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  Health Care Intervention: Treating High-Need, High-Cost Patients

  Patients with complex needs — serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders — flock to emergency rooms costing the health care system billions every year. A new study led by Dr. Dave Buck of the College of Medicine suggests a nontraditional approach to these patients can significantly improve their daily functioning and health outcomes.

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  New Catalyst Would Boost Biomass Conversion to Fuels, Chemicals

  Efforts to use biomass, including wood and agricultural products, offer promise as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but converting it to transportation fuels and chemicals is hampered by high concentrations of oxygen. An engineer at the University of Houston has proposed a catalyst using bulk cerium oxide – the most abundant of the rare earth elements in the earth’s crust – to address the problem.

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  Fall Exhibitions Mark New Chapter, Vision for Blaffer Art Museum

  Works by Jacqueline Nova, a pioneer in electroacoustic music and Paul Mpagi Sepuya, a globally acclaimed photographic artist, will be on view at the University of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum. Both exhibitions will debut with a reception from 5-8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19 and are free and open to the public.

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  Researchers Build a Soft Robot with Neurologic Capabilities

  In work that combines a deep understanding of the biology of soft-bodied animals such as earthworms with advances in materials and electronic technologies, researchers have developed a robotic device containing a stretchable transistor that allows neurological function.

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  Hope is a Key Factor in Recovering from Anxiety Disorders

  A University of Houston psychologist is reporting that hope increases in therapy and is a trait that predicts resilience and recovery from anxiety disorders, an important mechanism for therapists to restore in patients to move them forward toward recovery.

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  Space Explorers to Visit University of Houston

  Six accomplished space explorers will visit students at the University of Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 16 to educate and inspire the next generation of astronauts, scientists and engineers.

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  What Happens as Solid-State Batteries Begin to Fail?

  Solid-state lithium batteries don’t carry the same risk of fire and explosion as conventional batteries with liquid electrolytes, but full-scale commercialization has been slowed, in part, because scientists don’t fully understand what causes the batteries to fail. A $1 million project funded by the US Department of Energy will allow researchers to answer those fundamental questions.

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  University Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic Opens Parkinson’s Voice Service

  The University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic (USLHC) has established a Parkinson’s voice service to help people who live with the debilitating impact of Parkinson’s disease on their voice and ability to swallow. The program emphasizes speaking with intent and converting speech from an automatic function to an intentional act every time a person with Parkinson’s speaks.

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  Fertitta Center Court to be Named after Penick Family

  When the 2019-20 University of Houston Men's and Women's Basketball teams take the floor in early November to open competition inside the Fertitta Center, the Cougars will do so on a new court. Thanks to a generous donation from longtime Houston Athletics supporters Richard "Rusty" and Patricia "Tricia" Penick, the Fertitta Center playing surface has been renamed the Penick Court ahead of the 2019-20 season.

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  Bauer College Economic Development Initiative Earns National Recognition

  The Stimulating Urban Renewal through Entrepreneurship program at the University of Houston C. T. Bauer College of Business has been recognized as one of the nation’s top university-led economic development initiatives.

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  New Mariachi Ensemble Coming to UH

  The University of Houston campus will soon be filled with the sweet sounds of traditional mariachi music when the new Mariachi Pumas ensemble debuts this fall.

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  UH College of Medicine Department Chair Named Harris County Family Physician of the Year

  Dr. Brian Reed has a passion for helping patients live healthy lives, and now his primary care colleagues in Harris County are recognizing his commitment to patient care. After being nominated by his peers, the chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Medicine has been named the Family Physician of the Year by the Harris County Academy of Family Physicians.

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  UH Receives $2 Million Commitment to Support Study of Tamil Language and Culture

  Houston Tamil Studies Chair, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization with a mission to promote Tamil language, culture and literature has made a $2 million commitment to the University of Houston to establish an endowment supporting the study of Tamil heritage.

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