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• A Powerful Tool Speeds Success in Achieving Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Materials

  May 16, 2024

  A Powerful Tool Speeds Success in Achieving Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Materials

  Thermoelectric materials could play an important role in the clean energy transition, as they can produce electricity from sources of heat that would otherwise go to waste. Researchers report a new approach to efficiently predict when thermoelectric materials will have improved performance in converting heat into electricity.

  • Science, Energy and Innovation
• With $5M NASA Grant, University of Houston to Open Aerospace Engineering Research Center

  May 15, 2024

  With $5M NASA Grant, University of Houston to Open Aerospace Engineering Research Center

  With a multi-million-dollar grant from NASA, the University of Houston will open an aerospace engineering research center to extend human presence on the moon and Mars for sustainable, long-term space exploration, development and utilization.

  • Research
  • Science, Energy and Innovation
• UH Celebrates Inaugural Medical School Graduates

  May 15, 2024

  UH Celebrates Inaugural Medical School Graduates

  The University of Houston celebrated a historic moment when 22 students walked across the commencement stage and became the first students ever to earn medical degrees from the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine.

  • Health and Medicine
• American Psychiatric Association Taps UH College of Medicine Professor for Prestigious Position

  May 14, 2024

  American Psychiatric Association Taps UH College of Medicine Professor for Prestigious Position

  Dr. Steven Starks, a geriatric psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston’s Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, has been appointed speaker of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Assembly of District Branches, the prestigious organization’s highest position.

  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success
  • Health and Medicine
• Inaugural Class of Doctor of Nursing Practice Graduates from Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

  May 13, 2024

  Inaugural Class of Doctor of Nursing Practice Graduates from Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

  Three years after its inauguration, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing is graduating its first class. The DNP doctorate prepares family nurse practitioners and nurse executives to address the shortages of primary care providers, nursing educators and leaders in a complex health care environment.

  • Health and Medicine
  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success
• Tomas Bryan to Serve as UHS Student Regent

  May 10, 2024

  Tomas Bryan to Serve as UHS Student Regent

  The University of Houston System Board of Regents will soon welcome a new student voice to the table. UH graduate student Tomas Bryan was announced as its student regent and will be formally sworn in at a future board meeting.

  • Student, Faculty and Staff Success