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UH Cougar Cupboard to Fuel Student Success
Food insecurity, or the inability to afford enough nutritious food to fuel a regularly healthy lifestyle, is a growing concern on college campuses nationwide. In an effort to address this significant barrier to student success, the University of Houston has opened the Cougar Cupboard in partnership with the Houston Food Bank’s Food for Change market network.
The Sales Academy Launches at UH
The city of Houston has worked hard to improve its tech and innovation ecosystem, but a key element has been missing – a sales force specially trained to promote tech companies and their products. The Sales Academy, an eight-week program launched at the University of Houston, will prepare early and mid-career professionals to work in the technology industry.
Can Mindfulness Keep Offshore Energy Workers Safe?
Can “mindfulness” improve offshore safety? Researchers will teach offshore energy workers exercises designed to help them focus on the moment and on specific tasks. Based on research in other industries, including health care, the researchers expect to find a link between mindfulness and better safety outcomes.
$5 Million Gift from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas to Fund Scholarships for UH Medical Students; Create Pipeline Program
The University of Houston College of Medicine has received a $5 million gift from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX). The gift will provide $3.5 million for scholarships to at least 35 medical students and $1.5 million to create a pipeline program to attract and retain students from diverse backgrounds who have an interest in practicing primary care medicine.
Improved Brain Chip for Precision Medicine
The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is reporting an improvement on a microfluidic brain cancer chip previously developed in their lab. The new chip allows quick assessment of the effectiveness of cancer drugs on brain tumors.
Molecular Understanding of Drug Interactions Suggests a Path to Better Malaria Treatments
Researchers have for the first time demonstrated what happens at the molecular level when two compounds known to inhibit crystal growth were combined, yielding new insights into malaria treatments and, more broadly, improving the process of drug development.
University of Houston Earns a Top Spot in U.S. News Ranking of Online Graduate Education Programs
The online master’s degree programs at the University of Houston College of Education rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2020 list from U.S. News & World Report. Specifically, the college ranked No. 8 for its online M.Ed. programs.
UH Researchers Solve a Scientific Mystery about Evaporation
Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an important role in industrial processes such as power generation. UH researchers now have reported a discovery that answers fundamental questions about the process, which until now had remained a mystery.
Mentoring Project Deepened Student Learning, Commitment
Pairing graduate students with professionals working in their field resulted in deeper learning and inspired passion for the work, according to new research from the University of Houston.
Developing a Technique to Study Past Martian Climate
Joanna Clark, a University of Houston geology Ph.D. student, has been awarded a $285,000 NASA grant to develop a technique that could one day be used to better understand past climate conditions on Mars.
Developing Next-Generation Biologic Pacemakers
University of Houston associate professor of pharmacology Bradley McConnell is helping usher in a new age of cardiac pacemakers by using stem cells found in fat, converting them to heart cells, and reprogramming those to act as biologic pacemaker cells.
Information Technology Can Save Police Lives, According to a New Study
Police officers face well-documented risks, with more than 50,000 a year assaulted on the job in the United States. But new research has found that the use of information technology by law enforcement agencies can reduce the number of police killed or injured in the line of duty by as much as 50%.
Wunderkind and Lifelong Learner Among Fall 2019 Graduating Class
Nearly 5,000 University of Houston students will receive their degrees during the fall 2019 University Commencement. Commencement ceremonies are Thursday, Dec. 12–Saturday, Dec. 14 at Fertitta Center and Cullen Performance Hall.
Historic Gift with Expected $15 Million Impact Ensures Continuity for Nation’s Top Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program
A historic gift expected to have a total impact of $15 million will ensure the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston remains in the nation’s top tier of entrepreneurship programs.
Using the Arts to Help Formerly Incarcerated Black Men Succeed
Formerly incarcerated black men enrolled in an alternative school with arts-based programming — writing, poetry, music — showed healthier social and emotional development and higher academic achievement as they transitioned to adulthood, according to research from the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work.
UH Engineer Honored For Work in Crystal Engineering
Jeffrey Rimer, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UH, has received the state’s top honor in engineering for his pioneering discoveries about how crystals form and how they can be dissolved.
Featured Events
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Jan 29 11:00 am
Learning Abroad Spring Fair
Did you know you can take classes as well as intern, do research, volunteer, or even teach abroad? We can help you find an affordable program that fits into your degree plan while staying on track to graduate. Meet our UH faculty leaders, affiliated program providers, scholarship organizations, academic departments, and the UH Learning Abroad and Passport for Coogs team members.
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Jan 29 12:00 pm
Farmer’s Market
University of Houston students, staff, and faculty will be able to shop for locally sourced and produced items without having to leave campus at the UH Farmers Market. Cougar Cash is accepted.
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Jan 29 6:30 pm
Mariam Ghani: Artist Talk & Screening
Mariam Ghani’s exhibition What We left Unfinished tells the incredible and mostly true story of five unfinished feature films from the Communist era in Afghanistan (1978-1991), when films were weapons, filmmakers became targets, and the dreams of constantly shifting political regimes merged with the stories told onscreen.
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Jan 30 4:00 pm
HEALTH: A Call to Action Pre-Conference
Mark your calendars for the HEALTH Research Institute’s inaugural health conference.
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Jan 30 6:30 pm
Margaret Wertheim Talk: Science Communicator & Artist
Margaret Wertheim is an internationally noted writer, artist and curator whose work focuses on relations between science and the wider cultural landscape. Her work is animated by a two-fold proposition: that science is both a field of conceptual enchantment, and a socially embedded activity with political and communal consequences.
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Jan 31 8:00 am
HEALTH: A Call to Action Conference
Mark your calendars for the HEALTH Research Institute’s inaugural health conference.
UH Initiatives
The University of Houston is a powerhouse of innovation. UH has grown to service the city of Houston and beyond through our extensive educational offerings, partnerships with local businesses and contributions to the community. Explore more below about how we are cultivating the future through Energy, Health, Arts, and Athletics to create success for our students and alumni.
