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Joseph Leahy

Dr. Joseph Leahy remembered for his tenacity

Oct 17, 2017

UAH biology professor Dr. Joseph Leahy, who died Oct. 15, is being remembered for his tenacity in completing his recovery in order to return to the classroom. ...


Rachel Hamburg and Peter Veres

UAH team part of co-detection that confirms the origin of short gamma-ray bursts

Oct 16, 2017

A gravitational-wave discovery on Aug. 17 is the first to produce light detected by observatories in space and on the ground. Just 1.7 seconds after the gravitational waves rushed past Earth, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope caught high-ene...


Nikolai Pogorelov

UAH space science professor elected fellow of the American Physical Society

Oct 16, 2017

Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov, a professor in the Department of CSPAR at UAH, has been elected a 2017 fellow of the APS by the APS Council of Representatives upon the recommendation of the Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics. ...


Mowery

Internship gives UAH pre-health student a sneak peek into dental school

Oct 09, 2017

Aspiring dentist Sarah Mowery got a sneak peek of what to expect once she graduates from UAH and heads to dental school in the spring of 2019. After being selected to participate in the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), the junio...


Mark Reuter

UAH student’s cybersecurity internship combines philosophy and computer science

Sep 29, 2017

If you think a unique double major like computer science and philosophy would make it challenging for a student to get real-world experience in the field before graduation, Mark Reuter is here to prove otherwise. The University of Alabama in Huntsv...


Kathryn

UAH welcomes Kathryn E. Uhrich renowned chemist, professor and successful entrepreneur

Sep 11, 2017

Kathryn E. Uhrich, noted polymer chemist, successful entrepreneur and Dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at The University of California, Riverside will be the guest speaker for UAH's Distinguished Speaker Series on Thursday, ...


Summer research program gives Honors students valuable hands-on experience

Summer research program gives Honors students valuable hands-on experience

Aug 31, 2017

Regardless of how many classes a student may take in their field of study, there’s no substitute for experience in a world where things rarely go by the book. Enter the Honors College Capstone Research Summer Program at The University of Alabama ...


Phillip Bitzer

UAH atmospheric science professor receives $705,332 award to fund lightning research

Aug 31, 2017

Dr. Phillip Bitzer, an associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH, received a five-year, $705,332 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to fund his research into the devel...


Baudry

Jerome Baudry named Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Eminent Scholar in biological sciences

Aug 29, 2017

Dr. Jerome Baudry is clear when he speaks of his goal as the Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Eminent Scholar in the Department of Biological Sciences at UAH. ...


Sharifa Love-Rutledge

UAH welcomes Dr. Sharifa Love-Rutledge to the College of Science

Aug 28, 2017

Sharifa Love-Rutledge developed a keen interest in science when she and her younger brother shared a lab kit for Christmas one year. "We made borax (super bouncy) balls first, and went on to complete all the experiments in the kit, and I wanted to ...


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