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UH Professor Part of Team Researching Windows of Opportunity for Black Male Engineers

Producing graduates with STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – capabilities continues to be vital issue for the future of the United States. Growth in engineering and other STEM occupations is vastly outpacing…
UH Professor Part of Team Researching Windows of Opportunity for Black Male Engineers
UH College of Engineering PROMES receives Regents’ Academic Excellence Award

The University of Houston System Board of Regents presented the Regents’ Academic Excellence Award to the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES). The award…
UH College of Engineering PROMES receives Regents’ Academic Excellence Award
UH PROMES Receives Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

National award recognizes programs making a difference The Program for the Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) at the University of Houston received a 2018 Inspiring Programs Award in STEM from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine…
UH PROMES Receives Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
UH Researchers Win $1M Award to Boost Student Success

National Science Foundation grant provides scholarships and support to academically-talented underserved students The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,029 grant to a team of University of Houston researchers for a new…
UH Researchers Win $1M Award to Boost Student Success
UH Cullen College Celebrates City of Houston “PROMES Day”

On Wednesday, April 25, Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) students and alumni gathered at the UH Cullen College of Engineering to celebrate “PROMES Day,” which was recognized by the City of Houston in 1985.…
UH Cullen College Celebrates City of Houston “PROMES Day”
PROMES Celebrates its 40th Annual Banquet

The Program for Mastery of Engineering Studies (PROMES) held its 40th annual banquet on Thursday, April 12, celebrating the students, faculty, staff, alumni and donors of the Cullen College’s most enduring academic success…
PROMES Celebrates its 40th Annual Banquet
BASF Executive Heidi Alderman to be UH Cullen College 2018 Commencement Speaker

Distinguished chemical engineer and BASF executive Heidi Alderman will be the featured speaker at the UH Cullen College of Engineering 2018 commencement on Friday, May 11. Alderman - who currently serves as senior vice president…
BASF Executive Heidi Alderman to be UH Cullen College 2018 Commencement Speaker
Boys, Fathers and Mentors Work Together for STEM Engagement

NSF-Funded Project Targets African-American, Latino Boys Both the medium and the message are STEM – encouraging fourth and fifth-grade African-American and Latino boys to embrace the cool factor of science, technology,…
Boys, Fathers and Mentors Work Together for STEM Engagement
Top Companies Recruit UH Engineers at Fall Career Fair

Students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering aren't just expected to do well in their labs and classes -- engineering students are expected to work in their respective fields of study while pursuing their degrees in order to…
Top Companies Recruit UH Engineers at Fall Career Fair
PROMES Scholar Wins Student Leadership Award for the 2018 BEYA STEM Conference

Amanda Nash, a first-generation undergraduate student at the University of Houston, likes to combine biology, engineering, research and awards. “I love learning new things and trying to understand the world around me,” Nash said…
PROMES Scholar Wins Student Leadership Award for the 2018 BEYA STEM Conference