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  $10 Million Grant to Move Middle and High School Instruction Beyond Language

  Solutions for middle and high school students who grow up hearing a language other than English in their homes: A five-year, $10 million grant to psychology professor David Francis from the Institute of Education Sciences will create a national research and development center for English Learners at the University of Houston.

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  ‘Hobby Hour’ Launches With Insights into the Latest News

  The Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston is launching a monthly webcast, designed to keep Texans up to date with the fast-changing political and policy landscape.

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  University of Houston Launches Public Online Contact Tracing Course

  To help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the University of Houston College of Medicine has launched an online contact tracing certificate program for anyone around the world interested in becoming a “disease detective.”

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  All Heart: Partnership Provides Food for Underserved Communities

  Recognizing the additional financial struggles now facing low-income Houstonians due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Houston College of Medicine and American Heart Association joined forces to provide high quality, farm fresh produce to residents at two public housing complexes.

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  Barbers, Hair Stylists Split on Safety of Reopening During the Pandemic

  About three-fourths of hair stylists, barbers and salon owners in Texas have reopened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic out of concern for their livelihoods, but they remain split about the safety of that decision, according to a survey by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston.

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  Examining Media Coverage of Protests Worldwide

  University of Houston study reveals how type and location of protest influence coverage shared on social media.

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  Cloning Stem Cells to Find a Cure for Crohn’s Disease

  Researchers at the University of Houston Stem Cell Center are developing new drug therapies to selectively destroy rogue cells they found in biopsies of pediatric Crohn’s patients, to create new treatments for the disease.

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  Keeping an Eye on Prevention

  Two years into C.J. Dale's time as a student at the the UH College of Optometry, life went topsy-turvy as the COVID-19 global pandemic hit. Not content to sit on the sidelines, Dale now splits his time as a student and an epidemiologist, preventing further outbreaks in hospitals.

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  Honoring the Santa Fe Ten

  Students in the UH Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design have designed a memorial to commemorate victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting.

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  College of Medicine Selects Inaugural Class

  With a bold and fresh new approach to medical education, the UH College of Medicine has selected its inaugural class of 30 students with a goal to eliminate health disparities in underserved urban and rural areas, which often have poorer health outcomes.

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  UH Researchers Explore Science for COVID-19 Treatments, Vaccines

  Across the world, scientists in labs are working tirelessly to find a vaccine and treatment for coronavirus. Three of those scientists are right here in their labs at the University of Houston. They update us on their progress.

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  Poll: Energy Industry Worried About 2020 Presidential Election

  More than three out of four executives in the oil and gas industry say a potential victory by Democrat Joe Biden in the November presidential election is a threat to their companies’ economic well-being, according to a new survey from the Hobby School of Public Affairs.

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  Forging a New Family

  The first class of Diamond Family Scholars has ended an eventful freshman year at UH, proving their mettle as successful students, participating in new experiences and forming new friendships.

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  UH Ranks among Top 100 Global Universities for Patents

  Reflecting its emphasis on commercializing technologies to improve society, the University of Houston is ranked among the top global universities for the number of utility patents issued in 2019.

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  Public Art of University of Houston System Remembers Christo

  Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, the artist known simply as Christo, has died at the age of 84. The Bulgarian-born artist’s print “Texas Mastaba, Project for 500,000 Stacked Oil Drums” is part of the Public Art UHS collection.