News Releases
Category: Student Success
2013
November
- 11/13/13 UH Researchers Working to Slow Down Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s
- 11/06/13 UH Students Earn Their Ride in Microgravity
- 11/04/13 Young UH Grads Find There Is No Limit to What They Can Do
- 11/04/13 Geoscientist Receives NSF Grant to Develop GPS and LiDAR Education at UH
October
- 10/29/13 PBS’ “NOVA” Features University of Houston in Episode Exploring Innovation and Cold Temperatures
- 10/25/13 UH Offers a Place to Drop Off Prescription Drugs for Disposal
- 10/21/13 Role of Estrogen in Colon Cancer Prevention, Treatment Studied at UH
- 10/16/13 New Diagnostics, Treatments for Breast Cancer Investigated at UH
- 10/02/13 Keeping Pace With the Gulf Coast's Building Boom
September
- 09/30/13 Undergraduate Research Day Allows Students to Share Their Passions
- 09/30/13 Gift from Khators Gives New Energy to UH's Tier One Scholarship Program
- 09/26/13 Month-Long Study by UH Targets Improved Air Quality Forecasting
- 09/24/13 Study to Enhance Earthquake Prediction, Mitigation in Pakistani Region
- 09/13/13 Strategic Enrollment Procedures Lead to Best Freshman Class in UH’s History
August
- 08/28/13 Political Science Students Receive Scholarship to Pursue Academic, Personal Goals
- 08/27/13 Grants Help Expand Pharmacy Services for the Homeless
- 08/26/13 UH Student's Shoe Design Recognized at Major Fashion Trade Show
- 08/23/13 Bauer MBA Team Conducts Online Campaign, Named Best in the Americas by Google
- 08/14/13 UH System Board of Regents Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for FY2014
July
- 07/30/13 UH Architects, Artists Creating Mini-Pavilion From Reused Cubicles
- 07/25/13 Singing Fruit Flies, Alzheimer’s Diagnostics Among Student Projects
- 07/24/13 UH Moment: UH Helping Meet Demand for American Sign Language Interpreters
- 07/09/13 Cougar Junior Scholars Camp Delivering College Preview to Middle School Students
- 07/02/13 New Faculties-in-Residence Focus on Student Success
June
- 06/26/13 Two UH Students Chosen as Albert Schweitzer Fellows
- 06/17/13 UHS Board of Regents Sets Tuition Rates for FY2014
- 06/06/13 UH Receives $1 Million Endowment to Train Math, Science Teachers
May
- 05/29/13 Classics, Contemporary Works on Tap for UH Opera Season
- 05/29/13 UH Composers Making Music with Kashmere Gardens Students
- 05/24/13 UH Recognized as Top 10 ‘Most Affordable’ School in Texas by The College Database
- 05/23/13 Prestigious 'Latino Leadership Initiative' Picks Five UH Students for Summer Program
- 05/23/13 UH Construction Management Student Scores Highest on National Exam
- 05/21/13 UH Student Body President to Appear on 'The Daily Ticker' May 23
- 05/14/13 Dennis Quaid Honored at UH, Talks College, Career and Life in Houston
- 05/14/13 Legacy Gift Establishes Stanford Alexander Center for Excellence in Real Estate
- 05/13/13 Half of National Microsoft Video Game Design Finalists from UH
- 05/06/13 UH Students Pedaling Bicycle Creations as Part of Art Car Parade
- 05/03/13 HoustonPBS UH Moment: Barron's Serves Up Hospitality Industry Talent
- 05/02/13 UH Students' Research Work Showcased at Texas Legislature
- 05/02/13 UH Students' Stories Featured in 'Tier One' Graphic Novel
April
- 04/30/13 UH Students Envision New Beginnings for Houston's Forgotten Lots
- 04/19/13 UH Artists in Spotlight During Annual School of Art Exhibition
- 04/17/13 UH Honors College Salutes Southern Literature During 'O'Carnival'
- 04/05/13 UH Moment: Faculty-in-Residence Family Serves as Student Resource
- 04/02/13 UH Math Biology Major Receives Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
March
- 03/28/13 Hospitality Students Take Leadership Role in Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair
- 03/21/13 Emerging Artists In Full Bloom During Blaffer's Spring Exhibitions
- 03/08/13 UH Army ROTC Salutes Scholarship Recipients, Future Officers
February
- 02/20/13 Students, Educators Address 'How We Learn' During TEDxYouth@UH
- 02/01/13 Rodeo Scholars Reflect Long Partnership Between UH, Livestock Show and Rodeo
January
- 01/31/13 UH Selected to Receive Support from National Park Service
- 01/24/13 Retired Astronaut, Engineer Bonnie Dunbar to Lead UH STEM Center
- 01/17/13 HoustonPBS UH Moment: Reducing the University’s Carbon Footprint
2012
December
- 12/13/12 'Made in Houston' Showcasing Products Created By UH Students
- 12/04/12 UH Moores Opera Center Productions Receive Honors
- 12/04/12 UH Grad Student Tests Her Knowledge on ABC’s ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
- 12/03/12 NSF Gives UH $985K Grant to Boost Science Education in Houston
November
- 11/27/12 UH Concert Chorale Invited To City Hall Holiday Celebration, German Choir Competition
- 11/21/12 'Transcriptions-in-Reverse' Pairs UH Orchestra, Wind Ensemble
- 11/13/12 HoustonPBS UH Moment: Did LiDAR Uncover the Lost City?
- 11/09/12 Solar-Powered Outdoor Classroom Unveiled in Alief
October
- 10/26/12 UH Alum Helping Turn Cougar Country Into Jazz Land
- 10/26/12 Fall Gulf Coast Readings Wind Down Nov. 9 at Rudyard's
- 10/23/12 UH Architecture Program Earns Mayor's Proud Partner Award
- 10/19/12 UH Awarded $480,000 Grant to Provide Bilingual Social Service Professionals
- 10/04/12 Gulf Coast Readings Featuring UH Student Authors Set for Oct. 12
- 10/03/12 UH, UH System Raise More Than $100 Million
- 10/02/12 'Thick Infrastructure' Proposes New Amenities for Houston
- 10/02/12 UH Creative Writing Students Sharing Works Oct. 10
- 10/02/12 UH Students Designing Posters for Houston Zoo Events
September
- 09/26/12 Drug Disposal, Free Health Screenings Available at UH Sept. 29
- 09/18/12 Newest Faculties-in-Residence See Role as Critical to Student Success
- 09/11/12 UH Student Christine Ha Cooks Her Way to FOX TV's 'MasterChef" Title
August
- 08/23/12 Students Move In, Several Milestones Expected at UH in 2012
- 08/13/12 UH Stage Management Students Taking Talents Nationwide
- 08/09/12 HoustonPBS UH Moment: UH Students Engage with World Leaders at National Conference
- 08/09/12 UH Students Spent Summer Making a Difference with Hands-on Research
July
- 07/26/12 HoustonPBS UH Moment: Dance Program Prepares Students Beyond the Stage
- 07/24/12 HoustonPBS UH Moment: Architecture Students Design Levee Solutions
- 07/13/12 Shakespeare Summer Conservatory Grooming Future Stage Professionals
- 07/06/12 High Schoolers Head to UH's Honors College for Phi Beta Kappa Academy
May
- 05/30/12 UH Students Develop Prototype Device That Translates Sign Language
- 05/29/12 Student Researchers Seek to Develop New Therapies for Cancer
- 05/17/12 Houston Super Neighborhoods Studied By UH Architecture Faculty, Students
- 05/16/12 UH Students Collaborating to Create Solar-Powered Outdoor Kitchen
- 05/14/12 HoustonPBS UH Moment: The Daily Cougar, A UH Tradition
- 05/08/12 UH Students Join Former President Clinton at 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University Conference
- 05/03/12 UH Graphic Communication Students Showcasing Works May 9
- 05/01/12 HoustonPBS UH Moment: UH Law Center’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center
April
- 04/24/12 UH Students Submitting Designs for Baytown Waterfront Development
- 04/19/12 Five NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Awarded to UH Students, Alumna
- 04/18/12 UH Makes Princeton Review's Green List Three Years in a Row
- 04/16/12 Newest Fulbright Fellow to Document Doomsday Hype of the 'End of Days'
- 04/11/12 More Than 75 Students to Showcase Projects During Undergraduate Research Symposium April 12
- 04/05/12 UH Physics, Mathematics Student Mason Biamonte Named 2012 Goldwater Scholar
March
- 03/12/12 UH Opera Center, Symphony Orchestra Team Up for 'Der Rosenkavalier'
- 03/12/12 Two UH Students Receive Hogg Foundation Bilingual Scholarship
January
- 01/26/12 Sharper Imaging in Glaucoma Focus of $1.85M NIH Grant
2011
December
- 12/15/11 Half of Microsoft Video Game Design Finalists from UH
- 12/06/11 UH Architecture Students Creating Practical Designs for Proposed Galveston Levees
- 12/05/11 UH Students Map Houston's Third Ward with 'Welcome Center'
November
- 11/15/11 UH, KIPP Announce Partnership to Support KIPP Alumni
October
- 10/18/11 UH Graduate Design Build Studio to Receive Mayor's Proud Partner Award
- 10/13/11 Industrial Design Students, Professor Earn Honors at National Safety Conference
September
- 09/16/11 UH Singers Bringing Opera to Houston's Mucky Duck Sept. 22
August
- 08/22/11 Early College High Schools Have New Channel to University of Houston
- 08/22/11 UH Researchers Explore Treatments for Breast and Colon Cancers
- 08/17/11 UH Law Center Professor, Students Explore Wrongful Convictions in New Book
- 08/17/11 Creative Spirits Converge on UH Arts Open House Aug. 23
- 08/15/11 UH Professors Envision Online Tool for Visual Analysis in the Humanities
- 08/02/11 Students Seek Solutions to Alzheimer’s, Diabetes and Other Maladies
- 08/02/11 UH Students Going Abroad to Learn About International Architecture
July
- 07/25/11 UH Student Awarded Hogg Foundation Scholarship
- 07/19/11 Encouraging Women to Pursue Careers in Chemical Sciences Earns Award
- 07/08/11 UH Architecture Students Designing, Constructing 'Solar Shade Tree' for Houston's McReynolds Middle School
June
- 06/29/11 UH School of Theatre & Dance Lending Talents to CBS' '48 Hours'
- 06/21/11 Filmmaker, Scholar Erica Fletcher Wraps UH Experience with Fellowship
- 06/17/11 Middle School Students Head to College for Cougar Junior Scholars Camp
- 06/09/11 Fulbright Scholarships Take Students Across the Pond and South of the Border
- 06/06/11 2011 Texas Music Festival Rounding Up World's Top Musicians
- 06/03/11 Student Tamecia Glover Harris Appointed to UH System Board of Regents
May
- 05/27/11 UH Program Gets Students Out of the Classroom, Into the Community
- 05/24/11 UH Sax Quartet Makes Strong Showing at Fischoff Competition
- 05/23/11 May 24 Dedicated as 'UH Chorale Day' in Houston
- 05/20/11 Five UH Graduates Receive NSF Fellowships for Further Study
- 05/18/11 ExxonMobil Donates More Than $500K to UH for Math, Science Initiatives
- 05/13/11 Living the American Dream: UH Grad Student Earns Prestigious Fellowships
- 05/10/11 Three UH Students Chosen as Albert Schweitzer Fellows
- 05/06/11 Two Students Named Goldwater Scholars, Two Receive Honorable Mention
April
- 04/29/11 UH Architecture Students Developing Concepts for Former Sugar Plant Site
- 04/21/11 Students Tackle Deforestation, Win First Prize with Video Game Design
- 04/14/11 'Love Makes A Family' Photo Exhibit Opens at UH, April 20 - May 4
March
- 03/29/11 UH Chosen as One of America’s Best Colleges for Undergraduates
- 03/22/11 Evolutionary ‘Winners’ and ‘Losers’ Revealed in Collaborative Study
- 03/09/11 UH Concert Chorale Returning to Europe for Prestigious Vocal Competition
- 03/07/11 Real Newsroom Becomes Classroom for UH Journalism Students
- 03/07/11 Houston's Historic Ryan Middle School Celebrated in New Exhibition Created by UH Students, Faculty
- 03/07/11 Protecting Ecosystems, Pollution Remediation Goals of Research at UH
January
- 01/20/11 Sensors to Detect Explosives, Monitor Food Being Developed at UH
- 01/12/11 UH Students Check In to Win the AP Top 25 Gowalla Check-in Challenge
- 01/11/11 Career Fridays at UH's Honors College Connecting Students with Business Community, Professional Seminars
- 01/07/11 UH Law Center Among Nation's Top 25 in Degrees Granted to Hispanics
- 01/03/11 Two UH Students Receive Hogg Foundation Bilingual Scholarship
2010
December
- 12/21/10 Physics Students Takes First in Superconductivity Symposium
- 12/16/10 Medical Robotics to Improve Heart Surgery
- 12/16/10 Academic Achievers Benefit from Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gift
- 12/15/10 UH to Award Presidential Medallions at Fall Commencement Ceremonies
- 12/10/10 UH Student Author Named First Tagore Scholar
- 12/06/10 UH Student Receives Marshall Memorial Fellowship
November
- 11/30/10 UH's Superconductivity Center Hosts Student Symposium
- 11/23/10 Menil Curator, UH Professor Discuss Effects of Atlantic Slave Trade in Visual Cultures of Africa
- 11/19/10 UH Artists Ready to Showcase Works During 2010 Student Art Exhibition
- 11/19/10 'Dead Man Walking' Offers UH Student Austin Dean Life on the Opera Stage
- 11/19/10 UH Physicists Study Behavior of Enzyme Linked to Alzheimer’s, Cancer
- 11/19/10 UH Architecture Professor, Students Redefining Classroom Tools
- 11/12/10 Nov. 16 UH Jazz Concert to Showcase Contemporary, Classic Works
- 11/09/10 UH Architecture Design Studio Connects Students with Real-World Projects
- 11/03/10 UH Architecture, Art Students Earn Mayor's Proud Partner Award
October
- 10/26/10 Students Become Budding Weather Forecasters Through UH Contest
- 10/25/10 Unexpected Findings of Lead Exposure May Lead to Treating Blindness
September
- 09/29/10 UH Graduate Design/Build Studio Celebrates Completion of T.H. Rogers School Amphitheater
- 09/24/10 New Issue of UH Literary Magazine 'Gulf Coast' Focusing on Oil Spill
- 09/20/10 Drug to Treat Alcoholism Goal of UH Professor's Research
- 09/15/10 UH Student Named One of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women
- 09/11/10 Scholars in the Schools Taking High Schoolers on Academic Odyssey
- 09/11/10 Tagore Society Sponsoring Annual Scholarship for Students
August
- 08/30/10 Conference Examines Border Wars a Century After Mexican Revolution
- 08/30/10 A Frosh Perspective on Move-in Day at Cougar Village
- 08/30/10 祝贺! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CENTER
- 08/18/10 Campus Milestones Reported to UH System Board of Regents
- 08/13/10 Grand Opening of Cougar Village Housing Complex Set for Aug. 16
- 08/11/10 New Textbook Options Offered for UH Students Looking to Save Money
July
- 07/27/10 Biology, Computer Science Combine Efforts to Fight Cancer
- 07/22/10 UH Graduate Design/Build Studio Constructing a Better Community
- 07/20/10 Undergrads SURF Through Summer Doing Hands-on Research at UH
- 07/19/10 University of Houston Student Awarded Hogg Foundation Scholarship
- 07/12/10 Kids Escape the Heat for Cool Science at UH This Summer
- 07/06/10 UH's Meghan Baker Named Social Work Student of the Year in Texas
June
- 06/25/10 UH Announces Grand Opening of LGBT Resource Center, June 30
- 06/03/10 teachHOUSTON Receives Grant, Ownership of Bernard Harris Science Camp
- 06/02/10 Six Students to Participate in Prestigious Latino Leadership Initiative
May
- 05/24/10 UH Actors Take Their Craft to Audiences Nationwide
- 05/18/10 UHS Board of Regents Approve New Admission Standards for UH Freshmen
- 05/16/10 UH Alumna Honored for 'A Work of Heart'
- 05/13/10 Air Force To Commission Eight Lieutenants During UH Ceremony
- 05/13/10 UH To Graduate More Than 4,500 Students
- 05/10/10 UH in Nation's Top Tier for Hispanics
- 05/10/10 Grad Student Andew Cobos Appointed to UHS Board of Regents
- 05/07/10 Two University of Houston Students Named Albert Schweitzer Fellows
- 05/07/10 UH Sculpture Students Ready to Roll at Annual Art Car Parade
- 05/06/10 Competition Places UH Ad Students Among Nation’s Best
April
- 04/29/10 UH Student Selected for Organizational Science Summer Institute
- 04/28/10 UH School of Theatre and Dance Signing Stars of Tomorrow
- 04/22/10 UH Cognitive Development Lab Investigating How Babies, Children Learn
- 04/22/10 UH Physics, Math Student Matthew Reichl Named 2010 Goldwater Scholar
- 04/21/10 Students Design Video Games to Aid in Recycling, Pollution Control
- 04/20/10 'Wargame' at UH Plans Humanitarian Mission to Darfur
- 04/20/10 'UH Moment' Expands to Broadcast Television Via HoustonPBS
- 04/16/10 Student-Produced 'Undergrad the Musical' Explores Campus Life April 23
- 04/09/10 Student Nada Sarraj Headed to Washington D.C. for 'Posters on the Hill'
March
- 03/30/10 UH Opera Alumnus Nathaniel Peake Among Best of the Best in National Competitions
- 03/29/10 UH Sophomore to be Voice for Texas Undergraduate StudentsUH SOPHOMORE TO BE VOICE FOR TEXAS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
- 03/25/10 Future Math, Science Teachers Get $100K in Scholarships
- 03/23/10 MFA Students Featured in Master’s Thesis Exhibition at Blaffer Gallery
- 03/11/10 UH Student's Documentary 'Marianismo' Focuses on HIV/AIDS Among Latinas
February
- 02/25/10 Center for Public Policy Interns Make Sure Houston Counts
- 02/09/10 Math Whizzes Compete in UH High School Contest
- 02/08/10 Phone App Developed at UH Gauges Physical Activity
January
- 01/27/10 UH Jazz Student Henry Darragh Releases Debut CD 'Tell Her for Me'
- 01/20/10 New Class Clears the Air on Asthmatic Spaces: Houston
- 01/13/10 Students Head to D.C. for Leland Internship Program
2009
December
- 12/17/09 UH American Humanics Honored with National Award
- 12/01/09 UH Student Artist to Awaken Arts Patrons with 'Hypnopomp'
November
- 11/24/09 Kids Plus Robotics Equal Future Engineers
- 11/11/09 Area High Schools Focus on UH for College Career Day
- 11/09/09 UH Alcohol Prevention Program Earns National Honors
October
- 10/14/09 New Cy-Fair Elementary School Named for UH Alum
- 10/14/09 State, National Honors for UH Student Teacher
September
- 09/21/09 UH Scholarship Rewards Student’s Ambition, Passion
- 09/21/09 Opera Singing Alum Barbara Padilla is 'America's Got Talent' Runner-Up
- 09/11/09 Cougar Alum Barbara Padilla Reaches 'America's Got Talent' Finals
August
- 08/25/09 Verily, Students Earn Top Medieval Research Awards
July
- 07/24/09 UH Music Alum Barbara Padilla Among 'America's Got Talent' Contestants
- 07/22/09 Cougar grabs gold
- 07/15/09 Students Boldly Go to Grad Program on Space
June
- 06/25/09 UH Musician Earns Top Honors at Flute Competition
- 06/11/09 Device Wins Duo Coveted Spot at IShow
- 06/08/09 UH Grad Student Vying to Marry on NBC Today Show
- 06/01/09 UH-Victoria Student Named to UH System Board Of Regents
May
- 05/21/09 Grant Supports High-Tech Training at UH
- 05/15/09 Space Life Sciences Classes Bring NASA to UH
- 05/11/09 UH Named in Top 20 Universities for Hispanics
- 05/06/09 Internships Put Students on Path to Public Service
- 05/05/09 Creative Writing Student Earns Soros Fellowship
- 05/04/09 New Program to Assist UH Law Grads
April
- 04/06/09 Music Students Shine in Recent Competitions
March
- 03/10/09 UH Student to Present Research on Capitol Hill
- 03/05/09 UH Student Wins Med School Money in Video Contest
2008
December
- 12/23/08 Optometry Students at UH Earn White Coats And Enter Patient-Care Phase
- 12/13/08 NIH Offers UH Student $20,000 Scholarship and Research Position Upon Graduation
- 12/08/08 UH Student Earns Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
August
- 08/28/08 Future Teacher Earns Big Break
May
- 05/27/08 American Dream Becomes Reality
- 05/15/08 Gov. Perry Appoints UH
- 05/12/08 Music Student at UH
April
- 04/29/08 UH Architecture Students
- 04/28/08 UH Bauer College Students
- 04/25/08 Opera Vocalist
- 04/25/08 Student Artists
- 04/23/08 BP Funds Scholarship
February
- 02/22/08 Graphic Communications Students at UH Show Flair For Fashion
January
- 01/30/08 From Diabetes to Roller Coasters
- 01/18/08 Optometry Students
- 01/17/08 More Houston Students