UH Continues to Diversify
Data from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shows that UH leads the state in the increase in bachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanic and African American students.

Attracting Top-Ten Students
UH more than doubled the fellowships awarded to “top 10%” graduate and
professional students with a total of fifty for 2001.

Students Gain National Recognition
Thirty-one UH students were included in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Continuing to Lead in Research Grants
UH received a record $12.3 million in research grants in November, 2001, the largest single-month total in the school’s history.

Colleges Break New Ground
• The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture launched a new program in Industrial Design, the first in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, or New Mexico.
• The C.T. Bauer College of Business completed their AIM Center for Investment Management, a real-world securities trading center.
• The Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management founded the Wine and Spirits Management Institute for commercial beverage management.
• The Graduate School of Social Work received a $500,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation to establish a scholarship endowment for their expanding gerontology program.
• The College of Technology established the Center for Technology Literacy, enhancing the understanding of technological activity and researching the development of a technologically literate citizenry.

UH Tops National Rankings
• The UH Law Center’s Health Law and Policy Institute is ranked number one and the Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law is ranked fourth by U.S. News & World Report.
• The UH Creative Writing Program is ranked number two in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
• More than 60 percent of the state’s optometrists earn their degrees from the UH College of Optometry.
• Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog ranks UH second in the nation at responding to individual financial aid needs.

77th Legislature Supports Many UH Initiatives
Thanks to the united support of the Gulf Coast delegation and many other legislators, UH received increased funding for instructional and research programs, $51 million in tuition revenue bonds for a new science and engineering building, and $12 million in new excellence funding over the biennium.

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