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Join Arvind Bhimaraj, MD (Houston Methodist) and Ju Kim, MD (Houston Methodist) as they host a show on topics related to heart failure patient management.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS: University of St. Thomas Offers Flu Shots

University of St. Thomas cares about your health, this means getting a flu vaccine during 2020-2021 is more important than ever.

RICE UNIVERSITY: New technology TA positions empower students to partner with professors

Based on his experience transitioning to dual-delivery classes when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring, Tom Phalen — a Professor in the Practice in the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) — knew the juggling act that hybrid courses demand:

TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER: ElevateIT: Houston Technology Summit 2020

Join us for the 2nd Annual ElevateIT: Houston Technology Summit and learn why South Texas has long been a hot bed for innovation and disruption.

RICE UNIVERSITY: The heat is on for building 3D artificial organ tissues JADE BOYD

Bioengineers at Rice and the University of Washington (UW) are devising a hot new technology to remotely control the positioning and timing of cell functions to build 3D artificial, living tissues.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS: UST Ed.D. Student Shoots for the Moon and … Bull’s-eye!

Before Mikiba Morehead completes her Ed.D. in May ’21 at University of St. Thomas-Houston, she will fulfill a research residency for the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI).

RICE UNIVERSITY: Rice U. Theatre Program livestreaming one-night-only production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

The new manners of social distancing and wearing masks have been incorporated into Oscar Wilde’s classic Victorian satirical comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest,” as the Rice University Theatre Program presents its fall play amid a pandemic.

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: TSU Career and Professional Development Center Presents Virtual Tiger Career Fair

The TSU Career and Professional Development Center will present a Virtual Tiger Career Fair from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. CDT on September 25, 2020.

RICE UNIVERSITY: 3D camera earns its stripes at Rice

Stripes are in fashion this season at a Rice University lab, where engineers use them to make images that plain cameras could never capture.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS: Turning 90, UST Celebrates You, Mary Clare Christensen Albrecht ’51

Mary Clare Christensen Albrecht ’51 was admired by her peers while attending University of St. Thomas. She was the girl who was princess for two Mardi Gras events, a member of the Sodality, English Club, and Aquinas Honor Society.

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: National Hockey League to Support Criminal Justice Research at Texas Southern University

By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2020

The Center for Justice Research (CJR) at Texas Southern University (TSU) has received a pledge of financial support from the National Hockey League (NHL) to work toward creating “a procedurally just criminal justice system.”

RICE UNIVERSITY: Shape matters for light-activated nanocatalysts

By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2020

Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light.

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: Texas Southern Partners with Baylor College of Medicine's MIEHR Research Center

Baylor College of Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a new Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape (MIEHR) Research Center.

RICE UNIVERSITY: Election year first: Rice polling place to be staffed entirely by students

Hanszen junior Mason Reece confirmed as Rice precinct’s first student election judge in years

CITY OF AMARILLO: Street Maintenance Program Continues

The City of Amarillo’s Summer Street Maintenance Program is scheduled to continue on arterial roadways throughout the city beginning Thursday (Sept. 10).The program is expected to last through the end of next week, depending on weather conditions.

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: HISD Board approves formation of District of Innovation Committee

The Houston Independent School District Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved 9-0 a resolution concerning virtual instruction that provides flexibility for the district, if needed.

TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER: Micra AV pacemaker regulates as a wireless implant in the heart

Houston-area patients who need pacemakers now have local access to a minimally invasive and cosmetically invisible device about the size of a large multivitamin that can make the heart’s chambers harmonize like a symphony.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS: Bold Thinking Keeps Students Globally Connected

A COVID-19 world continues to push the University of St. Thomas to demonstrate its bold agility when it comes to enriching its students’ educational experience.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: UH Opens Flu Shot Clinics for Campus Community

Wear a mask, keep your distance, wash hands and get a flu shot. That’s the message the University of Houston is sending as this year’s influenza season arrives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CITY OF ABILENE: Bat found in downtown area tests positive for rabies