Adventure Awaits Outdoors

With cooler weather here, explore UH Campus Recreation’s outdoor services for members. From skills training to self-guided adventure trips — and rental gear like bikes, surfboards and kayaks — they have what you need to enjoy the great outdoors.

Monitoring Bridge Stability

A new study reveals bridges in North America and Africa are most at risk of failure. UH researcher Pietro Milillo and an international team are turning to satellites for the solution.

Deepwater Energy Innovation

UH petroleum engineering professors received $1.1 million in grants from the Ocean Energy Safety Institute to develop advanced modeling tools that enhance deepwater oil recovery.

Texans Cite Concerns About Partisan Gerrymandering 

A substantial majority of Texas voters say drawing legislative districts to favor one political party over another is a problem, according to a new survey by UH and Texas Southern University. 

Leading Homecoming School Spirit 

Shaneika Gradney, assistant to the C. T. Bauer College of Business dean, is at the heart of school spirit. As the co-chair of the UH Staff Council events committee, she considers activities like the Homecoming Spirit Bell competition part of a “students-first” campus environment.

Chron

New Rankings Reveal Which Texas Colleges Give You the Biggest Bang for Your Buck

 

MSN
Stop Lowering the Flag

 

Yahoo Life

Psychologists Reveal What's REALLY Behind Your Need for ‘Costco Therapy’

 

Community Impact
Step Inside UH Sugar Land's New Engineering Building

 

Houston Chronicle
Why Does Harris County Own so Many Animals? Dozens of Species Populate Commissioners' Menageries

Houston Chronicle
Houston Cougars' Latest Bowl Projections With One More Win Needed to Become Eligible

The Texas Tribune

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Key Parts of State Law That Limits Campus Protests
The law banned “expressive activity” on campuses from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., among other restrictions. “The Court cannot trust the universities to enforce their policies in a constitutional way,” the judge said.

 

Inside Higher Ed

Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts

Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved is causing harm.

Shawn Lindsey | Sr. Assoc. VC/VP for Strategic Communications
selindsey@uh.edu | 713-743-5725

 

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