COVID-19 Response

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  Mask Up

  Preventing the spread of COVID-19 is a shared responsibility. Policies and resources are only effective if all of us commit to taking proper precautions not only on campus, but when you’re away.

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  Return to Campus

  Before coming to campus each day, individuals must take their temperature and conduct a self-health assessment. Learn more about the requirements for returning to campus.

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  Have Symptoms or Diagnosis?

  If a member of the campus community has tested positive or been diagnosed with COVID-19, or exhibits any coronavirus symptoms, the following steps should be taken.

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  University Case Response

  From reporting to cleaning and contacting tracing, UH’s COVID Response plan uses public health guidance and best practices to help prevent the spread and foster a caring culture.

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  UH Responds to COVID-19

  Enjoy a collection of stories about how our students, faculty, staff and alumni are making a difference in the fight against COVID-19.

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  Download the UH Go App

  See how crowded buildings are, contactless options for dining and take your daily self-health assessment, all in one location on your personal device.

Featured Stories

• UH News Room
• UH Today

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  Misinformation or Artifact: A New Way to Think about Machine Learning

  Machine learning has delivered amazing results, but there also have been failures, ranging from the harmless to potentially deadly. New work from UH philosopher Cameron Buckner suggests that common assumptions about the cause behind these supposed malfunctions may be mistaken, information that is crucial for evaluating the reliability of these networks.

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  Minimizing the Impact of Restaurant Shutdowns, Restrictions in China Amid COVID-19 Crisis

  A new study led by the UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management identifies aspects of restaurant operations in China that benefitted the bottom line despite the turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  UH College of Technology Receives Transformative Gift from Sugar Land’s HCSS

  The University of Houston College of Technology is the recipient of a nearly $2 million gift to endow scholarships and support new infrastructure in its University of Houston at Sugar Land building. The gift generously comes from HCSS, a Sugar Land innovative software company for the construction industry.

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  New Drug Discovery Institute Launches at University of Houston

  The University of Houston has launched the Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) aimed at integrating new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to streamline and modernize the drug-discovery process. With an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaborations to include the Texas Medical Center among others, the DDI is going beyond the life and physical sciences to develop novel drugs for unmet medical needs, thus defining a new paradigm in academic drug discovery.

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  UH Wolff Center Again Ranked No. 1 in Entrepreneurship by the Princeton Review

  The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship within the C.T. Bauer College of Business has been named the No. 1 undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the United States. It also ranked No. 1 in 2019.

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  A Vision for Thriving, Sustainable Global Communities

  "City of Refugees,” an exhibition by the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design is on view at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin, Germany. The interactive show is in tandem with “Purgatory,” an art installation by world-renowned Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei.

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  Job Interest Not a Big Predictor of Job Satisfaction

  Interest in an occupation matters, but not as much as you might think when it comes to job satisfaction. While it's not a strong predictor of satisfaction, a University of Houston researcher found that it may help in your performance on the job.

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  Two Genes Regulate Social Dominance

  Using the Nobel Prize gene-editing technique, a University of Houston researcher has found that two genes regulate social dominance in cichlid fish and - possibly - humans.

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  UH Community Health Workers Join City of Houston in COVID-19 Fight

  A team of community health workers, trained by the University of Houston and embedded in some of Houston’s most vulnerable neighborhoods, has joined the city’s new COVID-19 Community Health Education Fellows program to combat COVID-19.

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  A Touch of ‘Color Field’: Outdoor Art Exhibition Opens at UH

  A series of colorful, bright, large-scale sculptures are sprinkled across the University of Houston campus, offering visitors an emotional lift and escape to fun. Presented by Public Art of the University of Houston System, "Color Field" is free and open to the public through May 2021.

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  UH System Raises More Than $1.2 Billion, Transformational Campaign Total is Tallied

  Eight years, nearly 200,000 donors and an astounding $1.2 billion for scholarships, professorships, facilities and programs — just a few of the highlights of the University of Houston System’s transformational fundraising campaign, ‘Here, We Go,’ which drew to a close Aug. 31.

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  Rising Opioid Use During Pandemic Heightens Need for Safe Drug Disposal

  Disposing unused prescription meds in the home is more important than ever as the opioid crisis has grown into a deadly drug overdose epidemic during the pandemic. A University of Houston pharmaceutical researcher has received a $3.34 million grant to expand education and training on medication single-use disposal systems. The kits are one-time use, safe disposal pouches that deactivate drugs, preventing misuse and protecting the environment.

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  Trump, Cornyn Lead Texas in Latest Hobby School Election Poll

  President Donald Trump is leading Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by more than five points among likely voters in Texas, according to a poll released Monday by the Hobby School for Public Affairs at the University of Houston.