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• Psychology Professor Elena Grigorenko Receives University of Houston’s Farfel Award

  April 24, 2025

  Psychology Professor Elena Grigorenko Receives University of Houston’s Farfel Award

  Elena Grigorenko, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology, is the recipient of the 2025 Esther Farfel Award, the University of Houston’s highest faculty honor.

  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success
• UH Student Awarded Prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship

  April 23, 2025

  UH Student Awarded Prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship

  Cole Woody, a sophomore biology major in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Houston who is breaking new ground in cancer research, has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for students focused on research in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success
• Can’t Stop UH Student Researchers

  April 23, 2025

  Can’t Stop UH Student Researchers

  Undergraduate Research Day celebrates 20 years with largest-ever event.
• University of Houston Engineer Reinvents Ceramics with Origami-Inspired 3D Printing

  April 23, 2025

  University of Houston Engineer Reinvents Ceramics with Origami-Inspired 3D Printing

  In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend under pressure — without breaking.

  • Research
  • Science, Energy and Innovation
• University of Houston Professors Awarded Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

  April 21, 2025

  University of Houston Professors Awarded Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

  The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has appointed two University of Houston professors to its centennial class of Guggenheim Fellows, one of the world’s most prestigious honors for scholars in the arts and humanities. Anna Mayer, an associate professor in the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, and francine j. harris, an English professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, were among 198 distinguished creative artists chosen from nearly 3,500 applicants.

  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success
  • Arts and Humanities
• There’s No Place Like Home

  April 17, 2025

  There’s No Place Like Home

  With the turn of a shovel, the University of Houston celebrated the groundbreaking of a new, $52 million academic building for the Hobby School of Public Affairs, marking a significant milestone in the school’s continued growth and success and reinforcing the University’s role as a leader in public affairs education.

  • Policy, Law and Government