December 2004

• Blaffer Gallery wins international award
• Architecture faculty and lecturers featured in Texas Architect
• December Of Note Archives

November 2004

• Scholarship to attract ‘Top Students’ for optometry
• Two professors invited to national nanotechnology conference
• Foundation honors interim provost, professor emeritus
• Kevin Burke, Noted Plate Tectonics Geoscientist, Honored for Contributions
• ‘Smart’ police cars focus of $1 million grant to UH
• Houston public radio raises record amount in private funds
• Fitness center wins construction awards
• November Of Note Archives

October 2004

• $2.8 Million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
  B. Montgomery Pettitt named multi-institutional lead,
  endorses ‘Meta-University’ concept
• Five hospitality industry leaders recognized by UH
  Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management inducts quintet into Hall of Honor
• Texas universities expanding new information network
• UH professor begins role as head of Houston Teachers Institute
• UHS, Methodist hospital moving toward affiliation
• UH-led consortium receives $5 million NSF grant
• $1.1 million NSF grant to facilitate anticipated tenfold growth rate
• Division honors staff with annual awards

September 2004

• Stewart honored as Woman of Excellence
• UH’s Strickland honored with education award
• Ioannis Pavlidis awarded NSF grant to study physiology of computer users

August 2004

• Staff elect new council members
• Reducing risks to astronauts earns top honors for UH engineer
  Stanley Kleis receives Public Service Medal from NASA for new bioreactor system
• Sen. Hutchison, Rep. Culberson at UH to announce nanohealth funding
• Enhancing patient care earns UH pharmacy students top honors
  First through fourth place swept by UH in Texas Pharmacy Association competition

July 2004

• ‘People’s Lawyer’ honored for commitment to education
• To Mars and Beyond: UH researchers participate in rocket research
  professor Edgar Bering and Michael Brukardt recognized
  for co-authored paper with NASA and UT
• Lifelong career adds up to top honors for UH math professor
  Professor Roland Glowinski awarded Theodore von Kármán Prize
• KUHF reporters walk away winners at awards banquet

June 2004

• Professor and student among tops in technology at UH
  College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics helps
  celebrate Night of Honor for Women in Computing
• Magazine ranks UH 15th in U.S. for Hispanic undergrads
• Newton-Esque mathematician at UH breaks new ground
  Professor Barbara Keyfitz first woman director appointed to
  prestigious Fields Institute in Canada
• Coogs score double victory in AIA sandcastle competition
• Lifetime achievements and engineering contributions
  Focus of UH Awards Dinner three alumni, decorated professor and community philanthropist honored by Engineering Alumni Association
• Beware cancer, insomnia and liver disease – UH students are taking aim
  three biology and biochemistry students win awards at national competition

May 2004

• Distinguished, outstanding, innovative – optometrists receive
  honors from UH College of Optometry bestows trio of awards
  at recent ceremony
• Papick named staff council president; set to take office in Fall
• Staff council scholarships awarded
• A CLASS act: Dean John Antel setting his sights on excellence
• Rehm’s focus on mental health garners praise from students, colleagues
• Technology Prof Waite honored with Graphic Excellence Award
• Engineering students at UH accomplish ‘Firsts’ and sweep competitions
• UH’s Chung honored for words of wisdom
• 2004 staff awards presented
• Physics Professor at UH called to testify on ultradeep water exploration
  Arthur B. Weglein offers expert testimony before Congress

April 2004

• “the connection” wins HTLA First Amendment Award
• KUHF’s Williams earns journalism awards
• Ordonez elected to American Physical Society
• Texas Library Association honors the Johnsons
• Recreation Wellness earns honors; starts second year
• Wells Fargo awards $100,000 to UH Center for Mexican American Studies
• 2004 faculty awards presented
• Entrepreneur Magazine ranks UH business program in top tier
• SBC Foundation awards another $250,000 to HATAC UH-based program coordinates high school training with needs of IT industry
• Third national victory gives UH cheerleaders more to cheer about:
  First, second place wins for small, large coed squads at
  Annual National Championship
• Top honors for patient counseling awarded to UH student:
  Michelle Edwards from College of Pharmacy wins national award

March 2004

• Houston's Curl named Associated Press coach of year
• Lady Coogs hungry for national title
• Antel named dean of College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
• On top of their game Lady Cougars snatch first conference title
• Doolittle Award honors UH professor for Outstanding Research in Polymers
  Rigoberto Advincula to receive kudos and lead symposium at American Chemical Society meeting
• Top Houston Women in Technology’ honoree at UH
  Professor Susan Hardin recognized for contributions in bionano technology
• Independent Petroleum Association awards $100,000 to UH Energy Program

February 2004

• $20 million goal surpassed for expansion, renovation of
  UH’s M. D. Anderson Library and Honors College

January 2004

• Prestigious award puts Blaffer Gallery in the spotlight
• Hoagland nominated for "National Book Critics Circle Award"
• Polish poet at UH receives Neustadt prize for literature