News StoriesNews Stories by Date2024NovemberMing Zhong Receives 2025 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement AwardSeptemberCourse Evaluations - Fall 2024JuneteachHOUSTON Awarded $3 Million to Address STEM Teacher ShortageFebruaryIn Memoriam: Yuri Alexeevich Kuznetsov, 1945-2024JanuaryUniversity of Houston Joins Smart Hub, a $5M Department of Defense Consortium2023OctoberUniversity of Houston Secures $1.6 Million Grant to Advance STEM Education for Underserved High School StudentsSeptemberteachHOUSTON Recognized Nationally for Efforts to Increase STEM Teacher DiversityMayDamon Spencer Earns National Science Foundation Graduate Research FellowshipAprilDr. John T. Hardy: A Life of Scholarship, Teaching and ServiceMathematical Biology Major Gabrielle Kostecki Among 2023 Goldwater ScholarsMarchIn Memoriam: Ronald H.W. Hoppe, 1951–2023FebruaryUH STEM RISE Addresses Opportunity Gaps for High School Students in Third Ward2022NovemberCenterPoint Energy New Teacher Academy at UH Empowers New STEM TeachersSeptemberNew UH Mentoring Scholarship Program Aims to Fill Future Demand for STEM JobsAugustMathematics Assistant Professor Andreas Mang Receives CAREER AwardJulyWenjiang Fu Awarded U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Senior Research FellowshipJuneNew UH Program Transforms STEM Pros into STEM TeachersMayMath Undergraduate to Work as Fellow at Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoMarchVaughn Climenhaga Named Simons FellowFebruaryMath Contest Sets New Participation RecordsResearch Institute Awards Min Ru a Diophantine Geometry Research ProfessorshipJanuaryUniversity of Houston Mourns Passing of Roland Glowinski2021DecemberNew Program Addresses Demand for Data Science Workforce in Energy IndustryNovemberMathematics Professor Teaming Up with Biologists to Model Bacterial DivisionsSeptemberSarah Chehade, Spring 2021 Ph.D. Grad, Receives Prestigious Appointment at National LabJuneJun Named as Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationMath Graduate and teachHOUSTON Alum Wins Fulbright AwardMayUH Mathematics’ Quaini Chosen as Radcliffe FellowApril94 NSM Students Participate in 2021 Undergraduate Research DayMathematical Biology Major Receives Critical Language ScholarshipMarchNew Mathematics Faculty Member Tracks Global Terrorism Patterns with NSF Grant2020NovemberMaking the Best Decision: Math Shows Diverse Thinkers Equal Better ResultsAugustUsing Mathematical Models to Understand Geographic Spread of COVID-19JulyInterdisciplinary Research Seeks Direct and Efficient Delivery of Macromolecules to Cells FebruaryRoland Glowinski Receives SIAM W.T. and Idalia Reid PrizeDepartment of Mathematics Meet & Greet & Pi Day CelebrationSpring 2020 Mathematics ContestJanuaryConverting Qubits to Bits: Quantum to Classical Information2019OctoberUH Hosts Social Decisions WorkshopAugustNSM Professors Receive American Educational Research Association AwardMath Graduate Students Receive AWM Student Chapter AwardJulyAlmus Wins 2019 Butler Teaching AwardJuneEquinor Summer STEM Camps Offer Educational FunAprilCompeting in a Data-Driven WorldJanuaryPredicting the Unpredictable: Chaotic Dynamical SystemsApplications for Mathematics: Image Analysis2018DecemberConference Focuses on Texas Women in MathematicsNovemberRu Elected as Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyJuneTraining a Future Generation of Math and Science TeachersMayMathematics’ Suncica Canic Wins Farfel AwardCHAMP Recognized With Two National AwardsFebruaryDepartment of Mathematics Meet & Greet and Pi Day Celebration2017OctoberDecision-Making in an Uncertain WorldOnofrei Receives $455K Grant from Army Research OfficeAugustUH Hosts TX-LA Undergraduate Mathematics ConferenceDecoding a Treasure Trove of Data from the BrainMayClimenhaga Receives 2017 NSM Junior Faculty Research AwardMath Grad Student Receives NSF Graduate Research FellowshipAprilMathematics Graduate Student Earns DOE Research AwardMarchPi Day CelebrationFebruarySwitched On: Modeling Genetic Circuits for Therapeutic Purposes2016JulyteachHOUSTON Awarded $1.45 Million for STEM Teacher PreparationGeorge Honored With NSM's Butler Teaching AwardMayMath Research Focuses on Reducing X-Ray Exposure in PatientsAprilUndergraduate ColloquiumMarchVaughn Climenhaga: NSF CAREER Award RecipientFebruaryA Beautiful Mind: Math Faculty Developing Methods of Analyzing Images of Neurons2015JulyTomforde and Evans Honored with NSM's Butler Teaching AwardJosic Awarded Simons Fellowship in MathematicsMarchPi Day Celebration2014NovemberZhang Joins Math DepartmentOctoberYuliya Gorb: NSF CAREER Award RecipientA Night at the Museum featuring Mathematical NeuroscienceAugustResearch May Lead to Reliable Alternative to Open-Heart SurgeryAprilKhanh Nguyen Awarded Goldwater ScholarshipMarchSuncica Canic has been named a 2014 SIAM Fellow2014 Goldwater Scholar Khanh Phuong NguyenFebruaryMath Modeling Integral to Synthetic Biology Research2013SeptemberUH Putnam Team Ranked 87th out of 578 Teams from U.S./Canadian InstitutionsMayStrides in Math Education, Community Outreach Add up to Piper HonorAprilLindsey Brier Named 2013-14 Goldwater ScholarAir Force Awards Young Investigator Program Grant to UH Mathematics Professor2012NovemberGlowinski Honored in Inaugural Class of American Mathematical Society FellowsMayMathematics faculty, Jeff Morgan and Kresimir Josic, honored with awards at UH Evening of Faculty Excellence. Mathematics students, Markovich and Williams awarded NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsFebruaryScientific Computing Lectures in honor of Professor Roland Glowinski on his 75th birthday