Coming up in the Honors College

• Hiring: Honors Events & Room Reservations Student Worker

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES    

Grand Challenges Forum
The Grand Challenges Forum encourages students to think critically, discuss openly and learn unequivocally. The New Grand Challenges Forum offers students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the local community a time to hear a wide range of lectures dedicated to a compelling theme. Fridays from 1-2 p.m. in the Honors College Commons.

Look for the fall 2026 schedule here.

Lyceum Lecture Series
The Lyceum Initiative hosts a Lecture Series each academic year, focused on a theme of special interest to its mission. The theme for 2026 is "The Declaration at 250!" Each talk in the 2026 Lecture Series will focus upon one of the fundamental principles articulated in the Declaration of Independence, signed by delegates to the Continental Congress in July of 1776.

Look for the fall 2026 schedule here.

Hiring: Honors Events & Room Reservations Student Worker
Look for details and to apply at  Cougar Pathway (University Career Services) via UH Access or https://www.uh.edu/ucs/cougarpathway/

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TRAVEL & SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Pharmacy Undergraduate Research Opportunity - Dr. Joydip Das
Dr. Joydip Das, from the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is currently recruiting undergraduate students to study the binding of small molecule drugs on presynaptic and signaling proteins using molecular docking, molecular dynamics and binding assays. The objective is to understand the molecular mechanism of drug’s action with a long-term goal of developing more potent drugs with little or no side effects. For more information, contact Joydip Das (713-743-1708, jdas@uh.edu).

Congenital Heart Defects Undergraduate Research Opportunity - Dr. Mingfu Wu, UH
Dr. Mingfu Wu, from the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is currently recruiting undergraduate students or research scientists to work on exciting new projects related to the etiology, pathology and genetic basis of congenital heart defects and cardiomyopathy. These projects investigate the etiologies at cellular, molecular, and genetic levels and establish novel treatments and gene-therapy for these heart diseases. Motivated students with a strong background in biology, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, or pharmacology are encouraged to apply. The projects in the lab are supported by NIH and AHA grants. Qualified students are accepted all year round with two per year with students expected to stay in the lab for at least one year. For more information, email Mingfu Wu (mwu25@central.uh.edu) and answer the following questions: do you want to be a PhD, a MD or other plan for the next step? Do you want to be a physician, an independent faculty or other career in the future?