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Terry Abel, Lockheed Martin, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville; Dr. Dale Thomas, UAH Propulsion Center deputy director and ASGC director; Steve Cash, Axient Corp., President, NSFC-Huntsville; and Andrew Johnston, Jacobs, Education Committee, NSC-Huntsville.

Alabama Space Grant Consortium receives 20k donation

Jul 19, 2024

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 (NSC) - Huntsville Chapter to support a 2024-2025 s...


High school students participating in chemistry experiments in a collaboration with the UAH Collège of Science.

UAH partners with local high school to provide chemistry courses

Jul 18, 2024

Students at East Limestone High School are diving into the world of modern chemistry concepts, thanks to a collaboration between UAH Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Olaf Nachtigall and East Limestone Science Teacher, Charity Reyes. The col...


Outreach program designed to help students in grades 9-12 prepare for their college experience

UAH College of Science hosts STEM Summer Institute for area high schoolers

Jul 15, 2024

In June and July, the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a part of the University of Alabama System, hosted two weeks of activities in support of the 2024 CAP & GOWN Project STEM Summer Institute. ...


A cicada from spring 2024’s Brood XIX emergence rests on a bush outside Shelbie King Hall on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Spring’s song: Brood XIX cicada emergence in Alabama impacts ears, ecosystem

Jul 02, 2024

Their droning chorus – is that a fleet of flying saucers? – seemed inescapable. When the cicadas of Brood XIX emerged across Alabama and elsewhere in spring 2024, they made a large impression on the regular above-ground inhabitants. ...


HEL Optics metrology worshop 2024

UAH HEL Optics Metrology Workshop aims to advance High-Energy Laser (HEL) Technologies

Jun 27, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will host the HEL Optics Metrology Workshop to improve metrology processes and technologies in High-energy laser (HEL) weapon systems. Registration is now open. The workshop will connect stakeholders fr...


Dr.  Federico Fraternale, Research Scientist 1 at the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR)

Research scientist’s “one-of-a-kind” model of the heliosphere wins $824k NASA heliophysics grant

Jun 18, 2024

Dr. Federico Fraternale at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been awarded a $824,132 NASA heliophysics grant to develop new global models of the heliosphere that incorporate interstellar ...


UAH presenting plaques to 15 faculty and staff members and researchers during the 2024 University Awards for Excellence ceremony

UAH honors faculty, staff, researchers with 2024 University Awards for Excellence

Jun 10, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized outstanding achievements of its faculty, staff members and researchers during the 2024 University Awards for Excellence ceremony on April 26. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System...


Promotions Tenure

UAH promotion, tenure awards for 2024-2025 year given to 25 outstanding faculty members

Jun 07, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized 25 faculty members for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by awarding them tenure and/or promotion starting with the 2024-2025 academic year. ...


Milky Way are more prominent than expected, leading researchers to determine the last major galactic collision occured only three billion years ago

UAH researcher demonstrates Milky Way’s last major galactic collision happened much more recently than previously thought

Jun 06, 2024

Dr. Tom Donlon, a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is the lead author of a new paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society that reveal...


Dr. Richard Lieu, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at UAH.

UAH researcher shows, for the first time, gravity can exist without mass, mitigating the need for hypothetical dark matter

Jun 06, 2024

Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that is implied by gravitational effects that can’t be explained by general relativity unless more matter is present in the universe than can be seen. ...


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