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October 8, 2026

University of Houston Launches Centennial Year Celebration, Marking 100 Years of Opportunity and Impact

University of Houston President Renu Khator kicked off the Centennial celebration during her 2026 State of the University address, tracing UH’s journey from 460 students and 15 faculty in 1927 to a major research university serving nearly 49,000 students with record research activity, growing academic and health enterprises and a campus undergoing significant transformation.

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September 21, 2026

New $1 Million Hamill Foundation Gift Supports Community Care Nursing at the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

As the nation faces a shortage of nurses, the University of Houston Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing has received a $1 million gift from The Hamill Foundation to establish The Hamill Foundation Endowed Professorship in Community Care Nursing.

September 15, 2026

University of Houston Awarded $1.26M NIH Grant to Outsmart Superbugs

Two University of Houston chemists are guiding the future discovery of treatments against antibiotic-resistant bacteria by studying how microscopic molecular "machines" inside cells use energy and change shape to build proteins.

September 14, 2026

$1.2M Gift Fuels Faculty Excellence at University of Houston Law Center

The University of Houston Law Center has received a $1.2 million philanthropic commitment that invests in the people at the heart of legal education — professors whose influence extends far beyond the classroom, shaping their students’ lives and careers.

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November 12, 2026

$2.5M NIH Grant Advances University of Houston Research on Early Liver Cancer Detection

A University of Houston researcher is moving a promising light-based technology for early detection of liver cancer toward clinical testing, backed by a new $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Across the nation, incidence rates have tripled over the past four decades, and the potential impact of early detection is significant.

November 11, 2026

David Brian Hill Named Dean of UH’s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design

A new era will soon begin for the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. Veteran educator, researcher and practitioner David Brian Hill will join the University of Houston as the college’s next dean effective Feb. 1, 2027.

November 10, 2026

University of Houston’s Wolff Center Named No. 1 Entrepreneurship Program for Eighth Consecutive Year

The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston has been named the No. 1 undergraduate entrepreneurship program for a record eighth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.

November 9, 2026

Houston Homebuilding Could Open Doors to $115M Economic Boost, University of Houston Study Finds

Building more homes in Greater Houston could do more than address the region's housing needs. It could also create hundreds of jobs and deliver a significant boost to the local economy, according to a new University of Houston study.

November 9, 2026

University of Houston Researcher Studies How Children with Autism Process Faces

A University of Houston researcher, motivated in part by his autistic brother, has teamed up with Yale to study how children with autism process faces. The study of nearly 400 children is revealing differences in brain activity that could help scientists better understand how those patterns develop.

November 5, 2026

Economy and Jobs Top Voter Priorities in Houston and Across Texas, New University of Houston-NORC Survey Finds

The economy and jobs were the primary issues driving Texas and Houston-area voters to the polls this election cycle, according to new survey findings released today by the University of Houston’s Center for Public Policy (CPP) and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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November 11, 2026

UH Biologists Reveal How Ant Colonies Defy Conventional Aging Patterns

November 9, 2026

UH Law Launches Center to Study AI’s Impact on Legal Profession

November 6, 2026

‘Rumors’ Brings Comedy, Chaos and Contemporary Relevance to the UH Stage

November 4, 2026

UH Soccer Ranked for First Time in Program History

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East Texas Republicans Ran Their Campaigns Differently Than the Rest of the State by Bucking Culture War Rhetoric

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