Faculty & Staff
Faculty Senate has first meeting
The first meeting of the 2012 school year for the Faculty Senate Committee brought about many staff changes, along with discussion about research, development and graduation and retention rates. UH President Renu Khator’s selection for...
Professor honored for writing history book
Monica Perales, winner of the Kenneth Jackson Award, will be honored at the Urban History Association biennial conference which will be held in New York City in October 2012. Perales, an associate professor at UH,...
Research grant awarded to prof
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded a $3.1 million grant to a research team led by Venkat Selvamanickam, a chaired professor of mechanical engineering, for his efforts to form a superconducting wire that...
Alumnus wins award for overcoming disability
For serving as an example of the success one can achieve by overcoming disability, UH staff member Karl Hearne was named recipient of the 2011 Houston Mayor’s Citizen’s Accessibility Recourses for Empowerment Award. Hearne collected...
Bauer appoints executive member
Bauer MBA students can look forward to interacting with more prominent business guest lecturers thanks to the recent appointment of John T. McNabb II as an executive faculty member for the college. McNabb is vice...
First tenured Latina in Texas honored
UH Law Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson plans to use her recognition by the Hispanic National Bar Association as the first Latina tenured law professor in Texas to encourage the continued hiring of Latino faculty...
Panel advises junior faculty
Panelists addressed junior faculty frustrations at a mentoring discussion hosted by the University Commission on Women on Wednesday in the Honors Commons. The event focused on the methods and organization of successful department-implemented mentoring programs...
UH to foster strong city partnership
Houston Councilwoman At-Large Melissa Noriega emphasized the importance of universities and their role in improving the community at the UH faculty senate meeting last Wednesday. Noriega — a graduate of UH and representative of Houston’s...
Professor writes book challenging man-made global warming beliefs
A UH professor aims to refute claims that the Earth is in a permanent warming period in his new book. Larry Bell, an endowed professor of space architecture, said he blames misrepresented statistics and misleading...
UH tech prof recognized as PGSF Educator of the Year
The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation named technology professor Jerry Waite the ninth recipient of the organization’s Educator of the Year award. The award is given to educators who show outstanding talent and excellence in...
