Faculty & Staff
UH helps kids learn to read
UH’s Texas Center for Learning Disabilities has received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their research into the diagnosis and treatment of children who have learning disabilities...
UH Professor wins grant to work in bacteria detection
University of Houston’s assistant professor Wei-Chuan Shih has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the first from the NSF’s Biophotonics Program granted in the greater Houston area. Shih was awarded a five-year, $400,000 grant...
Faculty senate talks Pell grants, graduation rates, student fees
UH President Renu Khator said the University needs to focus on graduation rates in the faculty senate meeting Wednesday in the Rockwell Pavilion. Khator said she spoke with President Barack Obama during his visit in...
Khator named one of top influential Indian women
UH President and Chancellor Renu Khator has been named one of the top five most influential Indian women in the US by siliconindia.com. The Indian news site cites Khator’s status as the first president of...
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...