5th OPT II Clinic Orientation and White Coat Ceremony Friday
8th All classes, labs, clinics, and externships begin Monday
15th Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (UEI and federal externships) Monday
20th-21st OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
FEBRUARY
7th-13th OPT I Exam Week I Wednesday through Tuesday
22nd-25th TOA Convention UEI clinics closed Friday, February 23, but classes and labs meet as scheduled
TBD OPT IV & OPT III Benedict Professor Lecture Saturday (A.M. for OPT IV & P.M. for OPT III)
MARCH
12th-16th Spring Break Monday through Friday
19-23rd No OPT 3 classes or labs; OPT 3 clinics will remain open Monday through Friday
20th-23rd NBEO Part I (ABS) Exam Tuesday through Friday(test is now a single day; students excused from clinics day before and day of their scheduled exam day)
21st-27th OPT I Exam Week II Wednesday through Tuesday
24th-25th OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
APRIL
7th Spring Awards Banquet Saturday
15th UHCOpen House Sunday
20th All Classes, labs, UHCO clinics, and UHCO externships end Friday
APRIL
MAY
23th-2nd Final ExamsMonday through Wdnesday
29th-3rd ARVO Sunday through Thursday
MAY
12th Convocation Saturday
MAY
14th
All UEI clinics, classes and externships begin Monday
28th
Memorial Day Holiday Monday
JUNE
5th
OPT III Developmental Optometry Class #1 for M-W Students
(AM only; OPT III clinics operate in PM) Tuesday AM
9th-10th
OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
11th
OPT III Developmental Optometry Class #2 for M-W Students
(PM only; OPT III clinics operate in AM) Monday PM
20th-24th
AOA meeting Wednesday thru Sunday
(All clinics and classes continue to meet as scheduled)
25th
OPT IV Practice Management Class Benedict Lecture Monday evening
JULY
4th
Independence Day Holiday Wednesday
12th
OPT III Developmental Optometry Class #1 for W-F Students
(AM only; OPT III clinics operate in PM) Thursday AM
12th
OPT IV Practice Management Class Professional Responsibility Lecture Thursday
19th
OPT III Developmental Optometry Class #2 for W-F Students
(PM only; OPT III clinics operate in AM) Thursday PM
28th-29th
OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday
By Jeannie Kever:: Innovators from throughout the retail industry will be honored at Wednesday’s ‘Salute to Retail,’ a biennial event hosted by the University of Houston’s College of Technology.
By Jeannie Kever:: The autobiography of Bill Sarpalius reads like a 20th-century version of the American dream – equal parts heartbreak and inspiration, culminating in an unlikely political career capped by three terms in the U.S. Congress. He will discuss the book, his life after public office and today’s state of politics in a conversation hosted by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs on April 24.
By Jeannie Kever:: Government officials, oil and gas executives and academics will meet Thursday, April 26, at the University of Houston to discuss key issues and explore solutions to problems facing the offshore oil and gas industry in the western hemisphere.
By Sara Tubbs:: As communities across Houston continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey, students in the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design are developing innovative ways to help the city rebuild. Their designs and models will be on display from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 in an exhibit called “S M L XL XXL: A Scaled Approach to Transformation”.
By Jeannie Kever:: If Star Wars’ R2-D2 is your idea of a robot, think again. Researchers led by a University of Houston engineer have reported a new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin sensing, actuating electronics and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle that can adapt to the environment and crawl, similar to the movement of an inchworm or caterpillar.
By Chris Stipes:: College of the Mainland is the latest institution to join the Houston Guided Pathways to Success (GPS) alliance, a regional collaboration that provides a timely, structured and seamless pathway for students transferring from Gulf Coast-Houston area community colleges to Houston area universities.
By Laurie Fickman:: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture is serious about the next generation of Hispanic obesity educators. It has awarded UH health education professor Norma Olvera $297,385 to train them.
By Jeannie Kever:: The Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston has received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support an ongoing survey of Houston-area residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
