Scholarships, space available for UHCL summer study trip to Kenya
March 14, 2022 | UHCL Staff
UH-Clear Lake's Office of Global Learning and Strategy offers students many study-abroad options, including a June 11-23 trip to Nairobi, Kenya. Students will visit museums, tour Nakuru National Park, which boasts the largest population of flamingos in the world, and visit key archaeological sites.
UHCL alum uses biotech skills to help create COVID vaccine at Moderna
March 11, 2022 | UHCL Staff
Hardik Jani always knew he wanted to work in public health and help make lifesaving medicines. After graduating from University of Houston-Clear Lake with his Master of Science in Biotechnology, he began a career that led him to Moderna to help develop the COVID vaccine.
Path to success isn't a straight line: student shares 'zigzag' journey
March 10, 2022 | UHCL Staff
Doing poorly in college classes, or even failing them, is not the end, although it may seem so. A plummeting GPA can result in the loss of a scholarship or financial aid, a warning about getting on academic probation, and a lot of additional stress from parents and family.
New student org offers support to vets exiting military, entering college life
March 08, 2022 | UHCL Staff
Anna-Marie Detter and Christian Primus, both student professionals in University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Capt. Wendell M. Wilson Office of Military and Veteran Services, are both veterans who know firsthand the importance of finding support when exiting the military and beginning college life.
Award-winning research focuses on English learners with disabilities
March 03, 2022 | UHCL Staff
For Goretti Rerri, studying special education is more than just her profession — it is her life’s calling. After beginning her professional career in the corporate business world in Nigeria and even attaining an MBA there, her own child’s diagnosis of autism made her re-evaluate her career path.
STEM grant set business student on the path to NASA
March 02, 2022 | UHCL Staff
When Katherine Schultz was a child growing up in the Clear Lake area, she loved taking trips to Space Center Houston because everything about space exploration fascinated her. But when she enrolled at University of Houston-Clear Lake and became a double-major finance and accounting student, she took NASA off her list of potential places to work.
UHCL alum, now hospital CEO: Relationships were key
March 01, 2022 | UHCL Staff
Simone Boulet envisioned her life as a doctor — either a veterinarian or perhaps a medical doctor. She worked as a vet tech and did a lot of hospital volunteer work, but although her heart was with the animals, she felt emotionally drained by what she saw in her work.
New initiative targets recovery, education for victims of head trauma
February 28, 2022 | UHCL Staff
Athletes aren’t the only ones who suffer from brain injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported over 223,000 concussion-related hospitalizations last year, and brain injuries are very common after falls in middle-and older-aged adults. Even doctors may not realize the severity of a fall injury.
Reception celebrates alumni, looks ahead to UHCL's 50th anniversary
February 25, 2022 | UHCL Staff
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Office of University Advancement held the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Reception on Feb. 22 to celebrate the continued guidance and leadership of the university’s graduates. Over 50 alumni were present for the event, which was the first of many planned to highlight the support of UH-Clear Lake’s alumni.
From United Way client to executive director, alum rebuilt with education
February 23, 2022 | UHCL Staff
There was a time when Leslie Ornelas believed that the difficulties in her life had pushed her too far down to find her way back up. Facing sudden unemployment and a serious struggle with postpartum depression after the birth of her third child, Ornelas and her family moved from Austin to Houston to be closer to family support.
Did the pandemic change how we eat? Nutrition prof weighs in
February 22, 2022 | UHCL Staff
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that obesity was a risk factor for severe COVID-19 and could significantly worsen outcomes for patients in that category. During the lockdown, lifestyle and eating habits of many Americans dramatically changed.
Pothole problems? UHCL hackathon winners have solutions
February 18, 2022 | UHCL Staff
Ever get a message saying you’ve been hacked? Generally, that’s aggravating news — unless you’re talking about the Johnson Space Center Hackathon 2021, which is a competition in which young innovators have only 24 hours to find new software and hardware solutions to real-world problems.