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  Girls Run the World: CLASS Celebrates Three 4.0 Summa Cum Laude Graduates

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is proud to congratulate three summa cum laude graduates in the Class of 2021, each of whom achieved a 4.0 GPA throughout their undergraduate studies.

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  Jaelynn Walls First UH Student to be Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar

  Jaelynn Walls, a second year graduating senior majoring in art history with a minor in African American studies at the University of Houston’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, has been named a 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious fellowships in the nation.

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  Hosam Aboul-Ela Awarded Inaugural Arab-American Educational Foundation Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Endowed Professorship in Arab Studies

  The University of Houston Department of English Professor Hosam Aboul-Ela has been unanimously selected as the inaugural appointee for the Arab-American Educational Foundation Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Endowed Professorship in Arab Studies, an honor accompanied by an associated affiliated appointment in The Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies (AAEFCAS).

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  Tillis to Become Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden

  Antonio D. Tillis, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, has been selected as the next chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden. Tillis recently served as interim president of the University of Houston–Downtown.

  Tillis will assume the post of chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden on July 1.

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  CMAS Study: School Boards Alone Cannot Make Test Scores Blossom

  In a newly released study, the University of Houston’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) reports that Houston-area school boards that mirror students’ racial and ethnic backgrounds do not gain an automatic edge in improving their districts’ benchmarks of academic achievement (such as standardized tests).

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  Grigorenko Earns Prestigious Fulbright Award

  The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce that Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology Elena Grigorenko, has been selected for a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Saudi Arabia during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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  Astronauts’ Mental Health Risks Tested in the Antarctic

  University of Houston professor of psychology Candice Alfano developed the Mental Health Checklist, a self-reporting instrument for detecting mental health changes in isolated, confined, extreme environments.

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  Eight CLASS Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarships

  The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is pleased to announce that eight CLASS students of various fields of study are the recipients of the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), setting a new record for the University of Houston. Four students, Omar Harb, Tia Hufstetler, André Mikhail and Kareem Soussan were selected to study Arabic through the CLS program. The other four awardees, Kainat Aziz, Hamad Khan, David Paul Hilton and Nimra Zubair, were chosen to pursue Russian, Urdu and Mandarin.

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  Hostile Terrain 94 / Detention Nation exhibit at the Blaffer Art Museum

  Date: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 - Sunday, May 16th, 2021 Time: Wed-Sun, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. CST
  Location: Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
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