News & Events
- UH’s Farfel Lecture to Feature Renowned Cognitive Scientist Steven Pinker
 - CASE for Kids, UH Honors College Connect Harris County Debate Students with Top Resources
 - Changing Perspectives
 - Sophomore Earns Research and Community Service Fellowships
 - The Public Health Whiz
 - NSM Student Cole Woody Awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship
 - UH Biology Student Receives Two of the Nation’s Most Prestigious Academic Awards
 - Honors Faculty Member Recognized for Excellence
 - Can’t Stop UH Student Researchers
 - Intertidal Oyster Reef Mapping and Population Analysis in West Galveston Bay, Texas
 - Recognizing Doug Erwing
 - Saying Good Bye to Robert Cremins
 - Recognizing Terry Hallmark at the Honors College
 - Nation's Oldest Honor Society Phi Beta Kappa Welcomes 104 Coogs to its Ranks
 - UH's Undergraduate Research Day Celebrates 20 Years
 - University of Houston Ranks Among Top Fulbright Producers
 - UH’s Kalena Holeman Named Gates Cambridge Scholar
 - The 33rd Great Conversation at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
 - Honors College Board Member Martin Cominsky Retires from Interfaith Ministries
 
2024
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The Diagnostician of Despair: Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
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Prestigious Marshall Scholarship Awarded To UH’S Mielad Ziaee
 - Saying Good Bye to Laura Bland and recognizing her contributions to the College
 
- The Sacred And Profane Love Machine Podcast. The Iris Murdoch Podcast
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UH Again Named Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution Leader
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UH Common Ground Teacher Institute: A Houston educator haven
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UH Honors Debate Program Fosters the Next Generation of Debaters
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Summer School: Educators Gain Creative Inspiration During UH’s Common Ground Teachers Institute
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From Student to Teacher: CASE Debates Champion Comes Full Circle Through UH Honors Debate Workshop
 - Scholarships, Awards Transporting Coogs to New Academic Environments
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Leading by Example: Kaitlyn Palividas (’17) and Her Passion for Volunteering
 - Record Number of UH Fulbrights Puts Coogs on the Map
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Honors College Graduates Celebrated for Outstanding Achievements
 - 2024 UH Faculty Awards recognize Teaching, Research, Service
 - UH Energy showcase innovative research projects at Undergraduate Research Day
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Doing More with Less: HSIs and the Recipe for Upward Mobility
 - Provost Profiles: Rosemarie Le
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A New Class of Community Health Workers Stands Ready to Make a Difference
 - Honors Arts Evening
 
2023
- UH receives $1M from Harris County Public Health to prepare more Community Health Workers
 - CASE for Kids Connects Harris County Debate Students with National Resources
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University of Houston Honors student Mielad Ziaee to Serve as UH System Student Regent
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World Cultures & Literatures interns leave positive mark on Houston arts and culture
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CLASS undergraduate Kalena Holeman creatively researches across eastern U.S.
 - How and why do plants sense sound and vibration? Heidi Appel and Rex Cocroft explain
 
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Honors College Student Chosen for Prestigious International Debate Tour in Japan
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Sondos Moursy (’22): From Track Star to Civil Rights Law Scholar
 - Alumnus Daniela Orozco Rendon is first recipient of The Boston Scientific Medical Student Innovation Fellowship Award
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UH Honors Student Gabrielle Kostecki Among 2023 Goldwater Scholars
 - With Honors: Largest UH Cohort inducted into PBK Honor Society
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A New Season of Innovation: Creative Work's Summer in the City Class
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Prestigious Law Firm Cravath Selects UH Law Center 2L as Summer Associate
 - Hayan Charara Elected to Texas Institute of Letters
 - New Dean Appointed at the Honors College
 
2022
- Honors Alumna and Energy Coalition Chair Abby Chopra Honored by ALLY Energy
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The Honors College Partners with the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
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UH Speech & Debate Opens the Year with Top Speaker and Close Out Final
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Healing Injustice Conference Presents Restorative Courtroom Methods in Holistic Defense
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UH Students Documenting U.S. Latino Experience Through Research, Archival Initiative
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FIT for Houston: UH's Food Insecurity Team Feeding Community Success
 - PEERS competition addresses community health issues
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Eight UH Graduates First to Earn Honors in Co-Curricular Engagement Designation
 - UH Seniors prepare to give back to the community
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UH Debate Dominates National Tournament and Finalizes Outstanding Year
 - Family Affair: Cougar Pride Renews Through the Generations
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Rising Scholars in the Spotlight During Undergraduate Research Day April 14
 
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International Impact: Ten recent UH graduates and alumni received Fulbright grants
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Tradition Gone By: an oral history of Victoria High and Stroman
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Hidden Life of Houston: University of Houston Project Uncovers Urban Wildlife Activity
 
2021
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Simply the Best: UH Policy Debate Team Wins National Competition
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Undergraduate Research and Major Awards Recognized for Academic Excellence
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A New Individualized Freshman Writing Assessment for Instructional Growth
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University of Houston Launches a New Undergraduate Research Program
 - Honors College Alumnus Reaches New Heights
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Action Research in Communities Program to Double its Impact in 2021
 - UH Reaches Double-Digits Again for Fulbright
 - Jaelynn Walls First UH Student to be Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
 
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Eleven Students Win Prestigious Research Exchange Program Opportunity in Germany
 - Honors College Alumnus Chris Danielson Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Russia to Teach History
 - UH Has Another Record-Breaking Year for Critical Languages Scholarships
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Four Honors Students Selected for MD Anderson Summer Program
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Phillip Kieval Named First Ever Gates Cambridge Scholar From UH
 
2020
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Mayor Turner Addresses Community Health Workers Initiative Graduates
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Professors Fares and Rainbow Win Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Awards
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UH Community Health Worker Initiative Helping Houston Communities Impacted by COVID-19
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Undergraduate Scholars and Major Awards Celebration Live Via Zoom
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UH Community Health Workers Join City of Houston in COVID-19 Fight
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Honors English Professor Looks at Famed Filmmaker’s Work from a Personal Perspective
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Blaffer Art Museum Goes Rogue with Stephanie Syjuco’s Digitally Printed Flags
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Successful Marketing Entrepreneur and Honors Alum has Inspiring Words for Students Today
 - Houston Early Research Experience (HERE) continues virtually throughout the pandemic
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Recent UH Graduate Named Marcus L. Urann Fellow by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
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How to Build a Fulbright Top-Producing Institution: University of Houston
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2020 SURF Students Make History and Strive on During COVID-19 Pandemic
 - Honors College to offer courses on Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter
 - Pharis fellowship scholars start individual experimnets to improve health of Houston community.
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STEM Students Cap Outstanding Undergraduate Research Career with National Science Foundation Honor
 - Hana Mohamad Among 10 Students Nationwide to Earn Prestigious Award
 - ‘The Plague’ by Albert Camus: A Novel for Our Times
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These Colleges Encourage Their Students to Seek Fulbrights. Here’s How It Pays Off.
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Path Finder: Safa Ansari-Bayegan ’20 Nabs Elite Criminal Justice Fellowship
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University of Houston Ranked as Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students
 
2019
- Mellon Scholar Lives Her Dreams  
 - Bob Dylan's Education
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Research Programs and the Path to Fellowships: UH Honors College
 - The Honors College Publications Receive National Recognition
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New Book Questions Whether the Concept of Race is Applicable to Russia and the Soviet Union
 - Honors College Professor Robert Zaretsky: An Odyssey Through the Post-Fact World
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2019 Fall Convocation Kicks Off New Academic Year at the University of Houston
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UH student finds new compound in Apollo 17 lunar dust samples
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Ross M. Lence Dinner & Dialogues Invites Guests Back to Class
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UH’s Connection to the Bauhaus - Father of Professor Irene Guenther
 - UH Honors and NSM Undergrads Intern at Smithsonian Institute
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UH Law Center student interning with Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission
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Honors College Graduate Receives Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Toward Doctoral Studies at Yale
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UH Honors College Hosts Top High Schoolers for Phi Beta Kappa Academy
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Three UH Students Receive Boren Scholarships for Language Studies Abroad
 - Creating a Culture of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Houston
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UH Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships to Study Urdu and Persian Abroad
 - FrameWorks: A New Program in the Interdisciplinary Humanities
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Record Year Celebrated at 2019 Undergraduate Scholars and Major Awards Dinner
 - The University of Houston: A Powerhouse in Fulbright Scholarships
 - Fulbright Scholarship: Teaching and Combating Education Inequality in Lativia
 - The UH Honors College to Host Its 27th Annual Great Conversation in The Newly Renovated Fertitta Center
 
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University of Houston Makes Strong Showing on List of Fulbright Institutions
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Honors College Professor David Rainbow Launches Lecture Series on Vladimir Putin
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Professor Awarded Prestigious NEH Grant for New Book on Philosophy and Politics
 
2018
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Community Health Workers Initiative Receives Shelby Hodge Vision Award
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Honors Business Senior Victor Yau Receives Competitive Rangel Fellowship
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The Story That Almost Got Away (Postcards from the Trenches by Irene Guenther)
 - Day of Service Highlights Honors Students’ Commitment to Community
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Sight For Success: UH Initiative Tackles Vision Challenges for Elementary Students
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Learning Arabic in Oman, Helping Refugees in Houston – CLS Recipient Sets Big Goals
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Postcards From The Trenches: A German Soldier’s Testimony of The Great War
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UH Undergrad Dives into Korean Language, Spends Summer in Busan
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Energy and Sustainability Minor Announces First Class of Equinor Scholars
 - The Honors College Loses a Cherished Member of the Family
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Summer in Xi’an Brings New Challenges, Opportunities for CLS Recipient
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UH Engineering Professor Wins IEEE Distinguished Educator Award
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Governor Abbott Appoints University Student Regents And Student Representative To The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board - Honors' student Michelle Tran
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Honors Graduation Banquet Celebrates Achievements of 135 Graduates
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Lerners Elevate Learning at the Honors College Through Generous Support
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Honors Engineering Senior Finds Wealth of Opportunities at UH and Beyond
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UH Student Malone Marks First Acceptance into Dual-Degree Program at UH Law Center
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Professor Stuart Long Recognized for Work in Electromagnetics
 - Two UH Honors Students Receive Hollings Environmental Science Scholarships
 - Four UH Students Receive Nationally Competitive Critical Language Scholarships
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Mayor Announces PBK Society's Arts & Sciences Cities of Distinction Award to Houston
 - When the Sublime Engine Fails: Medical and Metaphorical Representations of the Heart
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Kids Learn STEM Building Mars Habitats and Dream of Being First Humans on the Red Planet
 
2017
- Cultivating Community
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Radioactive Waste and the Hidden Costs of the Cold War by Professor David Rainbow
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What’s in the Water? UH Students Tapped to Collect Samples Post Harvey
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At University of Houston, Harvey's Shadow Looms as Classes Restart
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Delicate Relations to the Real: Walking Donald Barthelme’s Houston - By Robert Cremins
 - The Heritage Society Museum Gallery Exhibit Opening of the The Great Migrations: Past and Present projects
 - Great Migrations: Past and Present
 - Keeping Score with Trey Wilkinson, Honors College Advisory Board member and past president
 - Honors Alumna: Ysabelle Abraham
 - Engines of Ingenuity segment: A War of Concrete
 - Engines of Ingenuity segment: A War of Concrete
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Read Terry Hallmark's "Dear President Trump, What Are You Doing About Energy?"
 - Honors Publication Garners Award for UH Printing Services!
 - Honors faculty member Hayan Charara's "Nothing Happened in 1999" is "Poem of the Day"
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Assistant Professor of Research Dan Price featured in "Unique Program Brings UH Students and Community Together to Tackle Public Health Issues"
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"Welcoming the Stranger: Faces of the Refugee Crisis" by Kimberly Meyer
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The Power of Public Service: Mickey Leland's Transformative Legacy at UH
 - UH Moment featuring the WISE Program
 - UH Honors College Students Tutoring 7th Graders for STAAR Test
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Scholarships, Service Opportunities Help CLASS Student Prepare for His Future Law Career
 - Students, Faculty and Staff Tour NRG Carbon Capture Facility
 - Honors Assistant Dean Christine LeVeaux-Haley on Houston Matters: "Political Roundup"
 - Professor Robert Cremins speaks about Donald Barthelme: "Creative Editor"
 - Honors Student Highlighted in "New Target for Alzheimer's Disease?"
 
2016
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The Three-Legged Dog Who Carried Me by Laurie Clements Lambeth
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Classical studies professor stirs the airwaves, UH community
 - 2016 Undergrauate Research Day
 - A Role for Students (featuring Assistant Professor of Research Dan Price)
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Leland: African-American History Museum is a Vision Accomplished
 - UH Honors College Rated Among Top in the Nation
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Cullen College Professor Introduces Cougar Junior Scholars To Engineering Principles
 - 2016 Fall Convocation Scheduled
 - Honors College Students Document Their Experience at Smithsonian
 - UH System Welcomes New Student Regent
 - Go Big Or Go Home! Honors and UHCL Go to GreeceThe Chance of a Lifetime
 
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Kimberly Meyer to Receive Award for Memoir/Autobiography from ASJA
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UH Center for Creative Work Spotlighting Community Odyssey During 2016 Dionysia
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UH Honors College Fundraiser Serves Up Dinnertime Discussions
 - Academic Mission Accomplished
 - UH Honors College Offering Course Focused on Presidential Debates
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UH Bonner Leaders Program Recognized for Uniting Scholarship and Community
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Opportunities Keep Knocking for Honors' Student Alexandra Doyle
 
2015
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Student-Developed App Serving as Guide to UH’s Public Art Collection
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Dr. Kimberly Meyer, Honors alumna and UH faculty, has been nominated for the 2015 PEN Southwest Book Awards for The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage
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Phi Beta Kappa, Nation’s Most Prestigious Honor Society, Establishes Chapter at UH