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UA Scholars Institute 2017

Apr 03, 2017

The University of Alabama (UA) System Scholars Institute will be held May 15-16, in the UA Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa. ...


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VORTEX-SE tornado study brings 11 institutions to UAH

Mar 23, 2017

The mysteries of severe weather in the southeastern U.S. — and why tornadoes kill and injure more people here than any other part of the country — will get an in-depth probe this spring, as researchers from 11 research institutions around the c...


UAH undergrads to launch balloons for Vortex-SE tornado research

UAH undergrads to launch balloons for Vortex-SE tornado research

Mar 21, 2017

Bad weather in March, April and early May will bring a virtual cloud of weather balloons to North Alabama, as scientists from around the U.S. gather to study the challenges of predicting which storms spin up tornadoes across the Southeastern states...


UAH President Dr. Robert Altenkirch speaking

Area’s success gains national notice, UAH helps Hawaii with cyber education

Mar 06, 2017

The University of Hawaii System (UHS) is establishing a broad-based cybersecurity education program there with help from ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) by modeling the success of Huntsville and Madison County. ...


Nicholas West

Hard work and opportunity enable UAH student to pursue career goals

Mar 03, 2017

Nicholas West’s classmates knew what they were doing when they voted him "Most Likely to Succeed" his senior year of high school. After receiving an Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund (AOSF) scholarship to attend the prestigious McGill-Toolen C...


Ng also serves as the Director of the Biotechnology Science and Engineering Program at UAH

Science of Music explored during Biomusicology presentation at UAH

Feb 20, 2017

It was Albert Einstein who said "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." ...


Lightning sensor launch Saturday brings decades of work to fruition

Lightning sensor launch Saturday brings decades of work to fruition

Feb 15, 2017

In the mid 1990s, when NASA built two identical Lightning Imaging Sensors (just in case), Dr. Hugh Christian planned all along to send the flight spare into space. ...


Corey Amiot has focused on improving lead times for warnings of high wind events.

Radar study targeting wind events at NASA, Air Force launch facilities

Feb 09, 2017

Rockets rolling to their launch towers at both the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida (and the people who work on them) may soon be a little bit safer, thanks to research in the Atmospheric Science Departmen...


Dr. Gary Zank is the sixth honorary member selected by the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS).

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society names Zank its sixth honorary member

Feb 07, 2017

Dr. Gary Zank, chair of the Department of Space Science at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´³öÆ· (UAH) and director of its Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, has been named as the sixth-ever honorary member of the Asia Oceania Geosci...


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UAH, HudsonAlpha team as part of national $31.5 million genetics effort

Feb 02, 2017

Research that will be done by UAH and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will provide a framework by which scientists can better understand how our cells work. ...


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