In a major win for Alabama’s public sector workers and their families, Governor Kay Ivey has signed SB 199—the Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025—into law. The legislation, which goes into effect July 1, 2025, grants paid parental leave to public school educators, community college staff, and state employees for the first […]
Before the space race brought NASA and a team of German scientists to Huntsville, and before the city became a hub for the defense industry, it was manufacturing that drove the local economy. Standing at the center of an industrial push by city leaders that began late in the 19th century were the major textile […]
For students preparing to enter the workforce, navigating the transition from academia to a professional career can feel daunting. But on Friday, March 21, participants in the UAH Huntsville Showcase walked away with more than just career advice—they gained a deeper understanding of how to adapt, build connections, and carve out their own paths in […]
On March 17, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center honored the children of Dr. Wernher von Braun—Iris, Margrit, and Peter—with its inaugural Founders Award. The ceremony, held in the Davidson Center’s Saturn V Hall, recognized the von Braun family’s significant contributions to the Center and Space Camp programs. But beyond the ceremony, this award underscores […]
The second HBCU Innovation Power Hour’s spring tour arrived at Drake State Community and Technical College, bringing with it a chance for students to gain hands-on experience and face time with industry leaders and entrepreneurs. The Innovative Power Hour, which was held at Drake State on Monday, is an initiative of The Alabama Collective. Innovate […]
A launch occurred at the Conference USA Basketball Championships last week, but it wasn’t a jump shot at the Von Braun Center. Instead, CUSA started its “Stars of Tomorrow‘’ program, an initiative the league devised to combine sports and career development to offer top students from member institutions an opportunity to engage with industry professionals […]
It was the language of life sciences and cybersecurity: honeypots, hackathon, DNA and the like that are part of the lingo in the world of biology, anatomy, astrobiology and biotechnology. More directly, it was the tongue of genomics — a broader study compared to its cousin genetics — when high school and college students joined […]
Huntsville Parks & Recreation is launching a new career path program for area youth. The initiative—the Teen Career Summit 2025—is free for ages 14-18 and takes place on Thursday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Dr. Richard Showers Sr. Recreation Center. The program is designed to give teens the tools they need to plan for […]
Taking on the role of underdog but carrying a nickname that sounds more like a group of menacing Caribbean Sea marauders, a group of nine middle and high school students found treasure in their first year as a robotics team. Dread Pirate Robotics has a 19-1 record and capped their first season with a victory […]
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology recently held its first public education event of the year, HudsonAlpha U Night, at The Jackson Center. At the event, Kelly East, HudsonAlpha’s Vice President for Educational Outreach, shared six stories of recent genomics and biotech discoveries. The stories were selected from several scientific breakthroughs and applications listed in this […]
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