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.
Webinar features dialogue between women in academia
March 26, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Women's History Month webinar, "The Women: The View from the Ivory Tower" features a panelist of female professionals in higher education who will share their experiences and journeys to leadership.
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.
Connecting to College improves accessibility for students with autism
March 18, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Most colleges have support programs for disabled students, but many of those programs don’t address some of the specific needs of students on the autism spectrum. The Connecting to College program at University of Houston-Clear Lake helps match students on the spectrum with the supports to succeed.
Registered nurses can reactivate lapsed licenses with UHCL courses
March 17, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Registered nurses with lapsed licenses can easily find their way back into the workplace. Starting March 25, nurses who have been away from a medical work setting for four years or more can reactivate their RN license with help from courses in the University of Houston-Clear Lake’s College of Human Sciences and Humanities.
Students, leaders to advocate for legislative priorities during virtual UHCL Day at the Capitol
March 16, 2021 | UHCL Staff
A group of University of Houston-Clear Lake students, alumni and leaders along with UH System officials will engage Texas legislators and representatives to advocate for the university's legislative priorities during a virtual UHCL Day at the Capitol on March 17 at 3 p.m. Learn how you can join the live webinar.
Bayou Theater presents Mercury Chamber Orchestra in person
March 16, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Mercury Chamber Orchestra is pleased to be performing its first in-person concert since the beginning of the pandemic at University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Bayou Theater on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. The ensemble will play a selection of pieces that are personally significant to the concertmaster.
Prof explores political, religious forces attacking science
March 11, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Do you trust science? The optimistic news of a safe, effective vaccine to fight COVID-19 is diluted by the knowledge that many people either do not accept the severity of the virus, do not trust the efficacy of this vaccine, or mistrust vaccines in general.