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Archaeologists from @UHouston have uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak—Caracol’s first ruler and dynastic founder. It’s the ...
An engineer @UHouston has developed a way to turn bacterial cellulose — a biodegradable material — into a multifunctional ...
Veteran economist and beloved professor Thomas Roger DeGregori died Sunday, June 22, at age 90, leaving behind a powerful ...
Update on 89th Legislative Session and Changing Landscape of College Sports Dear Colleagues, The 89th Texas Legislative session ended its session with many pieces of legislation directly impacting ...
A @UHouston optometry professor, who pioneered wearing multifocal lenses to slow myopia in children, is reporting the biological changes associated with slowing eye growth when wearing multifocal ...
The University of Houston’s Office of Technology Transfer and Innovation has expanded its leadership team to strengthen support for faculty innovation and increase societal impact. With new directors ...
Up to 67% of female college students in the U.S. battle some form of eating disorder and @UHouston researchers find that females with flexible personalities have fewer problems.
New evidence from @UHouston suggests that cells are incredibly sensitive to electrical fields, challenging assumptions about the limits of cellular electrical sensing, explaining how cells detect ...
New research from the University of Houston released this week found that students don’t view all STEM subjects alike. Boys and girls generally believe that engineering and computer science are ...
Undergraduate students at the University of Houston are reaching for the stars — and the upper atmosphere — through the NASA-designed Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP), a unique, ...
Elena Grigorenko, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology, is the recipient of the 2025 Esther Farfel Award, the University of Houston’s highest faculty honor.
Sylvester Turner, a University of Houston alumnus and former mayor of Houston who was elected to Congress last year, died Tuesday night. He was 70 years old.