News Releases

• 2013

• 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