FLEP

First Lt. Jocelyn Mitnaul will attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for law school as the sole recipient of the Funded Legal Education Program award in 2011.

Law

Major Chris Morgan lays the groundwork for a hearing on the case of Snyder v. Phelps at the Academy’s Law Day on Monday. (Photo by Ray McCoy)

CSURF

Jeremiah Stanley, a talk-session presenter from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, participates in the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum, held Saturday at the Academy’s Fairchild Hall. (Photo by Mike Kaplan)

CSURF

Cadet 2nd Class Aaron Koveleskie was one of more than 300 participants in the eighth annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum. Cadets played a leading role in all aspects of the forum, not just the presentation of undergraduate research. (Photo by Mike Kaplan)

Cadet Tribal Engagement Exercise

Cadet 1st Class Maritza Mendoza and Cadet 2nd Class Kristen Connell attend a women’s shura to engage female community members during a tribal engagement exercise at Fort Carson, Colo., April 2, 2011. Cadets from Behavioral Sciences 460, Sociology of Violence and War, travelled to a mock Afghan village to engage the local population for information to meet exercise objectives.

Cadet Tribal Engagement Exercise

Cadets 1st Class Cody Freeborn, left, and Blake Noble share tea with actors portraying a village elder and chief of police at Fort Carson, April 2, 2011. Cadets from Behavioral Sciences 460, Sociology of Violence and War, travelled to a mock Afghan village to engage the local population for information to meet exercise objectives. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Jimmy Do)

FalconSAT-5 rockets into orbit

A satellite dish at the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska reflects light from a sunset prior to liftoff of a rocket carrying the Air Force Academy's FalconSAT-5 at the complex Nov. 19, 2010. FalconSAT is a capstone program in which Academy cadets design, build, test and operate a satellite. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Program helps teachers reach for STARS

Teachers Claude Watters, center, and Emily Anderson launch their Estes rocket during a three-day Space Technology Applications Reaching Students teacher training workshop July 9, 2010. Mr. Watters is a teacher with The Classical Academy in Academy School District 20. Ms. Anderson is a teacher at Sierra High School in Harrison School District 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Julie Imada)

Academy researchers use 'ionic liquids' to neutralize chemical warfare agents

Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Chris Horn examines an ionic liquid in a chemistry laboratory at the Academy March 15, 2010. The Academy is developing a fast, environmentally friendly method to neutralize chemical warfare agents such as sarin and VX using certain ionic liquids. Cadet Horn and Cadet 1st Class Joe Lewczyk are also conducting follow-on research with ionic liquids to determine whether the room-temperature molten salts can neutralize certain biological agents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

2010 War, Literature & the Arts Conference

War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, produced by the U.S. Air Force Academy?s Department of English and Fine Arts, will host the 2010 War, Literature & the Arts Conference Sept. 16-18, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, CO.

HLC releases Academy accreditation report

Lt. Col. Jeff Boleng looks over then-Cadets 3rd Class Bradford Smith and James Colvin III during a computer science course at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 2, 2009. The Academy officially received its 10-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Oct. 27. Colonel Boleng is the deputy department head for the Department of Computer Science and an associate professor. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Armer)

HLC releases Academy accreditation report

Col. John Abbatiello talks to cadets during a history class at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 2, 2009. The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools cited the Academy's "enviable" 8:1 student-teacher ratio as one of the strengths in a report released Oct. 27. Colonel Abbatiello is the deputy head of the Academy's Department of History. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Ahlschwede)

FalconLaunch 6 test-fire ends with a 'bang'

The FalconLaunch 6 rocket static test fire in Jacks Valley at the Air Force Academy ended explosively Nov. 4, 2009, as the rocket fired for a fraction of a second and then exploded. The purpose of the static test-fire was to validate a new data acquisition system and perform further testing on an igniter design that was developed the previous academic year. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Mike Kaplan)

Physicists probe mystery of "black silicon"

The surface structure of black silicon, as imaged by an electron microscope, contains towers and valleys that dramatically increase the substance's surface area. Physicists theorize the structure contributes to black silicon's efficiency in absorbing light. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Academy ranked No. 1 among Western 4-year schools

Maj. Steven Hendricks works with Class of 2012 Cadets Andrew Bolton and Michael Beaulieu on an Engineering 101 project at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 5, 2009. The Academy was recently ranked best undergraduate school in the Western United States by U.S. News and World Report magazine for the third straight year. Major Hendricks is an assistant professor for the Academy's Department of Mechanical Engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Ahlschwede)

Academy ranked No. 1 among Western 4-year schools

Maj. Douglas Bayley assists Class of 2009 Cadet Daniel O'Sullivan with a project in the U.S. Air Force Academy's astronautics laboratory Feb. 2, 2009. The Air Force Academy was recently ranked as the top undergraduate school in the western United States by U.S. News and World Report magazine. Major Bayley is an instructor with the Academy's Department of Astronautics. Cadet Sullivan graduated in 2009 and now attends undergraduate pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Ahlschwede)

Top high school chemists hit Academy labs

Alex Chang from Torrey Pines High School in San Diego measures the result of an experiment in a U.S. Air Force Academy's Department of Chemistry laboratory June 5. Chang was one of 20 teenage chemists here for a Chemistry Olympiad training camp, competing for one of four spots on the U.S. team that will travel to the international Chemistry Olympiad in England in July. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Top high school chemists hit Academy labs

John Rosenberg from Barrington High School in Barrington, Ill., combines precise amounts of reagents during a recrystalization experiment in a U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Chemistry laboratory at the Academy June 5. Rosenberg was one of 20 teenage chemists here for a Chemistry Olympiad training camp, competing for one of four spots on the U.S. team that will travel to the international Chemistry Olympiad in England in July. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

CMSAF engages with Academy Airmen

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley talks with the 2009 graduating class during his visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 3. Chief McKinley, the 15th Airman to hold the Air Force's top enlisted position, visited in part to provide a senior enlisted perspective to senior cadets and cadet candidates at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher DeWitt)

Academy space fleet continues to grow

Cadet 1st Class Tyler Stecker creates an umbilical pairing for the flight model of FalconSAT-5 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., March 17. The umbilical pairing will allow the satellite?s batteries to be continually charged until launch. FalconSAT-5 is slated for launch in December. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Armer)