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CLASS Students in the Media
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Mai-Ly Steers, lead author of the study "Seeing Everyone Else's Highlight Reels: How Facebook Usage is Linked to Depressive Symptoms," is a doctoral candidate in social psychology. She wrote the article, Why Facebook can be depressing, and what you can do about that, for the Houston Chronicle. Her research linking social comparison and Facebook usage to depressive was extensively covered by national and local media outlets:
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Roel Benavides, Jr., is a 2015 Hobby Fellow majoring in political science. He is currently working in the office of State Representative Jim Murphy. Benavides recently wrote the article, A Business-Friendly Solution for Texas, which ran in the Houston Chronicle.
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Lenore Caston-Miller, a senior completing a bachelor's of fine art in sculpture, is one of five UH students going to Washington D.C. this summer as the first participants under an agreement between UH and the Smithsonian Institution that will allow the students to work with researchers at one of the organization's museums or research centers.
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CLASS Faculty in the Media
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The journal Preventive Medicine published a study conducted by Daphne Hernandez, assistant professor of , that suggests certain types of stress at home can lead to children becoming obese by age 18. Several media outlets reported on Dr. Hernandez’s findings:
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Robert Zaretsky, professor of modern and classical languages, was featured in a Houston Chronicle article about his new book. The article was titled, Professor tracks journey of enlightenment. In addition Zaretsky wrote the following articles:
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KPRC Channel 2 ran a segment about CounterCurrent titled, 2nd Annual CounterCurrent Festival. Karen Farber, Executive Director of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, appeared on the program to discuss the event.
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CLASS Alumni/ae Notes
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Houston Rockets play-by-play announcer Bill Worrell was recently awarded the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from UH. Worrell, a former UH baseball player, was a radio-TV major. The Houston Chronicle article, Thanks to Rockets' win, Worrell will get UH award, details his accomplishments.
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Now – September 5: Early Awnings: Henning Bohl with Sergei Tcherepnin exhibition
On display at the Blaffer Art Museum
Early Awnings is an installation of sculptures, drawings, and sound conceived as a multi-dimensional platform for story-telling by artists Henning Bohl and Sergei Tcherepnin. The work was developed in collaboration with students from UH’s Creative Writing Program. Read more about the exhibition here.
Now – September 5: Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler: Sound Speed Marker exhibition
On display at the Blaffer Art Museum
Claudia Schmuckli, Blaffer’s director and chief curator, contributed to the comprehensive catalog for Sound Speed Marker, a trilogy of video installations, related photographs and an outdoor sculpture by the renowned Swiss-American artist duo, Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. Organized by Ballroom Marfa, where the exhibition premiered in 2014 before traveling to the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Sound Speed Marker addresses all the known clichés associated with Texas: its industries of cattle, oil and space, its heroes of cowboys, wildcatters and astronauts, its vast land and skies and extreme weather. Read more about the exhibition here.
June 6 – 27: Texas Music Festival 2015
Presented by the Moores School of Music
The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival was founded in 1990 to provide young professional musicians with a challenging musical environment in which to develop skills in orchestral, chamber music, and solo performance. The intensive four-week orchestral fellowship program on the University of Houston campus is guided by renowned guest conductors, members of Houston’s orchestras, faculty from the Moores and Shepherd schools of music, and other distinguished artists. Review the month-long schedule of concerts and events and purchase tickets here.
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