UHD-Duke TIP Houston Scholar Weekends

09/15/2017

The Fall 2017 session of Duke Scholar weekend program will take place on Nov. 11 and 12, 2017 at University of Houston (Main campus). For details, visit www.uhd.edu/duketip

01/26/2016

Spring 2016 Duke Scholar Weekend will take place on April 9 and 10, 2016. The online registration will start on February 1, 2016.

02/19/2015

How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life - http://goo.gl/3bFxgg

The unique 21st-century misery of the online shaming victim.

02/19/2015

Are you interested to become a lawyer? Then how about attending the course "Take it to Court" offered as part of the Spring Duke Scholar weekend program. For details, visit: http://goo.gl/hfB0JA

Excellence. Opportunity. Diversity. That's what you'll find at UH Downtown, Houston's Downtown University. UHD is a public four-year university, offering a wide variety of bachelor's and master's degrees. UHD's dynamic campus is located in downtown Houston, easily accessed from all major freeways.

01/27/2015

For Accomplished Students, Reaching a Good College Isn’t as Hard as It Seems. Earlier this year, Harvard announced that it had accepted 5.9 percent of the nearly 35,000 students who applied for admission to the class of 2018. The next day, Stanford announced an even more exacting 5.07 percent admission rate, the lowest ...http://tinyurl.com/pf6kmqk

Admission rates are misleading: It’s not that fewer students are accepted; it’s that applications have run riot.

01/27/2015

Duke Scholar weekend program for Spring will take place on April 25 and 26, 2015. Please visit www.houstonscholarweekends.com for details and registration.

Excellence. Opportunity. Diversity. That's what you'll find at UH Downtown, Houston's Downtown University. UHD is a public four-year university, offering a wide variety of bachelor's and master's degrees. UHD's dynamic campus is located in downtown Houston, easily accessed from all major freeways.

09/17/2012

"The main goal of gifted education should really be the goal of all education." on TIP researcher Matt Makel's piece in a special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly: http://ar.gy/1nl9

What should the goals of gifted education be?

09/17/2012

Fall Duke scholar weekend program is scheduled to take place on Oct. 27 and 28, 2012 at University of Houston (Main Campus). For additional information, visit www.houstonscholarweekends.com

03/09/2012

TIP researcher Jon Wai talks about finding the next Einstein using a brain scan. TIPsters, what do you think about taking the neuro version of the SAT?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/201202/could-brain-imaging-replace-the-sat

Scanning the next Einstein's brain By Jonathan Wai, Ph.D....

03/09/2012

To register for the Spring Duke Scholar Weekend program, point your browser to www.houstonscholarweekends.com

03/08/2012

The spring Duke Scholar weekend will take place on March 31 and April 1, 2012 at University of Houston Main campus

03/22/2011

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