Shaping the Gulf Coast of Tomorrow

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Professors Dalia Munenzon (top) and Matthew Johnson are launching  a new program focused on tackling environmental and urban challenges in the Gulf Coast, including watershed management, coastal planning and energy transition.

Pattison Means Business

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Assistant Dean Donna Pattison was included in the Houston Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business list, in the Government and Education category.

State of Matter

Meet doctoral student Caleb Broodo. He is researching high-energy particle collisions at Brookhaven National Lab to explore extreme matter and the origins of the universe.

Reminder: Early Voting Ends Friday

The early voting location in the Student Center South, Space City Room, will be open until 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30, and from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, and Friday, Nov. 1. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, on-campus voting is available from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

 

State Employee Charitable Campaign
Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the State Employee Charitable Campaign. Pledges are accepted through Friday, Nov. 8. The campaign supports causes like health and human services, environment, human rights, education for children, elderly support and more.

Smithsonian Magazine

‘Found’ Dataset Reveals Lost Maya City Full of Pyramids and Plazas, Hiding in Plain Sight Beneath a Mexican Forest

 

BBC 

Rubber and Tree Sap: How Ancient Maya Cities Have Withstood the Ravages of Time

 

Houston Chronicle
Three-Quarters of Voters Confident in Harris County Elections, UH Poll Finds

 

Psychology Today
Many Suicides Are Not Impulsive

 

Houston Public Media
‘I Saw the Failures’: Democrat Sean Teare Wants to Be Harris County’s Next DA

Inside Higher Ed

New Research Emphasizes Importance of College Proximity
Distance plays an outsized role in students’ academic outcomes, especially for certain minority students, according to two studies out of Texas and California.

 

Higher Ed Dive

The College Affordability Gap Shrank During the Pandemic, Research Suggests

Attending public colleges was largely more affordable during the 2021-22 academic year than it was two years prior, though many institutions remained out of reach, a recent report from the National College Attainment Network found.

Shawn Lindsey | Assoc. VC/VP for Media Relations
selindsey@uh.edu | 713-743-5725

 

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