<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2025/april/04032025-president-circle.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>04/03/2025 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>UH Faculty Achievements Earn Further Recognition with President’s Circle Awards</title><subtitle>New University Honor Recognizes Patents, Books, Publications, Recognition, Grants</subtitle><description>More than 200 University of Houston faculty members were recently recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators. The President’s Circle Awards were presented on March 31 spotlighting professors for their work in elevating UH’s national profile.</description><author>Mike Emery</author><author-email>pemery@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone>713-743-7197</author-phone><image><img src="/news-events/stories/2025/april/_images/jiming-bao-2025.jpg" alt="Jiming Bao poses for a portrait with optical lasers inside a Cullen College of Engineering Lab."/></image><categories>Student[COMMA] Faculty and Staff Success</categories></item>