C-USA Basketball Championships moving to Huntsville, Von Braun Center

Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod announced yeserday that the 2024 and 2025 Conference USA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships will be hosted at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, in partnership with the Huntsville/Madison County CVB, the Huntsville Sports Commission and Knight Eady. The multi-year agreement is for two seasons with an opportunity to extend. “We […]

NAITA to Host Foreign Military Sales Industry Day at the U.S. Space Rocket Center

The North Alabama International Trade Association (NAITA) announced that the NAITA FMS Industry Day featuring the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) will be presented on Thursday, April 13, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. The NAITA Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Industry Day provides the business community […]

Local Film Premier Lands Big at Bridge Street

The Cinemark Bridge Street movie theater played host on Saturday to multiple sold out showings of the premiere of local filmmaker Jurian Isabelle’s latest project Nine Divine over the weekend.  An experience that felt like a combination of a Roald Dahl coming-of-age story and a gripping true crime mystery, Isabelle’s film, along with his life […]

Drake State Frontiers Program Progresses in 3D Printing for Eventual Lunar Living

The Drake State Community & Technical College Frontiers Research Program recently used a robotic arm to complete the first half of the tallest 3D-printed structure in the State of Alabama. This visual and technologically advanced project took place on March 23 at the Drake State Community & Technical College campus. In November, Drake State advanced […]

Huntsville Business Included in 2023 National Small Business Week Award Nominations

On March 14, 2023, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced the Small Business Persons of the Year from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.  The State, District of Columbia, and Puerto […]

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing and Team ONE Partners Host Job Fair

On April 1, 2023, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) and its Team ONE partners will hold a joint Team ONE Job Fair at the Huntsville Marriott at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, from 7:30 until 11:30 am. This event will be a great opportunity for attendees to learn more about MTM and the suppliers and […]

Undergraduate Research celebrates 9th annual UAH Research Horizons Poster Session

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Last Week, undergraduates at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) participated in the ninth annual UAH Research Horizons Poster Session at the Charger Union.  A total of 34 projects were presented by the students who conducted the work, with selected projects recognized for excellence in research and creative scholarship. Each year […]

Future tech leaders spend the weekend competing in HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge

This past weekend, 50 people composed of professionals, college students and high schoolers spent their entire weekend coding and working on their projects for the 6th annual HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge (HATCH.)  HATCH is a life sciences hackathon where participants compete to solve real-world issues faced by biotechnology researchers and innovators in genomics, genetics, and bioinformatics. […]

U.S. Space & Rocket holds job fair to fill more than 350 positions

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is holding a job fair Thursday, March 9, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to fill almost 350 full-time, part-time and seasonal positions in 33 areas. The center is hiring Space Camp counselors, nurses, lifeguards, museum guides, guest services representatives, gift shop sales associates, food service […]

Alabama Launchpad of EDPA chooses finalists for first cycle of 2023

Alabama Launchpad, a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA), is proud to announce that Launch Advisors have selected 10 finalists to participate in Cycle 1 2023. The finalists will compete for a combined $75,000 at a public finale scheduled to take place April 20, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Alabama Launchpad features entrepreneurs […]