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  Broadway Veteran Among Cast in 2017 Houston Shakespeare Festival

  A Broadway star is among the cast of talented actors who will take center stage at the Miller Outdoor Theatre this year for the 43rd season of the Houston Shakespeare Festival (HSF).

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  Inexpensive Organic Material Gives Safe Batteries a Longer Life

  Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect – they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short lifecycles, among other issues. Now researchers from the University of Houston have described a new class of material that addresses many of those concerns in Nature Materials.

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  UH Study: Wheelchair Rugby Lowers Depression and Stress in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

  A new study from the University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance found that frequent participation in wheelchair rugby was associated with lower levels of depression and stress among men with tetraplegia.

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  Space Travel on Earth? Hyperloop Partnership Pursues Possibilities

  Hyperloop technology is moving closer to reality, no longer the stuff of science fiction. Researchers, transportation leaders, local officials and other experts met at the University of Houston to determine how best to promote the technology.

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  The Future of Texas: Bigger, Older, More Urban and More Diverse

  Texas will remain one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, becoming home to a larger, older and far more ethnically diverse population over the next 33 years, even if migration from other states and countries slows dramatically, according to the latest projections from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs.

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  UH Names New Director of The Blaffer Art Museum

  The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston has a new director. He is Toby Kamps, curator of modern and contemporary art at The Menil Collection. Kamps will start his new role as the Jane Dale Owen Director and Chief Curator of the Blaffer Art Museum and research assistant professor of art history in September.

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  UH Alumnus Wins Silver at Prestigious Van Cliburn Piano Competition

  Kenny Broberg is the first Moores School of Music graduate to make it to the finals in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, whose awards are among the most prestigious in the world.

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  UH Researchers Work to Curb Alcohol Abuse in HIV-Positive Patients

  A team of University of Houston researchers from the Department of Psychology has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to reduce HIV transmission and progression among hazardous alcohol users. Rates of alcohol abuse among HIV-positive individuals are approximately twice as high as the general population.

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  At the Controls: UH Students Learn How to Operate Drones

  As the number of people buying Unmanned Aircraft Systems, more commonly known as drones, increases, the University of Houston is giving students a "high-flying" lesson in how to operate them.

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  UH Students Plant Orchard at New Hope Housing Complex

  University of Houston Honors College students from the Bonner Leaders Program planted a community fruit tree orchard at the New Hope Housing Canal Street Apartments.

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  Under Cyber Attack: UH Researchers Look at How to Catch a 'Phisher'

  As cybersecurity experts scramble to stop another wave of ransomware and malware scams that have infected computers around the world, computer science experts at the University of Houston are "phishing" for reasons why these types of attacks are so successful.

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  UH Researchers Report New, More Efficient Catalyst for Water Splitting

  University of Houston physicists have discovered a catalyst that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, composed of easily available, low-cost materials and operating far more efficiently than previous catalysts. That would solve one of the primary hurdles remaining in using water to produce hydrogen, one of the most promising sources of clean energy.

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  Math Ph.D. candidate awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

  Khanh ‘Kate' Nguyen competed against more than 13,000 applications for an award based on her research proposal.

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  In Step with Policymakers? New Survey Tracks Voter Attitudes

  A survey of registered voters in Houston and Harris County suggests a lingering conservative streak in the state's largest city and county, finding that a majority of voters are in step with Texas Legislators on some of the most contentious issues to arise this session.

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  Personality Factors Are Best Defense Against Losing Your Job to a Robot

  New research has found that IQ, along with an early interest in the arts and sciences, predicts who is likely to fall victim to automation in the workplace.

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  Doctoral student lands prestigious national fellowship after 165-year-old Walt Whitman discovery

  Zachary Turpin has been invited by Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, to continue to advance his exciting research in the early career of Walt Whitman as a Kluge Fellow.

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  New UH Partnership Puts Pharmacy Faculty and Students on the Front Lines of Combatting Diabetes

  A partnership between the University of Houston College of Pharmacy (UHCOP) and Vecino Health Centers at its Denver Harbor Family Clinic is providing clinical pharmacy services to the underserved Northeast Houston community.

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  Health

  UH Health is the platform to integrate the university’s mission and values focused on identifying and responding to the economic, social and cultural issues affecting health in Houston, Texas, and beyond.

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  Arts

  UH Arts provide students the fuel to awaken the imagination and contribute real art to the real world. Read how students use their experiences and thoughts to ignite the imagination.

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  UH Innovation is committed to growing Houston’s innovation economy by providing facilities and programs to support startups and technology commercialization. 

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