Published on April 16th, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
Liberal Arts graduate student Carmina Martinez has received the Fulbright Fellowship, which will allow her to conduct research in Yucatan, Mexico in the comparative studies of the 2012 Mayan end-date movement, both ancient and modern. The …... Read More →
Published on April 9th, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
Professor and chair of the clinical practice concentration at the Graduate College of Social Work, Monit Cheung, recently published “Child Sexual Abuse,” a book which serves as an extensive manual for the treatment and court preparation …... Read More →
Published on April 3rd, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
Vendors and performances sprawled out over Hermann Park and more than 25,000 guests flooded the grounds for Houston’s 19th annual Japan Festival on Saturday and Sunday. “The Japan-America Society of Houston instituted the festival in 1993 …... Read More →
Published on March 28th, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
Two students from the University of Houston received the highly-competitive Hogg Foundation Bilingual Scholarship, which is awarded to students who are bilingual and intend to work in Texas mental health care services. Victoria Reyes and Emilio …... Read More →
Published on March 5th, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
The Council for Ethic Organizations held the Carnaval of Culture on Thursday, a free two-part event aimed to celebrate ethnic diversity and cultural awareness amongst UH students. The first portion of the event took place from …... Read More →
Published on February 16th, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
More than 90 people attended the first Honors College poetry and prose reading for the Spring 2012 semester, which was held in the Commons Wednesday. The event featured creative writing faculty members Antonya Nelson and Robert …... Read More →
Published on February 14th, 2012 | by Jennifer Pearson
The National Science Foundation awarded five UH assistant professors with grants valued between $400,000 and $600,000 this year. These grants, which are distributed annually to junior faculty in recognition of their outstanding integration of education and …... Read More →
Published on November 17th, 2011 | by Jennifer Pearson
When students think about the current conditions in Mexico, it is usually parallel to the images found in news stories: Brutal executions of “outspoken” Mexican journalists, mass graves plighting the Monterrey countryside, or countless batches of …... Read More →