Published on April 29th, 2016 | by Sara Samora
When Alyssa Whitman realized her fellow students need to take sexual assault more seriously, she was where all students are — on the Internet. She was scrolling through posts on a university freshman Facebook group, and members had commented with complaints …... Read More →
Published on March 28th, 2016 | by Sara Samora
Biology senior Christian Santillan and mechanical engineering technology junior Demi Gratil were crowned Mr. and Miss Fiesta Thursday at the start of Frontier Fiesta after they both raised the most amount of money for future scholarship …... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2016 | by Justin Cross, Sara Samora
There’s a new Mr. and Miss Fiesta in town. The Frontier Fiesta Association crowned biology senior Christian Santillan and mechanical engineering technology junior Demi Gratil with the high honors. Participants competed by raising funds for UH …... Read More →
Published on March 6th, 2016 | by Sara Samora
The African-American Studies Department held the Black Women’s Conference on Friday with the theme “Having Our Say: Claiming the Experiences of Black Women through Scholarship.” LaRahia Smith, communication manager at the Jack J. Valenti School of …... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2016 | by Sara Samora
American Muslim author Samina Ali discussed her work as a lead curator, an award-winning author and an advocate of women’s health and women’s rights and Muslim women’s experience in the United States and around the world …... Read More →
Published on January 29th, 2016 | by Sara Samora, Taelor Marquetti-Gadison
UH buzzed with energy as a group of students called out “Say her name” to pay tribute to Sandra Bland and other victims of police brutality last Friday outside of the M.D. Anderson Library. Hosted by …... Read More →
Published on January 26th, 2016 | by Sara Samora
Before the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration began Tuesday afternoon at the Student Center Theater, John Legend and Common’s song “Glory” played in rotation. The Academy-Award winning song is from the soundtrack of “Selma,” a film …... Read More →
Published on January 25th, 2016 | by Sara Samora
Even though there were less volunteers than last year, the UH community volunteered across Houston for the third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Saturday. Projects ranged from cleaning up parks to packing cans …... Read More →
Published on December 17th, 2015 | by Sara Samora
Students from the Data Analytics in Student Hands program at the Honors College debuted a new app last month to inspire and educate students on campus. The app, called “UH ARTour,” gives users a real-life guide …... Read More →
Published on December 5th, 2015 | by Sara Samora
The Houston Anti-War Committee and the Students for a Democratic Society held a march in front of the library, protesting the emergency order to block the incoming Syrian refugees as well as chanting an end to …... Read More →