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University of Houston doubles down on Sugar Land tech campus with $65M building
The University of Houston broke ground earlier this month on a new $65 million instructional building that will allow the college to move its entire Technology Division to Sugar Land. The...
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Rice University, Houston Methodist launch state-of-the art human performance...
Rice University and Houston Methodist teamed up to open the new Center for Human Performance this month. Located in Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse, just across the street from Houston Methodist's Texas...
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Rice University secures NSF support to look into Houston flooding
Houston will be the setting of a new three-year National Science Foundation-funded study that focuses on a phenomenon the city is quite familiar with: flooding.Conducted by Rice University, the study...
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Houston energy startup joins Texas-based climate accelerator
An Austin-based climate accelerator announced its 2023 cohort, which includes a Houston cleantech startup.StudioX named seven startups to its 2023 cohort, and SeisWave Corp., a seismic service...
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Houston-area college shares more details on new biotechnology program, center
Houston's San Jacinto College will roll out a new biotechnology program in early 2024 as it gets closer to its goal of launching the Center for Biotechnology in Generation Park. In partnership with...
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Rice University taps 11 Houston business leaders for new entrepreneurship...
Rice University has named 11 successful business leaders with ties Houston to its inaugural council focused on entrepreneurship. Frank Liu, a Rice alumnus and founder of the Rice University Liu Idea...
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Houston startups dominate ‘most-promising’ companies announcement at annual...
Rice University played host this week to the 12th annual Texas Life Science Forum, where life science leaders and startup founders could network, learn and present pitches on their solutions to a wide...
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Groundbreaking prosthesis device designed at UH earns international...
A recent University of Houston graduate is receiving international recognition for his 3D-printable finger prosthesis. David Edquilang, the creator of a low-cost prosthesis known as Lunet, was awarded...
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Houston university lands $2.5M grant for STEM inclusivity
Rice University was recently granted $2.5 million to develop programs that make STEM degrees more accessible to students of all walks of life. The five-year grant is part of The Howard Hughes Medical...
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Space health nonprofit to send 6 more experiments to space on Houston...
A Houston organization announced that it plans to launch six more experiments into space next year that look to learn more about everything from motion sickness to genome alterations during space...
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Baylor scientist wins award for young chemists, scores $3M for groundbreaking...
An associate professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine has won a prestigious award for young chemical scientists in the state and secured $3 million in funding to further develop her...
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10 Houston scientists named to fellowship for turning research into businesses
Rice University has announced its latest cohort of fellows who aim to translate research into real-world startups. The 2024 cohort of Rice Innovation Fellows is the third of its kind since the...
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3 UH projects land $17.4M in DOE funding for early-stage research
Three projects from the University of Houston have been awarded funds from the U.S. Department of Energy for research on decarbonization and emissions. The projects are among 16 other early-stage...
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Houston university launches new institute for synthetic biology
Rice University announced this month that it has officially launched the new Rice Synthetic Biology Institute. The institute aims to strengthen the synthetic biology community across disciplines at...
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University of Houston wraps up first cohort of program to turn innovators...
A new accelerator at the University of Houston recently wrapped its first program for a cohort of five early-stage startups. Known as the Innov8 Hub's Innovators to Founders Cohort, the accelerator is...
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Houston professor earns competitive NSF award, nearly $700,000 grant
An assistant professor at Rice University has won one of the highly competitive National Science Foundation's CAREER Awards. The award grants $670,406 over five years to Amanda Marciel, the William...
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Rice lands federal funding for new 5G testing framework
A team of Rice University engineers has secured a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop a new way to test 5G...
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Houston Methodist signs on at new TMC Helix Park building
Texas medical giant Houston Methodist is the latest to join the Dynamic One building within TMC Helix Park. The hospital announced that it has signed a 75,800-square-foot lease in the building and...
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Houston mobile ordering company partners with robotic kitchen
Houston-based Rivalry Tech announced that it has partnered up with Canadian RoboEatz to bring hospital employees on-demand meals 24/7. RoboEatz is known for its autonomous robotic kitchen system,...
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Houston-area college breaks ground on new biotechnology program, launches...
San Jacinto College and McCord Development Inc. broke ground on the new Center for Biotechnology at the Generation Park Campus in Northeast Houston. The 4,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is...
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