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• University of Houston Challenges Students to Solve Plastic Waste Crisis

  December 01, 2023

  University of Houston Challenges Students to Solve Plastic Waste Crisis

  University of Houston’s Energy Transition Institute (ETI) challenged students to address the critical issue of dealing with plastic waste and creating a real-world circular economy. Over 60 students participated in the first Circular Plastics Challenge. Winners and other finalists offer innovative, sustainable solutions.

  • Science, Energy and Innovation
• Electric Vehicles Remain a Tough Sell in Texas, According to New Survey

  November 30, 2023

  Electric Vehicles Remain a Tough Sell in Texas, According to New Survey

  Only about 5% of Texans, mostly urban dwellers, currently own or lease electric vehicles. A new survey says most of the majority – those who don’t drive EVs – report little or no interest in going electric in the future. This survey’s findings echo a similar study from 2021.

  • Research
  • Policy, Law and Government
• UH Physicists Secure $1.5 Million to Study Particles that Could Solve Mysteries of the Universe

  November 29, 2023

  UH Physicists Secure $1.5 Million to Study Particles that Could Solve Mysteries of the Universe

  The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded two University of Houston physics professors $1.5 million to study neutrino oscillations over the next three years, research that could help solve some of the mysteries of the universe.

  • Research
  • Science, Energy and Innovation
• UH School of Theater and Dance Expands MFA Acting Program in New Partnership with Alley Theater

  November 29, 2023

  UH School of Theater and Dance Expands MFA Acting Program in New Partnership with Alley Theater

  The University of Houston's School of Theater and Dance in the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts is expanding its prestigious partnership with the Alley Theater through a new program that will place MFA acting students in residence with the Tony Award-winning theater's resident acting company.

  • Arts and Humanities
• UH Researchers, Middle School Teachers ‘RESET’ Science Class in Support of Students Learning English

  November 28, 2023

  UH Researchers, Middle School Teachers ‘RESET’ Science Class in Support of Students Learning English

  The RESET program, funded by a $1.9 million NSF grant, mentors teachers as they develop methods that honor middle school students’ family cultures. The new teaching methods help young English learners overcome language-based barriers to success in science class.

  • Research
  • Science, Energy and Innovation
• UH Professors Assess the Future of AI: Is It Friend or Foe?

  November 27, 2023

  UH Professors Assess the Future of AI: Is It Friend or Foe?

  As artificial intelligence progresses further into our everyday lives, what does the future hold? Three UH professors recently assessed the technology's strengths and weaknesses to determine where these machines, with the ability to learn and reason beyond what humans are capable of, may eventually take us.

  • Research