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| May 19, 2011 -- University of Houston today announced that ExxonMobil has donated more than $500,000 through the educational matching gift program to support math and science initiatives at the university. More |
| May 14, 2011 -- The 19-person Texas Music Festival Jazz Project, led by Director/Trumpeter Noe Marmolejo, will perform a “Distinctly American” jazz concert Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 p.m. at the University of Houston (UH) Moores Opera House. More |
| May 07, 2011 -- Two University of Houston Students have been named Goldwater Scholars and two others received honorable mention. More |
| May 03, 2011 -- University of Houston on Monday named Rathindra N. Bose as the university's new vice chancellor/vice president for research and technology. More |
| April 21, 2011 -- The University of Houston’s Hurricane Business Recovery Center reports that accounting consultant Christine King has just received her certification as a QuickBooks Pro Advisor. More |
| April 08, 2011 -- The Harris County Department of Education will present the 2011 All-Earth Ecobot Challenge on April 16 at the University of Houston Athletics/Alumni Center. More |
| March 26, 2011 -- A University of Houston researcher and his colleagues report that they have identified evolutionary ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in a study that analyzed competing bacteria fighting it out to the death. More |
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| March 13, 2011 -- A University of Houston scientist and his team have published a report on research that may result in cleaning up pollution, protecting soil from erosion and maintaining species-rich ecosystems. More |
| March 10, 2011 -- The University of Houston Hurricane Business Recovery Center has reported on the progress of Baby's Gift Express and Belly Button...A Kid's World, a business in Nederland affected by hurricanes Gustav and Ike that received assistance through the center. More |
| February 25, 2011 -- University of Houston biologist Dan Graur recently received the Humboldt Research Award for his achievements in the fields of genomics, bioinformatics and evolution research. More |
| February 17, 2011 -- University of Houston professors Vincent Tam and Michael Nikolau are combining their efforts to develop a method to cut the development time of new antibiotics. More |
| January 28, 2011 -- University of Houston supporter and philanthropist Elizabeth Rockwell passed away today. More |
| January 27, 2011 -- University of Houston will host the ninth annual Mars Rover Celebration on Saturday. More |
| January 27, 2011 -- University of Houston has named Elwyn C. Lee as the university's new vice president for community relations and institutional access. More |
| January 25, 2011 -- Researchers with the University of Houston will be participating in a symposium discussing computational surgery, such as robot-assisted surgery, January 26-28 at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston. More |
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| January 23, 2011 -- Materials for use in creating sensors for detection devices have been developed by a University of Houston chemist and his team. More |
| January 18, 2011 -- University of Houston today announced that the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has categorized UH with its highest classification for research, making it the third public university in Texas to receive Tier One status. More |
| January 13, 2011 -- University of Houston President Renu Khator has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Board of Directors. More |
| January 10, 2011 -- Research with significant implications in the treatment and intervention of cancer and obesity has been published recently in two prestigious journals by University of Houston biochemist Dr. Jan-Åke Gustafsson. More |
| December 17, 2010 -- University of Houston biomedical scientists and engineers recently joined a team of physicians from the Methodist Hospital Research Institute to develop a platform of image-guided and robot-assisted surgeries on beating hearts that is minimally invasive. More |
| December 02, 2010 -- University of Houston is participating in a collaborative research project between the United States and China to study subatomic particles known as neutrinos. More |
| November 21, 2010 -- University of Houston physicists are using complex computer simulations to illuminate the workings of a crucial protein that, when malfunctioning, may cause Alzheimer’s and cancer. More |
| November 18, 2010 -- University of Houston today announced that the university's dean of the College of Optometry Earl Smith, III has been named recipient of the Charles F. Prentice Medal Award from the American Academy of Optometry. More |
| November 10, 2010 -- The University of Houston has issued a reminder that the deadline for Houston area students to register for the Ninth Annual Mars Rover Model Celebration competition is Monday, November 15. More |
| November 08, 2010 -- University of Houston today announced that Mark A. Smith has been named dean of the university's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. More |
| October 28, 2010 -- University of Houston is sponsoring the "Fall Grand Challenge: Weather U" contest, challenging area high school students who participate to accurately forecast the weather for the week of November 1-8. More |
| October 27, 2010 -- University of Houston will present a lecture by professor José Onuchic on the principals of "game theory" in bacteria colonies. More |
| October 27, 2010 -- University of Houston will break ground on the university's new Health and Biomedical Sciences Center on November 3. More |
| October 25, 2010 -- Researchers with the University of Houston's College of Optometry have published a paper on their findings regarding lead exposure that may lead to treating blindness. More |
| October 07, 2010 -- The Texas Governor's Texas Emerging Technology Fund has awarded a $250,000 pre-seed grant to the Abramson Center for the Future of Health at the University of Houston for a system that assesses cardiac function in the home and alerts the user to the need for intervention. More |
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