<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2013/july/7-23-cofed-stem.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 05:44:30 PM</pubDate><title>New UH STEM Center for Professional Learning Takes Aim at State, National Crisis</title><subtitle/><description>University of Houston - News: That U.S. students are falling behind their international counterparts in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is not new. A University of Houston center that takes aim at improving STEM teacher content knowledge and teaching strategies is.</description><author>Marisa Ramirez</author><author-email>mrcannon@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Notices</categories></item>