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Science Alert:
Trees May Be Able to Warn Us When a Volcano Is About to Erupt
Featuring
Nicole Guinn (Ph.D.) and Craig Glennie
,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
(May 28, 2025)
KPRC 2 Click2Houston:
Shelter-in-place lifted after chlorine leak at Freeport industrial plant
Featuring
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(May 20, 2025)
Houston Chronicle:
The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Lasting impacts and lingering questions 15 years later
Featuring
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(April 20, 2025)
Houston Chronicle:
Trump’s tariff fight upsets the ports that bring Texas $700 billion a year in business
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Industrial and Systems Engineering
(April 15, 2025)
WCCO News - Minnesota:
Keystone Pipeline restarted after oil spill in rural North Dakota
Featuring
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(April 15, 2025)
Community Impact News:
Leveraging the Legislature: University of Houston at Sugar Land completes legislative-funded project, asks for additional building
Featuring
College-Wide
,
College-Wide
(April 10, 2025)
Associated Press:
Cleanup underway of the Keystone oil pipeline spill in North Dakota
Featuring
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(April 09, 2025)
KHOU 11 TV:
Markets surge as Trump pauses global tariffs, escalates China trade war
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(April 09, 2025)
Associated Press:
Keystone oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices
Featuring
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(April 08, 2025)
ABC 13 (Houston):
Expert explains why Texas could see biggest impact regarding sweeping tariffs announcement
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Industrial and Systems Engineering
(April 04, 2025)
The Free Press Journal (India):
University of Houston & Delhi Technological University Sign MoU To Offer Student Internships And Research Exchanges
Featuring
Pradeep Sharma
,
College-Wide
(March 31, 2025)
InnovationMap:
UH study uncovers sustainable farming methods for hemp production
Featuring
Abdul Latif Khan
,
Engineering Technology
(March 27, 2025)
Houston Chronicle:
Trump's threatened tariffs throw Houston businesses into turmoil of uncertainty
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(March 27, 2025)
InnovationMap:
4 Houston innovators join prestigious group of inventors as senior members
Featuring
Birol Dindoruk, Megan Robertson and Francisco Robles Hernandez
,
College-Wide
(March 11, 2025)
KHOU 11 TV:
Egg store price disparities linked to corporate purchase power, experts say
Featuring
Barbara Stewart
,
Human Development and Consumer Sciences
(March 03, 2025)
Houston Public Media:
Houston Matters — Experts: Chinese tariffs on U.S. energy won’t affect Houston’s economy
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(February 04, 2025)
KHOU 11 TV:
AI at forefront of tailored cancer treatments: UH leads innovations
Featuring
Badri Roysam and Navin Varadarajan
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(February 04, 2025)
Earth.com:
Dozens of coastal skyscrapers in Miami are sinking
Featuring
Pietro Milillo
,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
(January 28, 2025)
MSN.com:
Hemp microbes study may lead to more sustainable farming methods
Featuring
Abdul Latif Khan
,
Engineering Technology
(January 14, 2025)
InnovationMap:
2 Houston professors named as fellows for prestigious group of inventors
Featuring
Edward Ratner
,
Information Science Technology
(December 13, 2024)
New York Post:
Gamers aren’t wasting their lives — they’re helping their careers: study
Featuring
Melika Shirmohammadi
,
Human Development and Consumer Sciences
(November 19, 2024)
Houston Chronicle:
Can MMO games help with job skills? UH study finds potential
Featuring
Melika Shirmohammadi
,
Human Development and Consumer Sciences
(November 19, 2024)
Houston Chronicle:
NASA awards grant aimed at growing diversity in engineering to University of Houston
Featuring
Jerrod Henderson
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(October 04, 2024)
Houston Landing:
How would a longshoremen strike affect Houston’s economy? It depends how long it lasts.
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
The Washington Post:
Disruption looms at East Coast ports as longshoremen prepare to strike
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
ABC 13 TV:
How could port workers looming strike affect the economy? Experts say it might not last long to see
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
ABC Network News TV:
Dock workers threatening to strike at some of the biggest ports in America
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
Houston Chronicle:
A strike at the Port of Houston is underway. Here are three things residents should know.
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
Yahoo Finance TV:
Why a port strike could be a ‘slippery slope’ for President Biden
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
KCBS Radio San Francisco:
Potential East Coast strike could majorly disrupt supply chain
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 30, 2024)
Fox 26 TV:
How a port strike could impact Houston
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 26, 2024)
Modern Retail:
Marketplace Briefing: How changes to de minimis imports could upend online marketplaces
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 26, 2024)
ABC 13:
Potential port workers strike could ‘cripple the US economy,’ experts say
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 26, 2024)
Axios:
Dockworkers likely to strike at East and Gulf coast ports
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 25, 2024)
Houston Business Journal:
Houston prepares for strikes at dozens of ports across US, with even more facilities impacted (updated)
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 25, 2024)
KHOU 11 TV:
Yes, Gulf and East Coast ports are alerting the public about the potential impacts of a dockworkers strike
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 25, 2024)
Wall Street Journal Digital:
A port strike could be an economic ‘tsunami’ affecting these sectors
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 25, 2024)
The Baltimore Sun:
Port of Baltimore and others brace for possible strike next week by ILA dockworkers
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 25, 2024)
Houston Public Media:
What a possible strike at the port could mean for Houston
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 24, 2024)
KHOU 11 TV:
Looming strike could cost U.S. billions, bring ports from Houston to Maine to a halt
Featuring
Margaret Kidd
,
Construction Management
(September 24, 2024)
National Academies Sciences Engineering Medicine:
Gulf Research Program Announces Early-Career Research Fellows in Offshore Energy Safety and Human Health and Community Resilience
Featuring
Jian Shi
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(September 11, 2024)
Chevron.com:
Decades of partnership boost Hispanic leadership in STEM
Featuring
Paula Diaz Luengo
,
Petroleum Engineering
(September 09, 2024)
Science.org:
Chemists follow a trail to Texas
Featuring
Jeffrey Rimer
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(September 06, 2024)
Innovation Map:
Houston researchers advance unique nasal vaccine that prevents COVID transmission
Featuring
Navin Varadarajan
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 26, 2024)
Culture Map Houston:
UH scientists use Houston rainwater to explore origins of life on Earth
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 26, 2024)
Newsweek:
Evolution Mystery’s Answer May Be Hidden in Rain
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 22, 2024)
Tech Explorist:
Rainwater could have helped create first protocell walls Life from a drop of rain!
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 22, 2024)
Larzon:
How rain protected the first cells and fostered life on the planet
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 22, 2024)
Ouest France:
Mystery of evolution: Study reveals answer may lie in rainwater
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 22, 2024)
earth.com:
Rainwater may have played a key role in the origin of life
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 21, 2024)
Phys.Org:
Life from a drop of rain: New research suggests rainwater helped form the first protocell walls
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 21, 2024)
NY Times:
How did the first cells arise? With a little rain study finds
Featuring
Alamgir Karim
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 21, 2024)
Houston Public Media:
How UH hopes to help build better, longer-lasting batteries
Featuring
Yan Yao and Pieremanuele Canepa
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(August 17, 2024)
KPRC 2 Click2Houston:
Is ERCOT prepared for another peak energy demand season in Texas?
Featuring
Jian Shi
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(August 08, 2024)
KHOU 11, KRIV 26 x 2, NPR Houston, Associated Press:
University of Houston team creates nasal spray, vaccine that can fight COVID, respiratory illnesses
Featuring
Navin Varadarajan
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(August 06, 2024)
ABC 13:
How effective are buried power lines in preventing widespread power outages in cases like Beryl?
Featuring
Harish Krishnamoorthy
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(July 17, 2024)
InnovationMap:
Houston researcher advances promising early-stage cancer diagnosis method
Featuring
Wei-Chuan Shih
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(June 12, 2024)
EurekAlert!:
Rahimi Wins CAREER Award for Electrochemical Carbon Capture Research
Featuring
Mim Rahimi
,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
(May 29, 2024)
KTRK ABC 13:
Mechanical recycling: A look inside one of many ways to recycle plastic
Featuring
Megan Robertson
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(May 15, 2024)
Indo American News:
UH Petroleum Engineering Research Team Helps Oil Companies Increase Production and Reduce Carbon Footprint
Featuring
Department Wide
,
Petroleum Engineering
(May 11, 2024)
FOX 26 Houston:
Expert discusses Baltimore bridge collapse, inspections
Featuring
Vedhus Hoskere
,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
(March 27, 2024)
Associated Press:
New York moves to update its fracking ban to include liquid carbon-dioxide as well as water
Featuring
Birol Dindoruk
,
Petroleum Engineering
(March 19, 2024)
FOX 26 Houston:
Stores cracking down on returns
Featuring
Barbara Stewart
,
Human Development and Consumer Sciences
(February 19, 2024)
FOX News:
Democrats propose integrating Texas power grid with rest of the country
Featuring
Jian Shi
,
Engineering Technology
(February 15, 2024)
KHOU 11:
New technology developed allows people with spinal cord injuries to regain use of their motor skills
Featuring
BRAIN Center
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(February 13, 2024)
FOX News:
Party glow sticks to be tested by US Navy to detect biothreats: ‘Highly sensitive’
Featuring
Richard Willson
,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(February 07, 2024)
KPRC 2:
How green is the power grid? An expert breaks it down
Featuring
Harish Krishnamoorthy
,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(February 07, 2024)
Houston Public Media:
$500,000 grant from TxDOT to go toward improving highway bridge inspections
Featuring
Vedhus Hoskere
,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
(January 29, 2024)
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I Want to Major in Engineering Q&A
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UH Engineering at Sugar Land
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Create@UH
Cullen College Global Initiatives
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