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  UH Statement on Gov. Abbott's March 2 Executive Order

  The University of Houston is reviewing Governor Abbott’s March 2 executive order regarding the mask mandate and opening Texas businesses 100% to determine the safest path forward for our campus community.

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  Humana and UH Announce New Value-based Care Specialization Program

  Humana and the University of Houston have launched a Value-based Care Specialization online program to support providers, academia and other business and industry professionals and the public in learning about the fundamentals and real-world application of value-based care that has become integral to improving outcomes in health care.

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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.