January 12, 2026

Dr. Debalina Sengupta Speaks on NPR’s Hello Houston Highlighting UH Energy White Paper on EPR

Dr. Debalina Sengupta, Assistant Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the UH Energy Transition Institute (ETI), recently appeared on NPR’s Hello Houston to discuss how a unified federal policy could strengthen plastic recycling efforts in the United States. The conversation was informed by ETI’s latest UH Energy white paper, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Plastics Packaging: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities for Policies in the United States.

• Processing & Efficiency
• Policy & Governance
• Energy Transition Institute

January 6, 2026

AI and Data Science Showcase Winners Spotlight Health & Environment Challenges

• Research News

January 6, 2026

UHCOP Researcher Receives $900,000 CPRIT Grant to Develop Nanodrug That Boosts Immune System to Fight Cancer

Gao and team developed Nano-273, a dual-function nanodrug packaged in a tiny albumin-based particle, which both activates STING and blocks PI3Kγ—a pathway that drives Breg expansion, while albumin nanoparticles help deliver the drug directly to immune cells, reducing unwanted side effects.

• Research