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Ruth Posada. Posada fights cancer, earns degree with support from her network

When Ruth Posada walks across the stage on May 11 to accept her master's degree in Information Technology Project Management, it will be in recognition of her dogged perseverance… Read More
Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development (HRD) Tomika W. Greer has been recognized with the Excellence in Critical HRD award at this year's Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) international research conference in Virginia. Greer takes home Excellence in Critical HRD award

Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development (HRD) Tomika W. Greer has been recognized with the Excellence in Critical HRD award at this year's Academy of Human Resource… Read More
Brandt Bechtel, URD 2023 presenter and a civil engineering major. Cullen Students in the Spotlight During Undergraduate Research Day

Presentations, posters and the pride of University of Houston students will be on view during Undergraduate Research Day (URD) on April 11. During this anticipated event, more… Read More
Theophilus Kaaya earned three degrees - bachelor's, master's and doctorate - from UH. He now works at Boeing. ME graduate Kaaya parlays doctorate into work at Boeing

For Theophilus Kaaya, a proud University of Houston alumnus, his connection to his family was an important consideration when it came to initially picking a college, especially… Read More
Abdulrahman Salah is a Ph.D. candidate mentored by Dimitrios Kalliontzis, an assistant professor in the CEE Department. Salah earned the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation's Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year. Ph.D. student Salah earns ACI Fellowship

A doctoral student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been selected for a fellowship from a competitive pool of… Read More
Technology Division alum Prathibha Muraleedhara. Cybersecurity alum Muraleedhara now published author

Some might say that the writing is on the wall when it comes to digital security. For Technology Division alum Prathibha Muraleedhara, who earned her master's degree in… Read More
Associate professor of biotechnology Venkatesh Balan has been honored with the International Association of Advanced Materials' Advanced Material Award for his Department of Defense grant-sponsored work with chitin – the resilient, fibrous substance that protects the soft inner tissues of arthropods and helps mushrooms hold their shape. Biotech's Balan earns IAAM award

Associate professor of biotechnology Venkatesh Balan has been honored with the International Association of Advanced Materials' Advanced Material Award for his Department of… Read More
Miao Pan [left], associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is co-PI for a collaborative research project with Tomoaki Ohtsuki [right], professor of Information and Computer Science at Keio University, Japan's most prestigious and first private institution of higher learning. ECE professors part of research with Japan's Keio University

The Cullen College of Engineering is now part of a research effort with faculty at Keio University, Japan's most prestigious and very first private institution of higher learning… Read More
UH assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Pietro Milillo presents results of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, which measures infrastructure deformation from space with millimetric accuracy. Cullen Researcher Reveals Pre-Collapse Monitoring of Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine

On the morning of June 6, 2023, a substantial portion of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine — vital for water management and hydroelectric power generation — suffered a collapse while… Read More
The Houston Works Scholarship Fund will provide scholarship support to working junior and senior students in select majors at the C.T. Bauer College of Business, all majors at the Cullen College of Engineering and select majors in the Division of Technology. $3 Million Gift Funds New Scholarships for Working Students at UH

A new, $3 million gift will help reinforce the University of Houston’s long-standing mission to provide students with a world-class education and ensure they are given every… Read More