Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carrying RockSat-X.

UAH TERMINUS student team successfully launches NASA RockSat-X payload into space

Aug 28, 2024

Team TERMINUS from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, successfully launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designe...

New faculty members who joined The University of Alabama in Huntsville community in 2024, front row, left to right, Deanna Womble, Jackson Lawrence, Will Waldron, Hannah Nolte, Melissa Miasek, Preston Miller and Summer Atkins and, back row, left to right, Charles O’Brien, Daniel Walsh, Natalie Click, Henrick Haule, Jeffery Williams, Evan Miller and Cheng Chen.

As fall 2024 semester begins, UAH welcomes 25 new faculty members to Charger community

Aug 23, 2024

As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) welcomes 25 new faculty members who joined the Charger community in 2024. ...

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UAH student wins national 2024 Department of Energy CyberForce® competition

Aug 14, 2024

A student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has won the 2024 Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce competition®, a national contest designed to hone cybersecurity skills and visibility by challenging students to face off in simulate...

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Tennessee Resident Scholarship Program played a pivotal role in Kara Trim’s decision to attend UAH. She’s a double major in chemistry and biology on the pre-health track, set to graduate in spring 2025.

UAH’s Tennessee Resident Scholarships can make a big difference for out-of-state students

Aug 13, 2024

When Kara Trim was a high schooler making college plans, the Tennessee Resident Scholarship Program at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) was an opportunity “too good to pass up.” ...

Christopher Kwinta, a master's student in the UAH Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science with his awards for being second top forecaster in North America.

Christopher Kwinta named second top forecaster in North American weather forecasting competition

Aug 07, 2024

Christopher Kwinta, a master's student in Atmospheric and Earth Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama system, achieved top honors in the 2023-2024 season in the WxChallenge, a prominent North ...

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science.

UAH researcher wins $750K EPSCoR

Aug 05, 2024

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has won a $750,000 Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) award to support STROBE-X, a planned $1 billion probe-class NASA observatory that aims to unl...

Hunter Wittenborn, a student in the College of Science at UAH, took first place in Department of Energy Cybersecurity Competition

UAH Sophomore Wins First Place in Cybersecurity Competition

Jul 29, 2024

Hunter Wittenborn, a student in the College of Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, received first place in the 2024 U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce® Conquer the Hill® Reign Edition Competition. The competition engages parti...

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...

Beth Allen, a senior lecturer of computer science in the UAH College of Science, was recently recognized with the UAH University Distinguished Teaching Award

Senior lecturer of computer science, Beth Allen, honored for her commitment to teaching

Jul 26, 2024

Beth Allen, a senior lecturer in the UAH College of Science, was recently recognized with the University Distinguished Teaching Award during the 2024 UAH University Awards for Excellence. Allen received this award for her long-standing service and de...

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 ...