Activities & Organizations
Forensic Society claims first national title
The UH Forensic Society was awarded its first National Championship win as a team since its first competition 62 years ago. Contrary to popular belief, Director of Forensics Mike Fain said there is no crime...
Group calls for concealed carry
Two months ago, the shooting on the Lone Star College campus brought the nationwide debate on gun control too close to home. Some UH students are speaking out about the movement to allow licensed concealed...
UH finds Frontier Fiesta funds greater than last year
The Frontier Fiesta festival will begin at 4 p.m. in an new location: parking lots 20A and 20C. Though the festival may be the latest in a long UH tradition that stretches back to...
Israeli Apartheid Week raises student awareness
Students for a Democratic Society will kick off its fourth annual Israeli Apartheid Week starting Monday with a series of events throughout the week in hopes of educating students of the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Israeli Apartheid...
Student organization is ‘Linning’
The Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees, a UH organization, has won Houston Rockets star Jeremy Lin’s Making a Difference Project. UH organization, PAIR, which tutors and mentors students at schools across...
Two quarters can make a difference
The on campus walk was to raise awareness as well as funds | Dina Kesbeh/The Daily Cougar Students, alumni and parents signed up to take part in Muslim Student Associations’ second annual 5K walk...
Social workers attempt to solve the immigration reform puzzle
The Graduate College of Social Work brought students, staff and alumni of the award-winning college together to acknowledge the continuous efforts being put forth in the social work community. The GCSW kicked-off National Social Workers...
Put a patent on it
The Cullen College of Engineering has devised a training series to teach its faculty, students and staff how to handle intellectual property and how to become an entrepreneur. Kicking off March 8, the series...
A PAIR of helping hands
A UH organization recently received grant money from the Jeremy Lin Foundation’s Make a Difference Program. Vice president of the Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees, Arielle Gutierrez, tutors as well as...
Bauer dean puts money on students’ minds
The dean of the C.T. Bauer College of Business showed students how they could apply potential solutions to the fiscal cliff to their personal finances in Thursday's Research Café. Ramchand said her goal was to...