'5B' documentary spotlights work of frontline nurses in health crisis
April 09, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Like the trailblazing nurses at the forefront of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, nurses battling on the frontlines against COVID-19 are inspiring others by overcoming challenges and leading the charge toward newer, higher standards of care. A documentary showing and expert Q and A at University of Houston-Clear Lake will explore nurses’ critical roles.
Computer engineering students and prof win coveted awards
April 07, 2021 | UHCL Staff
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s engineering students and faculty have won three prestigious awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. With members in more than 180 countries, IEEE is the largest international organization of professional engineers. Their recognition reflects the university’s continued success in engineering fields.
Gender roles in dance featured in Women's and Gender Studies talk
April 06, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” one of the famous bard’s most popular comedies, explores gender roles and power struggles between the characters. An upcoming talk by a University of Houston-Clear Lake faculty member will discuss how dance adaptations complicate these themes and expand the conversation.
Share your input to improve campus racial climate at UH-Clear Lake
April 05, 2021 | UHCL Staff
University of Houston-Clear Lake students are invited to share their thoughts on how to improve the racial climate on campus through a survey from the National Association of Collegiate Campus Climates survey. Students may complete the survey from April 6 - May 4 for a chance to win prizes.
New student org offers support to Hispanic students in STEM
April 05, 2021 | UHCL Staff
The Society for Advancement of Chicanos, Hispanics and Native Americans in Science has a growing new chapter at University of Houston-Clear Lake, which is a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The organization helps encourage Hispanic and other underrepresented minority students to pursue STEM fields at the university and enroll in research labs.
Virtual orientation program recognized for innovation
April 02, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Among the many questions the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired is how colleges and universities can welcome new students and acclimate them to their new campus in a virtual setting. A student-led orientation program at University of Houston-Clear Lake is gaining national recognition for building community.
Texas native plants help kids bloom
March 30, 2021 | UHCL Staff
What can you do outdoors while keeping a safe distance from others during a pandemic? Clear Creek Independent School District teacher Tiffany Deschler says exploring nature and learning more about Texas’ native plants is a wonderful way get kids off devices and back to the great outdoors.
Having trouble in finance classes? Movies might help
March 29, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Teaching a potentially abstract business discipline like finance presents a constant challenge to connecting complicated “real world” finance concepts to classroom discussions. A University of Houston-Clear Lake professor is using innovative strategies to explain complex topics through film and television, from classics to recent hits.
Fine Arts students' work featured in exhibition
March 25, 2021 | UHCL Staff
For an up-and-coming artist, preparing, hanging and installing artwork in a gallery is an invaluable experience. At University of Houston-Clear Lake, 32 undergraduate art students will be doing just that at the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, running April 8-30 in the Art Gallery.
Girls interested in STEM careers shine at UHCL event
March 23, 2021 | UHCL Staff
When Loretta Williams Gurnell was a science teacher in a Houston charter school, she noticed one thing she didn’t like at all — the girls in her classes weren’t raising their hands. To help change that, she founded the nonprofit SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation, which held its latest inspiring event at University of Houston-Clear Lake.
National COVID-19 expert to share insights at UHCL's President's Speaker Series
March 22, 2021 | UHCL Staff
What role does higher education play in public health during a pandemic? Dr. Peter J. Hotez, professor at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, will address this topic at the next University of Houston-Clear Lake President’s Speaker Series virtual event Friday, April 9, 9:45 a.m. – noon (CST).
Statement on Spring 2021 Virtual Commencement
March 18, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Official University of Houston-Clear Lake statement regarding the decision to hold Spring 2021 Commencement virtually.