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  New Research Highlights Impact of the Digital Divide

  COVID-19 has drawn new attention to the digital divide, as the need for online schooling and working from home has disproportionately hurt those without computer equipment and skills. Research by Paul A. Pavlou, dean of the C. T. Bauer College of Business, found that people with basic Information Technology skills are more likely to be employed, even in jobs that aren’t explicitly tied to those skills.

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  Pathway for Texas to Lead Energy Transition

  In a new white paper by Gutierrez Energy Management Institute, Center for Houston’s Future and University of Houston Energy, a pathway is laid for Texas to lead the energy transition and Houston to reduce carbon emissions to zero.

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  With Lithium in High Demand, UH Researcher Examines New Sources

  Kyung Jae Lee, assistant professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Houston, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for $508,722 to contribute to the enhancement and diversification of the domestic supply of lithium for sustainable and renewable energy storage.

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  UH Receives $10 Million Legacy Gift from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

  UH has received a $10 million gift from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to help the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management navigate challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. This legacy gift, which creates an unrestricted endowment, will help the college fulfill its mission of training the next generation of hospitality leaders.

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  Targeted Delivery of Highly Toxic Anti-Cancer Drug to Brain Tumors

  UH biomedical researcher Sheeren Majd is reporting the development and testing of a new nano-carrier as a potential treatment to deliver highly toxic medicine to glioblastomas, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumors.

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  UH Poet Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

  Joy Priest, a first-year doctoral candidate in the University of Houston’s renowned Creative Writing Program, has received a Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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  UH Receives $5 Million to Combat HIV/AIDS Epidemic

  A new $5 million grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. extends the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work’s effort to eradicate the underlying serious and systemic challenges that contribute to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern United States.

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  Three UH Engineers Named to National Academy of Inventors

  (From left to right) Hien Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer and Gangbing Song have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors Senior Member Class of 2021.

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  Cambridge Bound Coog

  UH graduate student Phillip Kieval has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious national fellowships.

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  UH College of Medicine Newest Member of Texas Medical Center

  The University of Houston College of Medicine is the newest official member of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) – the largest medical city in the world – following approval by the TMC Board of Directors.

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  Flooding, Violent Crime Top Concerns of Harris County Residents

  More than three years after Hurricane Harvey damaged hundreds of thousands of homes in Houston and beyond, flooding remains the top major concern for Harris County residents, according to a new report released Wednesday by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs.

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  Houston Women’s Golf Receives $1 Million Gift

  The Leatherwood family has made a $1 million gift to the Houston Cougars women’s golf program in memory of Carolyn Macow Leatherwood, a longtime University of Houston supporter and lover of golf. Carolyn passed away last summer at the age of 73 after a long battle with Crohn’s disease.