Researchers at the Graduate College of Social Work collaborated with Houston-area teenagers on a community based study to identify strategies aimed at increasing civic engagement among Latinx youth.
The University of Houston College of Medicine will welcome 30 newly-minted medical students to their chosen profession during a White Coat Ceremony designed to clarify for students, prior to their entrance into the medical community, that a physician’s responsibility is to both take care of patients and also care about patients.
A University of Houston College of Medicine researcher has found how a protein inside the body reduces the adverse effects of hypertonicity, an imbalance of water and solutes inside cells, which leads to cell death.
New research findings indicate that racial discrimination is so painful that it is linked to the ability to die by suicide, a presumed prerequisite for being able to take one’s own life, and certain mental health tools – like reframing an incident – can help.
Scientists have long known the earth cooled dramatically about 13,000 years ago, with the most likely explanation that it was caused by a massive object slamming into earth from space or bursting in the atmosphere. Now researchers have found evidence for another, more likely explanation – the eruption of a volcano on what is now the European continent, upending thinking about an event that shaped future evolution.
Researchers have developed a new form of electronics known as “drawn-on-skin electronics,” allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
The University of Houston Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts is launching a new Graduate Certificate in Arts and Health program this fall. The program will train professionals to integrate fine and performing arts into health care settings.
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Cougars for Educational Equity invites you to explore how we can respond to and embrace Black Lives Matter in our classrooms. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Read more to see the list of speakers and to RSVP for this workshop.
Join the UH College of Education for a back-to-school kickoff event featuring UH alumna Christine Ha, winner of “MasterChef”; Kam Franklin, lead singer of The Suffers; and comedian Bill Santiago. View our free virtual event online Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, at 11 a.m.
The first day of class for fall 2020 is Monday, Aug. 24. Please note these key dates: The last day to add is class is Aug. 31 and the last day to drop a course is Sept. 9 for the regular semester. To those who are new to campus, welcome to the UH College of Education, and to those who are returning, welcome back!
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