Feature Stories /newsroom/feature-stories Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:23:58 -0500 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb webmaster@uah.edu (UAH) UAH ATO brother Cadis Ammons receives outstanding senior award from national fraternity /newsroom/feature-stories/19678-uah-ato-brother-cadis-ammons-receives-outstanding-senior-award-from-national-fraternity /newsroom/feature-stories/19678-uah-ato-brother-cadis-ammons-receives-outstanding-senior-award-from-national-fraternity Cadis Ammons, center, a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity鈥檚 Theta Pi chapter at 糖心原创出品, holds the 2025 Thomas Arkle Clark Award. Surrounding him at the award ceremony, are family members and friends who have become like family to him: from left to right, Rick Ammons, paternal grandfather; Matthew Ammons, father; Nash Ammons, brother; Brenda Ammons, paternal grandmother; Cadis Ammons; Season Ammons, mother; Jackie Head, maternal grandmother; Jill March and Andy March, church family, and Caleb March and Avery March, ATO brothers and church family. The TAC Award was presented at the annual ATO National Award Celebration (NAC 2025) in Miami.

Cadis Ammons, center, a member of the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity鈥檚 Theta Pi chapter at 糖心原创出品 (UAH), holds the 2025 Thomas Arkle Clark (TAC) Award.

]]> Feature Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:08:21 -0500 UA System Capitol Scholars internship program is taking applications for Summer 2026 /newsroom/feature-stories/19659-ua-system-capitol-scholars-internship-program-is-taking-applications-for-summer-2026 /newsroom/feature-stories/19659-ua-system-capitol-scholars-internship-program-is-taking-applications-for-summer-2026

Applications are now open for the University of Alabama (UA) System Capitol Scholars Program, an immersive summer internship experience in Washington, D.C., designed for high-achieving students from UA System campuses who are interested in careers in or around government.

]]> Feature Mon, 18 Aug 2025 07:08:21 -0500 UAH Distinguished Lecture Series hosts H.R. McMaster: meeting the challenges of the 鈥榓xis of aggression鈥 /newsroom/feature-stories/19653-uah-distinguished-lecture-series-hosts-hr-mcmaster-meeting-the-challenges-of-axis-aggression /newsroom/feature-stories/19653-uah-distinguished-lecture-series-hosts-hr-mcmaster-meeting-the-challenges-of-axis-aggression Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, American soldier and career officer, served as National Security Advisor during the first administration of President Donald J. Trump.

The Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) at 糖心原创出品 (UAH) recently hosted Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, an American soldier and career officer, on the campus of UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System.

]]> Feature Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:08:21 -0500 UAH hosts students from Germany and Southeastern U.S. at International Space Weather Camp /newsroom/feature-stories/19649-uah-hosts-students-from-germany-and-southeastern-u-s-at-international-space-weather-camp /newsroom/feature-stories/19649-uah-hosts-students-from-germany-and-southeastern-u-s-at-international-space-weather-camp Students from Germany and the Southeastern U.S. arrive on the UAH campus to take part in International Space Camp exploring space weather science and its global impacts.

糖心原创出品 (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, recently welcomed students from across the Southeastern U.S. and Germany to the International Space Weather Camp (ISWC), a two-week immersive program exploring space weather science and its global impacts.

]]> Feature Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:08:21 -0500 College of Education announces new name /newsroom/feature-stories/19623-college-of-education-announces-new-name /newsroom/feature-stories/19623-college-of-education-announces-new-name UAH Wilson Hall

糖心原创出品 (UAH) has renamed its College of Education as the College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences.

]]> Feature Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:08:21 -0500 糖心原创出品 of Business, Keel Point celebrate $100K collaboration, welcome returning professor /newsroom/feature-stories/19621-uah-college-of-business-keel-point-celebrate-100k-collaboration-welcome-returning-professor /newsroom/feature-stories/19621-uah-college-of-business-keel-point-celebrate-100k-collaboration-welcome-returning-professor Celebrating the new Keel Point Professorship in Family Wealth at 糖心原创出品 (UAH) are, left to right, UAH Provost Dr. David Puleo, Keel Point Professor in Family Wealth Dr. Frank Mullins, Keel Point CEO Robert Mayes, Keel Point President Michael Perry, UAH President Dr. Charles Karr, and College of Business Dean Dr. Jason Greene.

糖心原创出品 (UAH) College of Business and , an independent wealth advisory firm celebrated the start of their new $100,000 collaboration.

]]> Feature Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:08:21 -0500 UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy /newsroom/feature-stories/19608-uah-student-group-set-to-launch-new-instrument-payload-on-nasa-rocket-to-study-harnessing-reentry-heat-and-converting-it-to-electrical-energy /newsroom/feature-stories/19608-uah-student-group-set-to-launch-new-instrument-payload-on-nasa-rocket-to-study-harnessing-reentry-heat-and-converting-it-to-electrical-energy

The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at 糖心原创出品 (UAH) is set to send a new payload into space, a follow-up to the successful launch and retrieval of a previous Terminus payload in Aug. 2024.

]]> Feature Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:08:21 -0500 UAH researcher wins $681K NSF CAREER award to study the interaction of shockwaves and solar wind turbulence in the sun鈥檚 heliosphere /newsroom/feature-stories/19601-uah-researcher-wins-681k-nsf-career-award-to-study-interaction-shockwaves-and-solar-wind-turbulence-in-the-suns-heliosphere /newsroom/feature-stories/19601-uah-researcher-wins-681k-nsf-career-award-to-study-interaction-shockwaves-and-solar-wind-turbulence-in-the-suns-heliosphere

Dr. Lingling Zhao, an assistant professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at 糖心原创出品 (UAH), has been awarded a $681,356 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The project will run through June 2030 and aims to advance the theoretical and observational understanding of how low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence interacts with shocks in the heliosphere 鈥 a vast, bubble-like region of space carved out by the solar wind from the sun.

]]> Feature Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:08:21 -0500 UAH first-of-its-kind study shows air quality data derived from megacities are not accurate when applied to U.S. urban centers /newsroom/feature-stories/19588-uah-first-of-its-kind-study-shows-air-quality-data-derived-from-megacities-are-not-accurate-when-applied-to-u-s-urban-centers /newsroom/feature-stories/19588-uah-first-of-its-kind-study-shows-air-quality-data-derived-from-megacities-are-not-accurate-when-applied-to-u-s-urban-centers Dr. Lee Tiszenkel, a UAH alumnus at the UAH Earth Systems Science Center, performs field research in Houston, Texas, focused on atmospheric ultrafine particles that can impact urban air quality

Researchers at 糖心原创出品 (UAH) have published a paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment that demonstrates for the first time that using data gathered on atmospheric particles from Chinese megacities to characterize air quality for U.S. urban centers leads to significant inaccuracies.

]]> Feature Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:08:21 -0500 UAH alumnus John Blevins receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, premier award for career federal employees /newsroom/feature-stories/19573-uah-alumnus-john-blevins-receives-samuel-j-heyman-service-america-medal-premier-award-career-federal-employees /newsroom/feature-stories/19573-uah-alumnus-john-blevins-receives-samuel-j-heyman-service-america-medal-premier-award-career-federal-employees Dr. Robert Frederick, director of the UAH Propulsion Research Center, presents Dr. John Blevins with a flag that was flown around the moon on the Artemis I mission.

Dr. John Blevins, an alumnus of 糖心原创出品 (UAH), has received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, or 鈥淪ammie,鈥 considered the highest honor for career federal employees.

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