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• UH Alumnus to be Inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame

  March 06, 2025

  UH Alumnus to be Inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame

  Dr. Bernard Harris, a University of Houston alumnus and the first African American to walk in space, will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 31.

  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success
• Sylvester Turner, U.S. Congressman, Former Houston Mayor and UH Alumnus, Passes Away

  March 05, 2025

  Sylvester Turner, U.S. Congressman, Former Houston Mayor and UH Alumnus, Passes Away

  Sylvester Turner, a University of Houston alumnus and former mayor of Houston who was elected to Congress last year, died Tuesday night. He was 70 years old.
• Royalty Among Us

  March 04, 2025

  Royalty Among Us

  University of Houston Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Richard Willson - who turned glow-in-the-dark stars into ways to detect disease - has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

  • Research
  • Science, Energy and Innovation
  • Health and Medicine
• UH Energy Experts Are Reimagining the Grid

  March 03, 2025

  UH Energy Experts Are Reimagining the Grid

  UH Energy experts say emerging battery, microgrid and AI technologies could be the answer to fortifying Texas’ ailing power grid — at least in the short term.
• Coogs Celebrate UH Day at the Capitol

  February 27, 2025

  Coogs Celebrate UH Day at the Capitol

  An enthusiastic contingent of leaders, students, faculty and alumni from the University of Houston headed to Austin on Tuesday, Feb. 11 for UH Day at the Capitol, where they met with lawmakers to highlight the University’s legislative priorities and showcase its positive impact on the State of Texas.

  • University and Campus
• UH Researchers Making Clean Water More Accessible

  February 26, 2025

  UH Researchers Making Clean Water More Accessible

  UH researchers have created a new salt-blocking membrane that allows water to flow eight-times faster making desalination systems more efficient and cost-effective.

  • Science, Energy and Innovation