February 25, 2026

“Superstructure Ecology” Earns International Design Award Recognition

"Superstructure Ecology," a speculative research project by plodes® studio led by Roya Plauché, Hines College interim director of environmental design, received an Honorable Mention at the International Design Awards in Bangkok. Selected from entries representing more than 70 countries, the project was recognized for reimagining architecture as ecological infrastructure rather than a static object.

• Architecture
• Environmental Design
• Awards

February 24, 2026

Ying Xu Receives Prestigious AHA Fellowship to Combat Heart Failure

For Ying Xu, a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UHCOP, cardiovascular research is both scientific and personal. Inspired by her family’s history of heart disease and hypertension, Xu studies the molecular drivers of cardiac dysfunction. With support from a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association, Xu is investigating how disrupted signaling inside heart muscle cells contributes to heart failure.

• Research

February 20, 2026

UH ETI’s Energy in Action Seminar Series So Far and the Road Ahead

• Storage & Grid Systems
• Distribution & Infrastructure
• People & Partnerships
• Energy Transition Institute