University of Alabama at Huntsville

University of Alabama at Huntsville
founding	1969
Sponsorship	public
place	Huntsville
president	Robert A. Altenkirch
Students	7,629 (2011)
Website	www.uah.edu

Shelby Center of Science and Technology

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (including UAH called) is a state university in Huntsville in the US state of Alabama . It was founded in 1950 and is part of the University of Alabama system . There are currently 7,600 students enrolled here. The university is particularly known for its research and teaching in the fields of astrophysics and atmosphere . The UAH is a so-called Space Grant University . Robert A. Altenkirch has been the President of the UAH since October 2011.

Sports

The UAH sports teams are the Chargers . The college is a member of the Gulf South Conference (East Division) . The hockey team plays in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association .

Rampage in February 2010

On February 12, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. CST , lecturer Dr. Amy Bishop allegedly set fire to her colleagues during a meeting of the biology department at the Shelby Center for Science and Technology. Faculty members Gopi K. Podila , Maria Ragland Davis and Adriel Johnson were killed and three others injured.

Web links

Commons : University of Alabama at Huntsville  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• University of Alabama at Huntsville

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Meredith Wadman: Three biologists slain on campus . In: Nature . tape 463 , February 2010, p. 856 , doi : 10.1038 / 463856a .

Coordinates: 34 ° 43 ′ 37.8 "  N , 86 ° 38 ′ 23.3"  W.