UHCL's Robotics Team eyes $1 million prize in NASA competition
March 01, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Space Center Houston and NASA have announced that University of Houston-Clear Lake is among the 22 international robotics teams qualifying for Phase 2 of the NASA Space Robotics Challenge. This allows the team to advance to the final competition, which has a prize purse of $1 million.
Engineering students' proposal advances in NASA competition
February 23, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Helping to inspire and educate future scientists is a mission in which both NASA and University of Houston-Clear Lake are deeply invested. The NASA Minority Innovative New Designs for Space (MINDS) program, a hands-on design-and-build collegiate learning experience, selects newly-innovated technology that is relevant to NASA's Artemis mission.
Financial expert puts racial wealth gap into historical context, offers debt advice
January 28, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Financial expert, international speaker and author Ja’Net Adams will speak to University of Houston-Clear Lake’s upper division and graduate students about the historical context of the wealth gap in the African American community on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. in the Bayou Theater.
First-gen transfer student 'goes for it' at UHCL, finds support and mentorship
January 26, 2021 | UHCL Staff
Students who transfer from one college to another sometimes face the unique struggle of attempting to join a community from a completely different starting point. University of Houston-Clear Lake has a significant transfer student population, but for Osvaldo Rodriguez, assimilating into the university community was easy, and he felt at home immediately.
Veteran overcomes personal challenges to graduate, credits supportive profs
November 20, 2020 | UHCL Staff
Trinity Danielson had just transferred to University of Houston-Clear Lake to complete his bachelor’s degree and had registered for a heavy load of coursework when his wife had their second child. Within a week, his son was critically ill and hospitalized and Danielson said he reached out to his professors for support.
Students with financial need can obtain scholarships through NSF grant
October 08, 2020 | UHCL Staff
Students with unmet financial need who are interested in a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the fields of computer science, computer information systems or computer engineering at University of Houston-Clear Lake can now obtain scholarships from the university’s new National Science Foundation S-STEM grant.
New book spotlights Latinas in flight
September 21, 2020 | UHCL Staff
Hawks are known for soaring, and a passion for aerospace has led to a unique University of Houston-Clear Lake connection to a barrier-breaking new book, “Latinas in Aviation.”
UHCL announces new Institute for Human and Planetary Sustainability
September 15, 2020 | UHCL Staff
University of Houston-Clear Lake is pleased to announce the launch of a new Institute for Human and Planetary Sustainability (IHAPS), focused on supporting world-leading projects and programs toward advancing sustainable solutions.
UHCL alumnus named to 9/11 medical advisory committee
September 10, 2020 | UHCL Staff
Nineteen years after the world’s deadliest terrorist attack, the first responders, support personnel and members of the general public directly affected by the attacks of 9/11 are still suffering from health complications. Now, University of Houston-Clear Lake alumnus Michael Larrañaga is joining the effort to provide medical care to those affected by the attacks.
UHCL student to study how politics impacts patients
September 02, 2020 | UHCL Staff
Although post-baccalaureate student Jonathan Pham’s ultimate career goal lies in the field of medicine, he has always had an interest in political science. Through a teaching assistantship for University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Assistant Professor of Political Science Se-Hyoung Yi, he learned that political engagement was another way he could care for his future patients.
University Faculty Fellowship recipients for 2020-2021 announced
August 06, 2020 | UHCL Staff
The four recipients of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s 2020-2021 University Faculty Fellowship awards are Associate Professor of Psychology Nicholas Kelling; Department Chair of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Humanities Shreerekha Subramanian; Associate Professor of Biology and Biotechnology Larry Rohde; and Professor of Accounting Barry Marks.
EIH searches for elusive chicken turtles
August 04, 2020 | UHCL Staff
Western chicken turtles are an elusive freshwater turtle found in wetlands in states west of the Mississippi River, extending to the Guadalupe River in Texas. The most pressing problem with the chicken turtles, says Senior Biologist Mandi Gordon of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Environmental Institute of Houston, is finding them at all.