Could a refined UAH space weather model help scientists find life elsewhere?
Mar 28, 2022
A refinement to a space weather model developed by a center director at UAH could help scientists check out which planets outside our solar system are likely to have someone home. ...
Number of NSF CAREER awards won over three years puts UAH in elite group nationally
Mar 09, 2022
The number of coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards won by UAH faculty in the past three years puts UAH among an elite group of very high research universities nationally. ...
UAH physicist will study super-hot solar processes with $616,000 NSF CAREER grant
Feb 09, 2022
A solar physicist at UAH has been awarded a five-year, $616,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study how solar flares explosively release magnetic energy and create energetic particles. ...
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...
Katherine Davidson takes 2nd place in prestigious 2021 CEDAR workshop
Jul 08, 2021
The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Program is a focused Global Change program sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division to enhance the capability of groun...
When the James Webb telescope launches, 25 years of UAH R&D involvement will soar
Jul 07, 2021
After a scheduled November launch, when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) achieves orbit and unfurls the 18 gold-coated beryllium segments of its 6.5-meter primary mirror, over two decades of crucial UAH partnership in the project will als...
UAH-led space weather prediction research could be critical to U.S. Space Command
Jun 24, 2021
Research to improve space weather predictions by Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will boost abilities crucial to the success of the defense mission of the U.S. Spac...
Alumnus and NASA inventor Jonathan Lee is driven to battle COVID-19 after losing his father
May 26, 2021
For NASA inventor Jonathan Lee, an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, the global pandemic could not be more personal: it took away his father last year, spurring Lee to join the battl...
Alumna Dr. Kimberly Robinson named U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO
May 12, 2021
Dr. Kimberly Robinson, an alumna of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, has been named Executive Director and CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC). The hiring was announced by the Al...
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...