhikari at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has re...

Andrew Johnston, Amentum, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; and Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville.

Alabama Space Grant Consortium receives second $20K donation from National Space Club - Huntsville

Oct 15, 2025

The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has received a $20,000 donation from the National Space Club – Huntsville, marking the second year in a row th...

Dr. Frank Rubio, NASA astronaut and United States Army Col.

UAH Distinguished Lecture Series hosts Frank Rubio, record-holder for longest single-duration spaceflight of any U.S. astronaut

Oct 03, 2025

Dr. Frank Rubio, NASA astronaut and United States Army Col., was hosted as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). ...

Dr. Gary Zank is the director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes.

UAH researcher Dr. Gary Zank wins 2025 John Adam Fleming Medal, top prize in space physics

Sep 30, 2025

– Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), has been selec...