News Releases

• 2013

• April

• 04/30/13  ConocoPhillips Donates Over $1 Million to UH

• March

• 03/21/13  UH Creates a New Minor in Energy and Sustainability
• 03/06/13  Fossil CSI: Prehistoric Clues to Oil, Environment Revealed
• 03/06/13  UH Honors College Fundraiser 'Great Conversation' Delivers Dinner Discussions With Experts, Scholars
• 03/05/13  Azerbaijan Ambassador to Visit UH to Discuss Energy in Caspian Region

• February

• 02/13/13  President Renu Khator Appoints Leader of UH Energy Initiatives

• 2012

• December

• 12/13/12  Engineering Researcher Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
• 12/07/12  UH Superconductivity Research Project Wins Additional Funding

• November

• 11/06/12  National Oilwell Varco Gives $905,000 to UH's Subsea Engineering Program

• October

• 10/16/12  UH Establishes Nation's First Master's Program in Subsea Engineering

• September

• 09/20/12  UH Partners With Consumer Energy Alliance for Energy Day 2012
• 09/07/12  UH Law Center Undertakes Critical Study of Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Law

• July

• 07/16/12  UH Chemist Tackles Black Holes in Canada with Fulbright Fellowship
• 07/10/12  TIGER Grant Helping Connect UH Campus with Energy Research Park

• May

• 05/01/12  HoustonPBS UH Moment: UH Law Center’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center

• March

• 03/15/12  UH Receives ExxonMobil Grant for Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp

• February

• 02/28/12  UH Creates $30 Million Fund to Recruit Key STEM Faculty
• 02/07/12  UH Officials Named to Wind Alliance Board

• January

• 01/18/12  Climate Change Liability the Focus of Mock U.S. Supreme Court at UH Law Center Jan. 19

• 2011

• November

• 11/10/11  UH Physicist Part on Multi-Institution Team Trying to Develop New Solar Energy Technology

• October

• 10/31/11  'Green UH Day' on Nov. 2 Celebrating Campus Sustainability, New Partnership with Green Mountain Energy
• 10/11/11  UH-led Team Receives $3.1 Million DOE Award to Develop Superconducting Wire for Wind Turbines

• July

• 07/08/11  UH Architecture Students Designing, Constructing 'Solar Shade Tree' for Houston's McReynolds Middle School

• June

• 06/29/11  ConocoPhillips Donates $1 Million to UH and its Energy Research Park
• 06/27/11  White House Environmental Policy Adviser Nancy Sutley Visiting UH June 28
• 06/23/11  Gardening to Go: UH Architecture Professors Introduce GroPODS

• May

• 05/18/11  ExxonMobil Donates More Than $500K to UH for Math, Science Initiatives
• 05/17/11  UH Engineering Launches New Subsea Certificate Program

• April

• 04/06/11  State’s Leading Climatologist to Speak at UH Law Center April 7

• March

• 03/17/11  UH Receives $1 Million Grant to Test Technology on Diesel-powered School Buses
• 03/10/11  $5 to $6 Per Gallon of Gas? UH Energy Commodities Expert Offers Insight

• February

• 02/18/11  Neal Amundson, Pioneer in Chemical Reaction Engineering, Dies at Age 95

• 2010

• December

• 12/01/10  Joint United States, China Project Studies Origins of Universe

• October

• 10/27/10  Green Thumbs Up for UH in College Sustainability Report Card
• 10/14/10  Green Gadgets, Products Showcased at UH College of Architecture Oct. 21 - Dec. 1
• 10/01/10  Energy Saving Tips, Tools Showcased During Solar Tour and Social Oct. 2

• August

• 08/31/10  UH, Partners Receive $4.2 Million DOE Grant
• 08/06/10  Hobby Center Director to Lead Research for Greater Houston NGV

• July

• 07/07/10  University of Houston Joins Gulf Project Coalition
• 07/02/10  UH Professors Showcasing Green Gadgets During ‘Freedom Over Texas’ on July 4
• 07/01/10  UH Expert Explains Potential Impact of Hurricanes on Gulf Disaster

• June

• 06/29/10  Researchers Available to Discuss How Hurricanes Might Affect Gulf Oil Spill
• 06/24/10  UH Receives $2.3 Million DOE Grant For New Wind Facility
• 06/02/10  UH Forms Green Alliance with Urban Harvest
• 06/02/10  Hurricane Experts Take UH by Storm

• May

• 05/07/10  UH Offers Experts on Gulf Oil Spill
• 05/06/10  UH Geologist Explains BP Efforts to Dome Blown Well
• 05/05/10  As Oil Spill Hits Coastline, UH Expert Explains Ecological Impact
• 05/03/10  Expert Lends Perspective on Gulf Oil Disaster

• April

• 04/30/10  UH Energy Conference Draws Experts, Executives and Innovation
• 04/23/10  Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Keynote Speaker at UH Energy Conference April 23
• 04/21/10  UH Named Among Nation's Most Environmentally Responsible Universities
• 04/21/10  UH College of Technology, State Rep. Charlie Howard Presenting PBV Valve with ‘Excellence in Manufacturing Award’
• 04/20/10  'UH Moment' Expands to Broadcast Television Via HoustonPBS
• 04/20/10  UH Earth Day Carnival to Showcase Campus Green Initiatives April 22
• 04/14/10  Harris County Judge to Attend Conference on Port Security, Infrastructure
• 04/13/10  UH Receives $2.5M DOE Award to Develop Workforce Training Programs
• 04/07/10  Offshore Drilling Expert Available to Discuss Obama Proposal

• January

• 01/19/10  RecycleMania Returns to UH
• 01/04/10  PetroChallenge 2010 Comes to UH

• 2009

• October

• 10/27/09  UH Geophysicist Leads High Schoolers in Search Beneath Convention Center

• July

• 07/30/09  Bruker Energy and Supercon Technologies Enters Into Research and Development Collaboration with UH
• 07/15/09  First UH Energy Advisory Board Formed

• June

• 06/17/09  UH Diesel Testing Center Teams with TxDOT
• 06/09/09  ExxonMobil Foundation Gives UH $386K

• February

• 02/23/09  Experience Texas Oil by Boat and On Screen
• 02/04/09  Symposium at UH Will Address How to Put "Sustainability" Into Practice

• January

• 01/30/09  New Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Degree to Launch at UH in Fall
• 01/23/09  Carbon Trading Course at Bauer College Debuts
• 01/14/09  'Texas Oil: Landscape Of An Industry' Spills Into UH’s Blaffer Gallery Jan. 17 – March 29
• 01/12/09  'Refinery Dust' Reveals Clues About Local Polluters, UH Research Team Says

• 2008

• July

• 07/29/08  Energy Industry Leaders

• April

• 04/23/08  BP Funds Scholarship

• February

• 02/01/08  UH-GEMI Brings Energy