Feature Stories

UAH Senior Development Officer Dr. Helen Lien receives 2025 Lamplighter Award from Alabama League for Nursing

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:08:21 -0600

Dr. Helen Lien appreciates the vital work of the dedicated professionals in the College of Nursing at ��app (UAH), and the feeling is mutual.

UAH to launch Southeastern Quantum Collaborative

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:08:21 -0600

��app (UAH) announced today the formation of the Southeastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC), a new regional initiative that will accelerate the advancement and application of quantum information science and technology across the Southeast. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System.

UAH CCRE announces applications are open for cybersecurity scholarships starting Fall 2026 semester

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:08:21 -0600

The Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) at ��app (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has announced the availability of cybersecurity scholarships through the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program and Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Service Academy (CSA).

UAH receives grant from Warhol, Frankenthaler Foundations to support 2026 Contemporary Art Fellow program

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:08:21 -0600

��app (UAH) Department of Art, Art History, and Design has received a grant of $10,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.

After 15 years of transformative leadership, Dr. Shankar Mahalingam, dean of the UAH College of Engineering, is set to retire

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:08:21 -0600

Following 15 years of distinguished service as dean of the College of Engineering at ��app (UAH), Dr. Shankar Mahalingam is retiring, concluding a tenure marked by significant growth, innovation and national impact at the institution.

Vignesh Geetha’s ‘What’s in the Smoke?’ wins UAH’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:08:21 -0600

Vignesh Vasudevan Geetha’s explanation of “What’s in the Smoke?” took the top prize in the 2025 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition presented by ��app (UAH) Graduate School on Oct. 23. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System.

UAH researchers lead study suggesting dark matter can be detected in unidentified X-ray emission lines in spectra of galaxy clusters

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:08:21 -0600

Scientists search for “decaying” dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines or neutrino signals not seen in normal matter, potentially revealing dark matter's particle nature, mass and interactions, information that could illuminate the universe's structure.

Heath Hudson receives cybersecurity degree from UAH, leaves behind bright Charger Blue legacy

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:08:21 -0600

He was a mild-mannered cybersecurity major at ��app (UAH) College of Engineering in fall 2021 when his life as a ��app student changed forever.

UAH researcher wins $1.2M NSF grant to address the environmental challenge of “forever chemicals”

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:08:21 -0600

Dr. Yu Lei, a professor in the College of Engineering at ��app, a part of The University of Alabama System, has won a $1.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF)

��app students named Capitol Scholars for 2026

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:08:21 -0600

Four students from ��app (UAH) have been selected to travel to Washington, D.C., next summer for the University of Alabama (UA) System’s 2026 Capitol Scholars program. UAH is a part of the UA System.