UHCL summer academy empowers girls to learn coding, computer skills
July 24, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Over 75 middle school girls from the Houston area learning more than coding and animation in the Soaring Hawks Girls’ Code Academy at University of Houston-Clear Lake. They are learning that it isn’t nearly as difficult as they’d thought it would be.
Timber Cove archive a living history of space program's early years
July 19, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Back in 2007, when Deborah Griffin was at a neighborhood pool party, taking a neighbor’s suggestion to have a 50th anniversary homecoming party for the neighborhood sounded like a fun idea. After all, Timber Cove was no ordinary subdivision. Timber Cove had been home to four of the seven original Mercury astronauts who moved to the area to begin working on the newly-established manned space flight program in the early 1960s.
Short Takes
July 02, 2019 | Jim Townsend
Keep up with events and activities at UH-Clear Lake with Short Takes, a weekly preview of upcoming events.
Virtual reality expert stresses importance of engineering skills to STEAM campers
June 21, 2019 | UHCL Staff
In a summer science camp geared toward middle school students, the College of Education’s Center for Educational Programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake hosted two week-long Hawk STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) Academy camps. .
Students share research, learn trends in Human Factors psych from industry experts
May 10, 2019 | George Mattingly II
University of Houston-Clear Lake graduate students pursuing a Master of Science with a Concentration in Applied Cognitive Psychology shared their original research with industry experts and peers as part of the 15th Annual Houston Human Factors Symposium in April.
NASA strategist, virtual reality pioneer, technologist joins UHCL
May 08, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Evelyn R. Miralles spent her career at NASA helping astronauts prepare for space missions. She is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of virtual reality, who co-created spacewalk training software, in use since 2000. On May 1st, she launched a new flight path as Associate Vice President for Strategic Information Initiatives and Technology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
UHCL Pearland facility formally opens to meet growing demand for nurses, health care careers
May 03, 2019 | UHCL Staff
University of Houston-Clear Lake at Pearland celebrated the grand opening of the three-story, $24.6 million Health Sciences and Classroom Building that will allow expansion of programs in nursing and other health care careers. Speakers at the event that included UHCL leadership, legislators, city leadership, faculty and others said that the completion of this project was the result of close cooperation between UHCL and the city of Pearland and the tireless support of local and state legislators.
Registrations open for UHCL youth summer camps
April 04, 2019 | Jim Townsend
From fishing to photography, robotics to rockets – whatever your school-age child’s interests – you’re likely to find something for them to do this summer at one of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s summer camps. Registrations are now being taken.
Omani ambassador returns to UHCL, plans conference on energy, environment
March 29, 2019 | UHCL Staff
The Sultanate of Oman has chosen University of Houston-Clear Lake to be the location of a conference to discuss topics related to energy and environmental affairs to be held Oct 23. Her Excellency Ambassador Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy, who is also chair of the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, visited UH-Clear Lake’s campus on March 6 to discuss preliminary plans for the conference with university officials and faculty.
Program makes tuition more affordable for undergrad STEM students
March 22, 2019 | Jim Townsend
University of Houston-Clear Lake undergraduates seeking a STEM degree may be eligible for a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester and $1,500 for summer courses thanks to the university’s participation in a grant collaboration with other Houston universities.
UHCL profs update comprehensive chemistry reference book, are nominated for award
February 27, 2019 | UHCL Staff
“Larock’s Comprehensive Organic Transformations” was originally published in 1989. Its third edition, co-authored by a team of scientists including University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Assistant Professor of Chemistry Anton Dubrovskiy and his wife, Adjunct Chemistry Instructor Nataliya Markina, has been published and nominated for a PROSE award finalist in the Multivolume Reference/Science category.
UHCL students' video game 'Code of Aegis' wins educational award
February 26, 2019 | UHCL Staff
For video-game fanatics, getting paid to play is the ultimate dream. While University of Houston-Clear Lake students majoring in digital media studies, didn’t actually get paid, they won a prestigious award for creating a video game titled “Code of Aegis” at the Interservice/Industry Training Simulation and Education Conference recently held in Orlando, Fla.