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UH Moment is a weekly feature heard Wednesdays at 6:50 am and 1:31 pm. Each week, you’ll hear students, faculty and administrators telling stories of the innovative research, programs and successes that make up the story of the University of Houston.

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A University of Houston professor says in a new study that internet giants Google and Meta, parent company of Facebook, should pay news publishers billions of dollars for use of their content.

UH Moment: UH Finance Expert Estimates Tech Giants Google and Meta Owe News Publishers Billions of Dollars

"While Google and Meta argue news publishers should be grateful their platforms drive traffic to their sites, our findings suggest otherwise"

a steep vertical cliff of a glacier approaches the ocean

UH Moment: New Study Suggests Significant Glacial Retreat in West Antarctica Began in 1940s

"It is part of a larger context of a changing climate. You just can’t ignore what’s happening on this glacier"

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership at the University of Houston

UH Moment: Hilton College Study Finds Higher Customer Loyalty to Companies That Cut CEO Pay – Not Jobs – During COVID Pandemic

"Letting go of employees as a first line of defense may backfire, especially when a competitor may do the opposite"

Meghana Trivedi, professor of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, is working to demonstrate that nebivolol can be used as an easily available and economically viable treatment for triple-negative breast cancer patients.

UH Moment: Revolutionizing Treatment for Deadly Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

“If we can repurpose these drugs that have already proven to be safe for human use, we can make them available to patients faster"

an educator points while using a VR headset in a classroom

UH Moment: Envisioning the Classroom of the Future

"Envisioning the Classroom of the Future addresses those technologies and processes that can be currently implemented but will also have an impact 10 years from now"

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screenshot of materials from beatles course

UH Moment: New Course at UH Features the Artists Who Created The Beatles’ Visual Identity

"It was awesome that the professor has this sort of network of people available to him and then to us"

Graduate student Waqar Ahmad checks the health of sorghum plants in a lab environment that mimics intense drought. Developing food crops resilient to harsh conditions is critical to assuring adequate food supplies will be available for future generations.

UH Moment: Training Agri-Scientists to Outsmart Climate Change Threats to Crops

"Climate change is affecting the entire earth, and it’s leaving us with less land to produce food"

Chairman Tilman Fertitta, President Renu Khator, Chris Pezman and Willie Fritz during Fritz's introductory press conference on December 4, 2023.

UH Moment: Willie Fritz Named Houston Football Head Coach

"Coach Fritz has an impressive track record both on and off the field of maximizing the potential of student-athletes"

person looks at a wall of ideas and inventions

UH Moment: UH Hosts Technology Innovation Showcase for Groundbreaking Inventions and Discoveries

"Our goal is to make a difference in society with our technology and innovation"

aerial view of monument and houston ship channel

UH Moment: A Cutting-Edge Approach to Tackling Pollution in Houston and Beyond

'We basically use the new technologies to identify major sources of emissions in the Houston area based on the different species or types of pollutants."

According to a UH study, job searching in hospitality can constitute a greater risk to people’s well-being.

UH Moment: Study Finds Constraints Causing Significant Post-Pandemic Stress for Hospitality Job Seekers

"Because of the face-to-face, close contact nature of the business, job searching in hospitality can constitute a greater risk to people’s well-being"

students walk in front of a grass lawn by a library at the university of houston

UH Moment: Approval of Prop 5 Creates “Transformational” New Funding for UH

"Thanks to you, Proposition 5 has passed and you have helped secure UH’s continued rise to the top 50"

uh community health workers at a food bank event

UH Moment: Community Health Workers Initiative to Expand

The UH program received a $1 million grant from Harris County Public Health

Renu Khator gives speech while spotlit on a stage in a crowded theater with two large video screens behind a podium

UH Moment: State of the University Address

University of Houston President Renu Khator Delivers 15th State of the University Address

Chemical Engineering professor wearing a blue lab coat reaches into a hood to conduct an experiment

UH Moment: Research Team Awarded $4M to Convert Plastic Waste into Useful Materials

Welch Foundation Grant Propels New Plastics Project

Texas Historical Commission unveils roadside marker celebrating the Turkey Day Classic on the current site of TDECU Stadium

UH Moment: New Texas Historical Marker Celebrates Turkey Day Classic

"Awareness and education are among the best ways to guarantee the preservation of our state’s history"

conceptual rendering of scoreboard and facility improvements at tdecu stadium

UH Moment: Houston Athletics and Memorial Hermann Launch New Chapter

Football Operations Center Named for Health System

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