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Dear Cullen College Faculty and Staff:</p>
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with uncertainty as we continue to grapple with the effects of the novel coronavirus. This morning though, I would like to share a bit of much needed good news with you all. </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Each of you has worked tirelessly to
continue our college's upward trajectory, and I am proud to report that our efforts are paying off. Yesterday, the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings were unveiled, and I am delighted to share that the Cullen College's ranking has increased yet again,
this time to #67, up two spots from last spring. This is a tremendous achievement, especially when considering that the college was ranked #78 in 2013. In just seven years, the college has risen 11 spots on the list. </span></span></p>
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addition, three of our departments also received increased rankings:</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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- #81</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-kerning:none; line-height:20.5042px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(up</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-kerning:none; line-height:20.5042px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">from
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- #11 (up from #14 in 2019)</span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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you do for our college. I am honored to call myself a member of the UH Engineering family and I look forward to seeing our goal of becoming a Top 50 institution come to fruition. </span></span></p>
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visit <a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools" id="LPNoLP560744">https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools</a>.</span></span></p>
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Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE <br>
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean<br>
Cullen College of Engineering<br>
<a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu" id="LPlnk531623" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color:rgb(200,16,46)">www.egr.uh.edu</a></p>
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<em>This is an official message sent by the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Dean's Office.</em></p>
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