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  Holding Algorithms Responsible in Public Policy

  Whether we realize it or not, algorithms – sequences of instructions that tell computers how to perform tasks – are part of our everyday lives. In public policy, data collected by algorithms is used to help policymakers make decisions related to criminal justice, public education, the allocation of public resources and national defense strategy. But algorithms in public policy that can influence a person’s prison sentence, for example, can be biased, lack transparency and cause mistrust in the system, according to researchers. So, how can these algorithms be held accountable?

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  CLASS ALL-STARS AT A GLANCE - MARCH 2020 - AUGUST 2021

  The last 16 months have been challenging, introducing a worldwide pandemic, bitter racial injustice, political unrest and catastrophic natural events, but the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) has not stood still. In fact, in that time of chaos and upheaval, a Pulitzer Prize was garnered, our youngest master’s graduate earned her degree, two ROTC cadets marched directly into the United States Space Force, the Fulbright Award was claimed and millions of dollars in coveted fellowships, grants and scholarships were taken home.

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  Sociology's Anderson, CEE's Rifai Pairing For Research Into Houston Flood Response

  Professors from the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and the Cullen College of Engineering, have received a National Science Foundation grant for their multi-faceted proposal to study how the community reacts to flood mitigation strategies.
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  UH Literary "Genius" Cristina Rivera Garza Wins José Donoso Ibero-American Literature Award 2021

  Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies Cristina Rivera Garza, revered as one of the most eminent and prolific Mexican fiction writers of her generation, has won the José Donoso Ibero-American Prize for Letters 2021. This distinction recognizes the trajectory and career of Spanish and Portuguese-speaking writers and has been awarded since 2001 by the University of Talca (Santiago, Chile) in memory of Chilean author and journalist José Donoso.

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  From Humble Beginnings, Gerald Horne Wins American Book Award for Exploring History of Marginalization

  Born in a Jim Crow hospital. Attended racially segregated “apartheid schools.” Grew up in the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood of St. Louis, an area similar to Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and home to several prominent Black businesses that were erased forever by racially motivated construction projects. Each of these circumstances shaped the unique prism through which Moores Professor of History Gerald Horne views the world.

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  Helping Families Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

  Carla Sharp runs the Developmental Psychopathology Lab in the UH College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She is lead investigator on a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to help families exposed to intimate partner violence.

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  Pair of Historians Receive NEH Award to Explore Women's Political History Through Digital Media

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is proud to announce that Moores Professor of History Nancy Beck Young and Associate Professor of History Leandra Zarnow have been awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Collaborative Research Grant.

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  Introducing 2021 New CLASS Faculty

  CLASS welcomes 22 new CLASS faculty members. Spanning from early career investigators to established and highly distinguished scholars, they broaden and deepen the college’s research capacity and impact.  Join us in welcoming them to the Cougar family.

Virtual Events

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• Sept 27 6 p.m.

  

  A CPH Lecture Series Event: The Past, Present, and Future of the Affordable Care Act

  Date: September, 27th, 2021 Time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  Location: Online Livestream
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• Oct 14 6:30 p.m.

  

  India Studies, Modern and Classical Languages and the Blaffer Art Museum Present Documentary “Politics of Masculinities and Bondings in the Indian Diaspora”

  Date: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. CST
  Location: Dudley Recital Hall
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CLASS MEDIA MENTIONS-SEPTEMBER

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