hands-on research in the STEM fields

Two programs give underrepresented students hands-on experience in the STEM fields

Aug 13, 2019

Each summer, UAH welcomes to its campus a group of hard-working high achievers from rural, frontier, or other targeted outreach schools to take part in two programs designed to give historically underrepresented students hands-on experience in the ...

Dr. Paul Whitehead

UAH’s ice hockey players game subjects for sports science research

Jul 30, 2019

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is home to the only Division I NCAA ice hockey team in the Southeast – a fact that still surprises many people who don’t associate the winter sport with Alabama’s heat and humidity. But the team...

GRTs standing in lab by balloon

Space Hardware Club on the hunt for terrestrial gamma rays in thunderstorms

Jul 01, 2019

Student members of the Space Hardware Club at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are preparing to launch weather balloons into thunderstorms to try to directly observe the terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) storms generate. ...

Orphan disease treatment “at a tipping point” thanks to advances in clinical pharmacology

Orphan disease treatment “at a tipping point” thanks to advances in clinical pharmacology

Jul 03, 2019

When it comes to understanding and treating orphan diseases, "it’s the beginning of a new era," says Dr. Jerome Baudry, the Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Professor of Biological Sciences at UAH. Until now, he explains, healthcare providers have tended to tr...

Now in its fifth year, shadowing program gives aspiring college students insight into undergraduate research opportunities

Now in its fifth year, shadowing program gives aspiring college students insight into undergraduate research opportunities

Jun 12, 2019

On June 6, 23 students from area high schools spent an afternoon at UAH, shadowing undergraduate participants in the university’s Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) Program. The SCS has over 80 members made up of undergraduates in the Research or...

Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Apr 03, 2019

Three students and one alumna at UAH recently made presentations to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) officials regarding their research as part of the UAH-hosted MSFC node of NASA DEVELOP. ...

14 undergrads to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research

14 undergrads to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Apr 01, 2019

Fourteen undergraduates from the UAH have been invited to present their research and creative projects at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) to be held April 10-13 at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga. ...

Noah Pring on the Department of Kinesiology’s slide board

Biomechanics research more than just academic for student athlete

Mar 11, 2019

As a student athlete at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Noah Pring has plenty of personal experience with the toll that playing sports at a high level can take on the human body. ...

Research Horizons Day and Research Week focus on student discoveries

Research Horizons Day and Research Week focus on student discoveries

Feb 28, 2019

For the fifth year, Research Horizons Day and Research Week will highlight student research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). ...

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. ...