Why is it so easy to remember the lyrics to an old song — but so hard to recall something you just heard or read seconds ago? A University of Houston professor examines how the brain briefly stabilizes new information and why switching tasks too quickly can make it vanish.

Dr. David McNally, NEH-Cullen Chair in History & Business in the UH Department of History, has received the ILHA Book of the Year Award for 2025!

Elena Grigorenko, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston, has received the Big 12 Faculty of the Year Award, a prestigious honor recognizing one standout scholar from each conference institution.