UHCL announces new degree program
December 22, 2016 | UHCL Staff
Effective fall 2017, University of Houston-Clear Lake students seeking a degree with a strong information technology focus through the university’s College of Science and Engineering have a new option with the addition of a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.
3-D printing unlocks Calculus at UHCL
December 20, 2016 | Lori Lopez
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Mathematics and Statistics Department recently acquired a 3-D printer to help students understand complex surfaces. Calculus involves three-dimensional objects that can be extremely difficult to visualize. Now the department can print 3-D surfaces, and students can see details that were previously inaccessible. Pictured is Deanna Henderson, a calculus student, observing how the volume of a half torus can be found with cylindrical shells.
Three generations, three journeys of discovery
July 14, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
A University of Houston-Clear Lake education has empowered three generations of one family to discover and explore their passions. When Sarah Elam graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, she joined her grandmother and mother as a UHCL alumna.
UHCL creates expert advisory board
June 02, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s School of Science and Computer Engineering has founded a new advisory board of local professionals from science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, industries. Members of the board will provide guidance as the school develops new curriculum, programs and labs with a focus on keeping university coursework relevant and up-to-date.
UHCL students on path to medical school through state program
April 11, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
For the first time, University of Houston-Clear Lake students have been accepted to Texas’ prestigious Joint Admission Medical Program.
UHCL online environmental science program nationally ranked
March 29, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
Nonprofit Colleges Online ranked University of Houston-Clear Lake seventh in affordability among 35 online environmental science master’s degree programs nationwide.
STEM competition aims to inspire students
March 21, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
High school and college students interested in science, technology, engineering or math will join forces and compete at the 2016 STEM Challenge 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., April 9, at University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston.
University robotics team preps for NASA competition
February 25, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
In the big dream of space exploration, it pays to think small. A joint team of University of Houston-Clear Lake and San Jacinto College students are preparing to compete in a national NASA robotics contest that relies on insect colony behavior to solve tricky problems.
‘Birth of Gravitational Wave Astronomy’ presented at UH-Clear Lake
February 17, 2016 | Kelsie Cleboski
Physicists have worked for decades toward the observation of gravitational waves announced last week by LIGO or the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration. Learn about the details and importance of this work when LIGO scientist Marco Diaz presents “The First Detection: The Birth of Gravitational Wave Astronomy” 7 p.m., Feb. 29, at University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Student Services and Classroom Building lecture hall as part of the UH-Clear Lake Physics and Space Science Seminar Series.