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8-year-old Rafael tries on pieces of his gift - a new hand from UH students VIDEO: Giving a Hand to Those in Need: Two UH Undergrads Share Their Gifts
December 7, 2016
On a Wednesday evening in November, Maria Sanchez sits quietly weeping inside a private room on the first floor of the University of Houston M.D. Anderson library. "My baby just held a cell phone with his left hand," she…
Engineering Students Now Have Seamless Transfer Option With UH
July 13, 2015
Beginning this Fall, San Jacinto College students will be eligible for a seamless transfer into the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. San Jacinto College has signed an articulation agreement with the University…
G.R.A.D.E. Camp teaches middle school and high school girls about engineering concepts and career options at the UH Cullen College of Engineering. G.R.A.D.E. Camp Redefines STEM Field Roles
July 13, 2015
Engineering and computer science professions attract fewer women than other STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields in the United States. For more than a decade, professors at the UH Cullen College of…
PHOTOS: Out of the Darkness Walk
March 10, 2015
In a show of campus-wide solidarity against the stigmas surrounding mental illness, nearly 300 participants raised over $17,000 for the sixth annual Out of the Darkness campus walk that took place at the University of Houston on…
John Matthews watches on as PROMES students thank him for his service. PHOTOS: College Says Goodbye to Long-Time PROMES Program Manager
February 12, 2015
After 25 years of service to the Cullen College of Engineering, John Matthews, program manager for PROMES and STEP Forward Camp director, retired on Jan. 31. Students, faculty and staff celebrated Matthews’ tenure at the…
Matthews at the 2014 PROMES Banquet College Bids Farewell to PROMES Program Manager
January 26, 2015
After 25 years of service to the Cullen College of Engineering, John Matthews, program manager for PROMES and STEP Forward Camp director, will retire on January 31st. Matthews has been an instrumental part of leading the PROMES…
Students at UH participating in last year's Out of the Darkness Walk PROMES Teams Up with AFSP for 6th Annual Out of the Darkness Walk
January 15, 2015
In 2012, one person in the United States died by suicide every 12.9 minutes. In college terms, that means in the span of just one 50-minute class, at least three people in this country took their own lives. According to the…
Zerda (center) at her surprise retirement party in August 2014. UH Suicide Prevention Walk Highlighted by Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Newspaper
October 22, 2014
Kathy Zerda recently retired from her position at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, but the former PROMES director is still making a difference in her community through her work with the American Foundation for Suicide…
PROMES 40th Anniversary Endowment Fully Funded
October 21, 2014
The “40th Anniversary PROMES/Shell Engineering Retirees Scholarship Endowments in Honor of Dr. Gerhard Paskusz and Dr. Katherine S. Zerda” in the amount of $40,000 was announced on May 31 at the PROMES 40th Anniversary Reconnect…
University of Houston Receives IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing
October 15, 2014
University of Houston Receives IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and ComputingAward Marks Site of 1987 Discovery of High Temperature Superconductivity On November 17, the University of Houston will receive an IEEE (…