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  • UAH College of Business, Keel Point celebrate $100K collaboration, welcome returning professor

    Anne Marie Martin, UAH editor and writer|Aug 1, 2025

    July 31, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business and Keel Point, an independent wealth advisory firm, recently celebrated the start of their new $100,000 collaboration – the Keel Point Professorship in Family Wealth – and welcomed the return to UAH of the professor who will fill that role, Dr. Frank Mullins. UAH and Keel Point representatives described the significance of the partnership during a check presentation ceremony on July 9 at the B...

  • UAH student group set to launch new instrument payload on NASA rocket to study harnessing reentry heat and converting it to electrical energy

    Russ Nelson, UAH Research writer|Aug 1, 2025

    July 29, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Terminus Spaceflight Research Group at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (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. This time the student group, a subset of the Space Hardware Club at UAH, aims to loft a CubeSat-like device that will examine the potential of producing electrical energy by harnessing the heating experienced on reentry of the vehicle, as we...

  • UAH first-of-its-kind study shows air quality data derived from megacities are not accurate when applied to U.S. urban centers

    Russ Nelson, UAH research writer|Jul 15, 2025

    July 23, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (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. Dr. Lee Tiszenkel, a UAH alumnus at the UAH Earth System Science Center and Dr. Shanhu Lee, a professor in the Department of Atm...

  • Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

    Stacker, Kalyn Belsha for Chalkbeat|Jul 15, 2025

    Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit? When 18-year-old Edgar Brito thinks about what he’ll do in the future, mechanical engineering is high on the list. The former Washington state’s Toppenish High School student first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. In a ninth-grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“explo...

  • Most college students are taking online classes, but they're paying just as much as in-person students

    Stacker, Jon Marcus for The Hechinger Report|Jul 15, 2025

    Most college students are taking online classes, but they’re paying just as much as in-person students Emma Bittner considered getting a master’s degree in public health at a nearby university, but the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped to spend. So she checked out master’s degrees she could pursue remotely, on her laptop, which she was sure would be much cheaper. The price for the same degree, online, was … just as much. Or more. “I’m, like, what makes...

  • 2 out of 5 child care teachers make so little they need public assistance to support their families

    Stacker, Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report|Jul 15, 2025

    2 out of 5 child care teachers make so little they need public assistance to support their families Caring for children during their first few years is a complex and critical job: A child’s brain develops more in the first five years than at any other point in life. Yet in America, individuals engaged in this crucial role are paid less than animal caretakers and dressing room attendants, The Hechinger Report explains. That’s a major finding of one of two new reports on the dismal treatment of...

  • To tackle chronic absenteeism, this high school lets students lead

    Jul 1, 2025

    To tackle chronic absenteeism, this high school lets students lead It was the last Friday before winter break at H.D. Woodson High School in the eastern corner of Washington, D.C. — historically one of the toughest days of the year for attendance. School team leads Rachel Curry-Neal and Ashlee Judon were eager to see how the day would play out. Their colleagues and they had an ambitious goal: improve overall in-seat attendance rates by at least two percentage points. Like schools across the c...

  • Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case.

    Stacker, Ann Schimke for Chalkbeat|Jul 1, 2025

    Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case. A preschooler in Raegan Haines' class at Palmer Elementary in Denver prepares to plant wildflowers in a pot she decorated. Stavros, a 4-year-old at Denver’s Palmer Elementary School, stood on a low blue chair scooping soil into a white pot he’d decorated with his school picture and stickers of a donut, a camera, and the word “lucky.” Next, he shook a packet of seeds for wildflowers native to Colorado into the pot and...

  • UAH student group Electric Propulsion Club wins first place at 2025 AIAA conference for new satellite propulsion system

    Russ Nelson, UAH Researchwriter|Jul 1, 2025

    July 9, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Electric Propulsion Club at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) won first place at the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Conference Region II Student Conference in Raleigh, N.C. The award recognizes the student club's development of a patent pending of new type of gridded ion thruster. An ion thruster is a form of electric propulsion that creates a cloud of positive ions which is then accelerated using e...

  • Best public middle schools in the Birmingham metro area

    Stacker|Jul 1, 2025

    SeventyFour // Shutterstock Best public middle schools in the Birmingham metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in the Birmingham metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade, culture & diversity grade, and parent / student surveys. You can read more about the methodology here. GUNDAM_Ai // Shutterstock #10. Oak Mt. Middle School - School grades: 6-8 - Location:...

  • Best public middle schools in the Montgomery metro area

    Stacker|Jul 1, 2025

    Inside Creative House // Shutterstock Best public middle schools in the Montgomery metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in the Montgomery metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade, culture & diversity grade, and parent / student surveys. You can read more about the methodology here. Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock #10. Southside Middle School - School grades: 5-8 -...

  • Best public middle schools in the Huntsville metro area

    Stacker|Jul 1, 2025

    PeopleImages.com - Yuri A // Shutterstock Best public middle schools in the Huntsville metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in the Huntsville metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade, culture & diversity grade, and parent / student surveys. You can read more about the methodology here. SeventyFour // Shutterstock #10. Challenger Middle School - School grades: 6-...

  • Best public middle schools in the Mobile metro area

    Stacker|Jul 1, 2025

    Rido // Shutterstock Best public middle schools in the Mobile metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in the Mobile metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade, culture & diversity grade, and parent / student surveys. You can read more about the methodology here. GUNDAM_Ai // Shutterstock #10. Causey Middle School - School grades: 6-8 - Location: Mobile County...

  • UAH researcher unveils new map of Milky Way galaxy in atomic hydrogen, revealing its clumped "flocculent" nature for first time

    Russ Nelson, UAH Research Writer|Jun 1, 2025

    June 9, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has co-authored a paper that uses young stars to develop a more accurate map of the outer gas disk of the Milky Way galaxy. The findings are being presented at the 246th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 8-12, in conjunction with Michigan State University (MSU). The study e...

  • Teen tech trends and school cellphone bans

    Stacker, Evan Ullman for Spokeo|Jun 1, 2025

    Teen tech trends and school cellphone bans In early 2025, two of the largest school systems in the country took bold steps to keep students off their phones. The Los Angeles Unified School District in California began a cellphone ban during school hours, citing mental health and academic concerns. A few months later, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan for a similar “bell-to-bell” smartphone ban in all public schools. These moves reflect growing anxiety about teens spending too muc...

  • UAH HERC team hosts Dominican Republic team, bonding through outreach, friendship in NASA rover competition

    Russ Nelson|May 21, 2025

    May 30, 2025 -HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently hosted the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) from the Dominican Republic (DR) during NASA's 2025 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC). The two student squads had bonded during a UAH team visit to the DR in 2024, an outreach opportunity that helped power INTEC Team Apolo 27 to a second-place finish in this year's human-powered competition, a...

  • UAH researchers use adhesive tape to generate electricity for low-cost, self-powered wearable biosensors and energy harvesting

    Russ Nelson, UAH Research Writer|May 21, 2025

    UAH researchers use adhesive tape to generate electricity for low-cost, self-powered wearable biosensors and energy harvesting May 16, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – A research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has published a new paper in American Chemical Society Omega that demonstrates inexpensive store-bought tape can be used to craft a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) capable of harvesting electrical energy from various sources, including human movement and environmental c...

  • UAH researcher wins $299K EPSCoR fellowship to advance composite materials for breakthrough ground, air, space applications

    Russ Nelson, UAH Research Writer|May 21, 2025

    May 19, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Dr. Nathan Spulak, an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $299,000 National Science Foundation EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement fellowship to enhance safety for earth, air and space vehicles and habitation structures by examining the characteristics of composite materials. The researcher is the principal investigator on the project, a collaboration between UAH and the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cle...

  • UAH researchers support launch of GEM-B2 experiment aimed at addressing microbial gene exchange in the International Space Station

    Guest Writer, Sharla Horton, UAH College of Science Marketing and Events Manager|May 21, 2025

    May 23, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – On April 21, at 4:15 A.M. EDT, samples from the UAH Biology Sysoeva Lab were launched into orbit as part of NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission will carry out the Genetic Exchange in Microgravity for Biofilm Bioremediation, or GEM-B2 experiment. A collaborative project between The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Texas State University and Bioserve at t...

  • Best private high schools in the Mobile metro area

    Stacker|May 21, 2025

    sirtravelalot // Shutterstock Best private high schools in the Mobile metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best private high schools in the Mobile metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on academics, but other factors include culture and diversity; sports; clubs and activities; resources; and surveys of parents, teachers, and students. Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock #22. Safe Haven Christian Academy...

  • Best private high schools in the Montgomery metro area

    Stacker|May 21, 2025

    LightField Studios // Shutterstock Best private high schools in the Montgomery metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best private high schools in the Montgomery metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on academics, but other factors include culture and diversity; sports; clubs and activities; resources; and surveys of parents, teachers, and students. Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock #21. FRUITFUL GROUND...

  • Best private high schools in the Huntsville metro area

    Stacker|May 21, 2025

    Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock Best private high schools in the Huntsville metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best private high schools in the Huntsville metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on academics, but other factors include culture and diversity; sports; clubs and activities; resources; and surveys of parents, teachers, and students. Tyler Olson // Shutterstock #19. Union Chapel Christian...

  • Best private high schools in the Birmingham metro area

    Stacker|May 21, 2025

    Ground Picture // Shutterstock Best private high schools in the Birmingham metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best private high schools in the Birmingham metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on academics, but other factors include culture and diversity; sports; clubs and activities; resources; and surveys of parents, teachers, and students. LStockStudio // Shutterstock #25. Riverside Christian Academy -...

  • What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.

    Stacker, Kate Yoder for Grist|May 1, 2025

    When the Marshall Fire swept through the grassy plains and foothills outside Boulder, Colorado, in late December 2021, it burned down more than 1,000 homes—and left many young people shaken. "It can just be pure anxiety—you're literally watching a fire march its way across, and it's really, really close," said David Thesenga, an 8th grade science teacher. Some of his students at Alexander Dawson School in the small town of Lafayette lost their homes to the fire. As more students come to sch...

  • Before you book: 5 things parents should know about private coaching

    Stacker, Gene Williams for Athletes Untapped|May 1, 2025

    Private sports coaching has long been a behind-the-scenes part of youth athletics, but in recent years, it's become a booming micro-economy—fueled not by schools or clubs, but by everyday families looking for something different. The demand for high-quality private coaching is only growing stronger, Athletes Untapped says. A combination of youth sports specialization, college recruiting, and a cultural push for individualized development has created the perfect opportunity for private c...

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