New at UH: Alumnus Named MacArthur Fellow, AI Software for Cancer Therapy, State of the University

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Oct 142024

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and University of Houston alumnus Jericho Brown has been named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, celebrating his powerful work, tackling themes of identity, race, and society. Also, UH researchers and their students are using a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop a new, AI-based software to advance cell-based immunotherapy to treat cancer and other diseases. Finally, in her 16th State of the University Address, President Renu Khator highlighted the University of Houston's record-breaking enrollment and improved six-year graduation rate of 65%, which surpasses national and state averages. — Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is the largest public research university in Houston and one of the largest universities in Texas. Learn more about UH: https://uh.edu/ Follow the University of Houston on social media: Facebook: / universityofhouston Instagram: / universityofhouston LinkedIn: / university-of-houston Threads: https://threads.net/@universityofhouston X: / uhouston