100 – The number of books that are published annually by UH Faculty, equivalent of two every week.
1,000 – Number of juried articles are published by UH Faculty annually
Donald Birx is a nationally ranked physicist and a new UH Vice President for Research.
Nobel Peace Prize – Jody Williams, social work
National Medal of Science – C.W. “Paul” Chu, physics
Pulitzer Prize – Edward Albee and Lanford Wilson, theatre
Tony Award – Edward Albee and Stuart Ostrow, theatre
National Academy of Sciences – Neal Amundson, chemical engineering; C.W. “Paul”
Chu, physics; and Jay Kochi, chemistry
National Academy of Engineering – Neal Amundson, chemical engineering; Fazle Hussain, mechanical engineering; Dan Luss, chemical engineering; Michael Y.H. Pao, mechanical engineering; John Lienhard, mechanical engineering (emeritus); Allen Rhodes, mechanical engineering; and James Symons, civil engineering (emeritus)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Neal Amundson, chemical engineering; C.W. “Paul” Chu, physics.
Chinese Academy of Sciences – C.W. “Paul” Chu.
Dr. Chu also is a member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, Academia Sinica, and the Third World Academy of Sciences.
French National Academy of Technology – Roland Glowinski, mathematics
Russian Academy of Sciences – Yuri Kuznetsov, mathematics
