Date | Title | Description |
26.10.2023 | Houston energy startup joins Texas-based climate accelerator | An Austin-based climate accelerator announced its 2023 cohort, which includes a Houston cleantech startup.
StudioX named seven startups to its 2023 cohort, and SeisWave Corp., a seismic service company, will join the program that aims to he... |
25.10.2023 | Developer delivers 120-square-foot life science innovation hub to The Woodlands | A new innovation hub mega campus has opened in The Woodlands.
The Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at The Woodlands comes courtesy of California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. The campus is home to the first purpose-b... |
13.10.2023 | Local billionaires top list of richest in Houston, per Forbes | Austin's Elon Musk and Michael Dell are the richest people in Texas, but Houston billionaires are not far behind, according to the newForbes 400, a list of the 400 richest people in the United States for 2023.
Houston oil tycoon JefferyHild... |
12.10.2023 | 3 Houston college students win big in global Intel AI competition | Three students from Houston Community College Southwest won the top national prize at the 2023 Intel AI Global Impact Festival competition, HCC announced this month.
Sumesh Surendran, Ruben Treviño, and Muskaan Shahzad won the top spot in t... |
11.10.2023 | Innovative California company taps Houston area for purified water projects | Houstonians are used to filtering their water, but few really ponder why they’re doing it.
“Most people, when they think about water stress, they think about water scarcity, like what you see happening in Northern Africa or maybe the Southe... |
09.10.2023 | 3+ Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries, from biotech to energy software, recently making headlines in Houston innovation — plus the decision maker... |
05.10.2023 | Houston unpacks No. 7 rank in U.S. for recent moves, says new report | Houston is shifting as people move into the city and around it. A new population analysis by online loan marketplace LendingTree has named Houston the No. 7 metro for recent movers.
The study used population data from a 2021 U.S. Census Bur... |
04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
29.09.2023 | Houston school names digital education expert to newly created position | Rice University is beefing up its digital education efforts with the hiring of an internationally known expert from Duke University.
Shawn Miller is set to join Rice on November 1 in the newly created position of associate provost for digit... |
28.09.2023 | Real estate giant taps downtown Houston tower for new smart building tech | Houston-based real estate giant Hines is rolling out a new smart building platform with the goal of better serving workers and workplaces at its buildings across the country, including one building in Houston that's aiming to be an office b... |
28.09.2023 | Houston expert encourages energy industry to bridge its generational divides | What’s the biggest obstacle between us and net-zero? Is it policy? Technology? Financing? All of these are important, yes, but none of them is what is really holding us back from our energy transition goals.
The biggest obstacle is a lack o... |
27.09.2023 | Rice researchers score $45M from NIH for cancer-fighting tech | A research funding agency has deployed capital into a team at Rice University that's working to develop a technology that could cut cancer-related deaths in half.
Rice researchers received $45 million from the National Institutes of Health'... |
25.09.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Brianna Brazle, founde... |
22.09.2023 | 3 Houston universities rise to the top in new list of best Texas schools for 2024 | Houston universities are ramping up high quality educational experiences for their students as three local universities earn top 10 ranks for the best Texas colleges in 2024, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report.
Rice Uni... |
21.09.2023 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
19.09.2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
18.09.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to academia — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Ayse McCracken, founder o... |
15.09.2023 | Rice's new 'moonshot' initiative, VCs on Houston innovation, and more trending news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included the a roundup of key moments from Venture Houston, a unique n... |
13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
13.09.2023 | Baylor Medicine opens innovatively inclusive dermatology center in Houston | All skin is created equal, but not all skin behaves the same. It’s with this in mind that Baylor Medicine Dermatology has announced the debut of its newest office.
The Skin of Color Clinic is located inside the Jamail Specialty Care Center ... |
07.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals $35M campus transformation ahead of centennial | As the University of Houston gets ready for its centennial in 2027, the school is launching a major transformation to its urban campus. The $35 million project aims to transform several prominent areas of the university grounds and create a... |
07.09.2023 | Rice team develops complex wearables that can navigate users through Houston | A group of Rice researchers have tapped into the sense of touch to improve how wearable technology can communicate with its user.
Barclay Jumet, a mechanical engineering PhD student at Rice working in the labs of Daniel Preston and Marcia O... |
06.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals inaugural cohort of energy research fellows | The University of Houston has named eight graduate students to its first-ever cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows.
The PhD and doctoral students will each receive a one-year $12,000 fellowship, along with mentoring from experts at ... |
05.09.2023 | Houston regenerative medicine company opens new lab at UH | Pete O’Heeron wants you to know that “Bohemian Rhapsody” was originally released as a B-side. What does this nugget about Queen have to do with regenerative medicine? For O’Heeron and his company, FibroBiologics, it means everything.
That’s... |
05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
28.08.2023 | Photos: Ion Houston's latest art installations tackle tech, social issues | Two new art installations at the Ion speak to the building's past and its potential future.
Revealed at an event earlier this month, the innovation hub developed by Rice University is now home to installations by Houston-based artists Chris... |
24.08.2023 | Houston to host 6 Italian aerospace companies with new program | It's an Italian invasion in Houston — and it's happening in the name of accelerating innovation within aerospace.
For the first time, Italy has announced an international aerospace-focused program in the United States. The Italian Trade Age... |
21.08.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from medical device to climatetech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Jeremy Pitts, manag... |
21.08.2023 | University names Houston founder to leadership role to oversee new innovation hub | Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Houston materials scientist-turned-entrepreneur Adrian Trömel as its new assistant vice president for strategy and investments.
Trömel founded non-invasive neurostimulation medical device com... |
16.08.2023 | Houston developer to roll out innovative pilot to improve parking at major development | Houston real estate company McCord Development will roll out an innovative 12-week pilot to learn how to make parking smarter at its master planned development Generation Park in Northeast Houston.
In partnership with Milwaukee-based CivicS... |
09.10.2022 | Walter Schindler as a Leading Global Advisor | The Impact of Technology on Investment, Law and Business
Only disruptive technology can bridge the growing gap between the supply and demand of energy, water, food, and other global resources.”
— Walter Schindler, speaking at Yale Universit... |