The Honors College

NEWS

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  Sophomore Earns Research and Community Service Fellowships

  Than is one of only two undergraduate students selected to work at the UH Sequencing Core (UH-SEQ) and has earned several prestigious honors, including the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, the American Heart Association UH-HEART Fellowship, UH Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship, and UH STEM RISE Fellowship.

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  The Public Health Whiz

  Psychology major Mielad Ziaee, one of UH’s most promising young scholars, aspires to eliminate health disparities though evidence-based social policy.

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  UH Biology Student Receives Two of the Nation’s Most Prestigious Academic Awards

  "University of Houston biology student Cole Woody, who is breaking new ground in cancer research, has received two of the nation’s most prestigious academic awards: the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and the Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service."

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  Honors Faculty Member Recognized for Excellence

  Honors College faculty member Rita Sharp, Ph.D. was awarded a 2025 University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award in the Instructional / Clinical category by Provost Diane Chase.

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  Can’t Stop UH Student Researchers

  Undergraduate Research Day Celebrates 20 Years with Largest-Ever Event

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  Second Largest Group of UH Students Inducted into PBK

  This year, more than 100 University of Houston students demonstrated that they indeed are worthy of membership and recently were accepted into the institution’s PBK Mu of Texas chapter.

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  University of Houston Ranks Among Top Fulbright Producers

  Among the students who have ventured internationally with Fulbright support is recent graduate Kayla Alexander. A member of UH’s Honors College, she earned bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish from UH. After earning her Fulbright, she traveled to Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain and is serving as an English teaching assistant at a secondary school.

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  UH’s Kalena Holeman Named Gates Cambridge Scholar

  This month, English major Kalena Holeman was named as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She is just the second student at the University to receive this scholarship, which will support her graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England.