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Environmental justice begins with awareness, advocacy

Environmental justice begins with awareness, advocacy

Mar 01, 2019

Uniontown, Ala., a low-income, predominantly black community located in the state’s Black Belt, made the national news back in 2010, when 4 million tons of coal ash were shipped to its Arrowhead Landfill in the wake of a dike rupture at the Tenne...


Dept. of Defense grant designates UAH, partners as Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence

Dept. of Defense grant designates UAH, partners as Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence

Feb 26, 2019

UAH, with partners Alabama A&M University (AAMU) and Tuskegee University (TU), has been awarded a $2 million, three-year Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (IC CAE) grant by the United States Dept. of Defense to expand capabil...


Dr. Bhat honored for gamma-ray astronomy contributions

Dr. Bhat honored for gamma-ray astronomy contributions

Feb 13, 2019

The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Alumni Association in Mumbai, India has presented Dr. Narayana Bhat, a research scientist at UAH Center for Space Plasma and Astronomic Research (CSPAR), with its TAA Excellence Award for 2018. ...


Margrit von Braun

Margrit von Braun scheduled to speak on UAH campus

Feb 12, 2019

Margrit von Braun will be a guest lecturer at UAH on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Charger Union Theater beginning at 5 p.m. The event is open to the public and is sponsored by the UAH Honors College. ...


Dr. John Christy new member of EPA Science Advisory Board

Dr. John Christy new member of EPA Science Advisory Board

Feb 04, 2019

Alabama’s state climatologist and the director of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at UAH has been appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB). ...


UAH only university to get two grants for student research from same NSF division

UAH only university to get two grants for student research from same NSF division

Jan 31, 2019

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is the only case this year in which one National Science Foundation division funded two site Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) at the same university. ...


Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies

Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies

Jan 28, 2019

Truong Xuan Tran may have started his academic career as an electronic and telecommunication engineering major at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, but since coming to the U.S., he’s decided to follow his passion for computer scienc...


Five UAH programs ranked among the nation’s top 25 by NSF

Five UAH programs ranked among the nation’s top 25 by NSF

Jan 10, 2019

The National Science Foundation released their latest survey of federally financed research expenditures, and five programs at UAH continue to be ranked among the top 25 in the nation. These include the following: ...


UAH's

UAH's "Doctor" Xavier Baldwin completing surgery residency at UNCHS

Jan 07, 2019

Family tradition and the passion to learn more about the science behind disease laid the foundation for Xavier Baldwin’s career as a physician. ...


Sundar Christopher

New book helps early career faculty navigate tenure

Jan 07, 2019

Dr. Sundar A. Christopher, dean of the College of Science at UAH and a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science, recently published his second book, "Navigating Tenure and Beyond: A Guide for Early Career Faculty," with the American Meteo...


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