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The St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy held its highly anticipated spring Science Fair on April 6 at Burnet Elementary School, showcasing the innovative projects from the 2023-24 academic year of 34 students from grades 4 to 8. Rick…
St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy hosts annual Science Fair
A team from the University of Houston and the University of Michigan have received an additional grant from the National Science Foundation to further their collaborative research into improving underrepresented student…
Professors receive another grant for underrepresented student engagement in STEM
For Industrial Engineering assistant professor Taewoo Lee and doctoral student Poria Dorali, each one came to the decision to volunteer with the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy in different ways. Lee finished his doctorate in…
Faculty, student volunteers key to St. Elmo Brady effort
A multi-college effort to enhance opportunities for underrepresented student groups in the Houston region and beyond via the establishment of an Engineering Research Center has received a $100,000 planning grant from the National…
Henderson, Burleson, Rangel lead multi-college study for Engineering Education
The William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering is happy to announce that Jerrod Henderson, Ph.D., will join the Department as a tenure-…
Henderson hired as Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
A professor at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has earned another national distinction, as his work in providing unique learning experience for students was recognized by the Career Communications Group'…
UH's Henderson earns national Educational Leadership award
Jerrod Henderson Recognized for Diversity and Student Success Efforts Jerrod Henderson, instructional associate professor at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, will receive the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from his alma…
Cullen College Professor Wins Outstanding Young Alumni Award
The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) honored the UH Cullen College of Engineering with an award recognizing its commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. The college is one of 74 engineering programs around the…
UH Cullen College of Engineering Recognized for Achievements in Diversity by ASEE
Breaking Down Walls to Build Futures If Houstonian Juan Becerra, a father of three boys, could have any superpower, it’d be to look into the future. He’d use it to do everything right and lift his boys up as high as possible. He…
Real-life Superheroes Inspire Boys to be STEM Leaders
Joshua Frenchwood, an electrical engineering junior at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, won a Student Leadership Award from the Career Communications Group Inc. and the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Conference. He…
Cullen College Junior Wins Student Leadership Award for the 2019 BEYA STEM Conference
NSF-Funded Project Targets African-American, Latino Boys Both the medium and the message are STEM – encouraging fourth and fifth-grade African-American and Latino boys to embrace the cool factor of science, technology,…
Boys, Fathers and Mentors Work Together for STEM Engagement
Each year INSIGHT Into Diversity, a magazine and website devoted to increasing and embracing diversity in higher education, recognizes leaders from underrepresented groups who are making a difference in the science, technology,…
PROMES Director Jerrod Henderson Earns Inspiring STEM Leader Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine