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April 7, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a paper in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity that proposes a universe built on steps of multiple singularities rather than the Big Bang alone to account for the expansion of the cosmos. The new model forgoes the need for either dark matter or dark energy as explanations for the universe's acceleration and h...
A college education can be a costly undertaking. College Board data shows that four-year college students spent around $35,000 a year in tuition, housing, and other expenses at private nonprofit institutions and $20,000 at public ones, taking into account grants and financial aid. Although those numbers are much lower than the $60,000 per year price tag that private nonprofit colleges typically post, it still amounts to a lot of money. However, because of the daunting cost (not to mention...
HUNTSVILLE, AL. – From B-17 bombing runs over Europe in World War II to scientific discoveries aboard NASA space shuttle missions, former astronaut Dr. Jan Davis chronicles two transformative eras in American aviation history from a personal perspective in her book "Air Born: Two Generations in Flight." Davis will share "Air Born" stories during an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) super bonus program on Friday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 112 of the Student Services B...
Is it autism, a learning disability, or both? If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean you're bound to have a learning disability, Rula reports. The signs of learning disabilities and autism can look similar, which means it can be tricky to recognize the differences between them. Empowering yourself with knowledge about autism and learning...
High-dosage, in-person tutoring gets results, recent research suggests. But as federal funding for remediation dries up and schools struggle to raise students' post-COVID skills, educators have been hoping for a lifeline in the form of live, online tutoring. While virtual tutors still work directly with students in real time, they can work from anywhere, expanding the potential talent pool and lowering costs, The 74 explains. Until recently, virtual tutoring had scant evidence that it works very...
Stress is a nearly universal experience among students, especially those in college. A World Health Organization (WHO)-supported study of over 20,000 first-year students across nine countries found that 93.7% experienced stress in at least one major area, including finances, health, relationships, family, school, or loved ones' problems. While it might just seem like a normal part of student life, stress in college students can actually have a serious impact. Data from the WHO study shows that...
For the past decade, college enrollment has steadily declined; at the same time, students' career aspirations have undergone a dramatic transformation. Long considered the gateway to financial stability, a college degree is no longer viewed as the only—or even the best—path to success. Freshman enrollment fell 5% this fall compared to last year, according to data released in October 2024 by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. This decline particularly concerns working-class adu...
April 9, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Dr. Josh Wurman, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), was recently named to the National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame (NSCHoF). Alongside Dr. Karen Kosiba, Wurman leads the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) in the Severe Weather Institute – Radar & Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL), part of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at UAH. UAH is part of The University of Alabama System. The award was presented during the ann...
ig leaps ahead at UAH UA System Board of Trustees advances facilities projects, expands new program offerings at UAH HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (APR 10, 2025) – The University of Alabama (UA) System Board of Trustees met on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the UA System, on Friday, April 4. The Board advanced numerous UAH projects and programs. Summaries of the individual announcements are below, including links to individual releases. All releases and their a...
On Jan. 27, 2025, the White House issued a late-night directive that paused federal grants and funding in order to locate and eliminate "woke" government spending. The pause seemingly included funding for public schools, such as the Farm to School Program that provided schools with locally sourced food. It wasn't long before Jared Cordon, superintendent of a rural school district in Roseburg, Oregon, started receiving calls from concerned community members. "If kids can't eat, where can I drop...
April 23, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – It's often said that one of the hardest things to accomplish in team competitions is a "three-peat" – winning three championships in a row. After placing first in 2023 and 2024 in NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC), The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) was set to do just that this year, before a catastrophic mechanical setback on the first day of the two-day competition ended the dream of a third consecutive victory. However, the UAH tea...
March 25, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (MAR. 25, 2025) – Researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), part of The University of Alabama System, have partnered with the Alabama Forestry Commission and NASA's FireSense initiative to study prescribed burns in the Geneva National Forest in South Alabama. The collaboration aims to improve fire management practices through the use of advanced technologies and data collection methods. During the prescribed burn scheduled for March 23 - 2...
Olivia Howe was hesitant at first to add French to her major in finance at the University of Arizona in Tucson, fearing that it wouldn't be very useful in the labor market. Then her language skills helped her land a job at the multinational technology company Siemens, which will be waiting for her when she graduates this spring. "The reason I got the job is because of my French. I didn't see it as a practical choice, but now I do," said Howe, who, to communicate with colleagues and clients,...
As districts and government officials nationwide consider curbing smartphones' reach, new research has revealed teens miss at least one and a half hours of school because they are on their phones. A quarter of the 13-18-year-olds in the study used devices for two hours each school day, which lasts around seven hours. The averages outnumber minutes allotted for lunch and period breaks combined, showing youth are distracted by phones throughout huge chunks of class time. Teen Phone Use in School...
March 3, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – To celebrate Research Week, Undergraduate Research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is highlighting the 11th UAH Research Horizons Poster Session, March 4 from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., on the second floor of the Charger Union. Research Week activities on the UAH campus are being featured from March 3-5 to promote and recognize the creative scholarship of undergraduate students at UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System. Throughout the year,...
March 17, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Dr. Xiaotong Li, a professor in the College of Business at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been named to a list of the world's most cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics, a global provider of analytics in academia and government. The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies researchers who have published multiple papers that are frequently cited, placing them in the top one percent for citations in their fields over the past decade. "...
Smartphones are an everyday part of our culture, but research on the effects of screen time might give parents pause when it comes to giving their children one of their own. Even so, smartphones allow parents to reach their children in an emergency, students to access educational materials at the stroke of a finger, and kids to find community, especially when peers of certain identity groups may be hard to find locally. Of course, with each benefit comes a new digital risk. Parents must manage t...
The United States is in the midst of a teacher shortage that has impacted school districts across the nation. In fact, 86% of U.S. K-12 public schools reported challenges hiring teachers and staff for the 2023-24 school year, with shortages especially affecting subjects like Special Education, Mathematics, and English/Language Arts. While staffing and retention challenges are widespread, they are often particularly associated with rural districts. This can cast a negative connotation on rural...
The number of young men pursuing U.S. college degrees has fallen in recent years. In 2022, there were 1 million fewer American men ages 18-24 enrolled in college than there were in 2011, according to Pew Research Center. Fewer women are also going to college, but just slightly, with the number at 200,000. With noticeably fewer men enrolling in higher education, the widening gender discrepancy has left many college administrators, educators, and economists wondering why young men are fleeing the...
More states mandate screenings for reading challenges in young kids California will join 40 other states in screening kindergarten through second-grade students annually for reading difficulties, LA Post reports. The Reading Difficulties Risk Screener Selection Panel approved screening instruments designed to identify students at risk for reading challenges, including dyslexia. Students who don't read at the grade level by third grade are more likely to miss school and face more difficulties in...
Twenty umbrellas. Two dozen cotton pillowcases. Two dozen hairbrushes. Twenty-eight mens' long sleeve T-shirts. Thirty boxes of mac and cheese. Fifty-six Oreo snack packs. These are among the essentials a librarian at a high school in Jamaica, Queens, is raising money to purchase for students in her school's multicultural club, most of whom are recent immigrants and lack enough money for food, personal care, and weather gear, Chalkbeat reports. Tens of thousands of migrant families and others...
When she taught third grade in Houston, Summer Robinson invited a friend, a female mechanical engineer at Chevron, to visit her class. She wanted to introduce students, especially girls, to a STEM practitioner who didn't conform to the socially awkward stereotype in popular culture, The 74 reports. "She communicates really well, and the kids just loved it so much," Robinson said. "I don't think they totally knew what an engineer was, but they understood that they help build things." Such...
February 17, 2025 - OAKLAND, CA – Liberty Counsel filed a reply brief on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) NorCal East Bay against the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and its superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell for unlawfully denying elementary school Good News Clubs access to school facilities on an equal basis with other non-religious groups. According to the lawsuit, CEF applied to use facilities on four different campuses within the OUSD for more than two years, but w...
February 18, 2025 - UNTSVILLE, AL – A faculty group from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Analysis Center to support advancements in human-systems integration analysis and artificial intelligence (AI). The interdisciplinary venture represents researchers from the departments of industrial and systems engineering, psychology and computer science at UAH, a part of The University of A...
BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific notation, but fifteen minutes in, some students had lost focus. Two girls at a back table sang, their worksheets empty. Two boys pulled up games on their laptops, as two other girls discussed what they'd name their children someday. Riccio tried to reel them in as he walked around answering q...
