Activities & Organizations
Dynamics of Mexico City explored in art
Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month and the celebration of Mexico’s recent bicentennial, a traveling exhibit by a Lebanese-Mexican artist opens today in the main gallery of the Gerald D. Hines...
Group takes part in green initiative
Living green takes an attitude change and a collective effort, and the daylong Solar Tour and Social held at UH was intended to inspire people to go green. The American Solar Energy Society’s National Houston...
UH panel examines oil spill aftermath
The UH Center for Public History and the newly formed Center for Energy Management and Policy co-sponsored an Oil Spill Symposium to touch on energy production, the oil spill response, environmental impacts and government...
Football team welcomes guests for rare sideline experience
The C.T. Bauer College of Business and UH Athletics have collaborated again this semester for their annual Bauer Business Leaders Program. President of the Houston Athletic Foundation Matthew Houston helped start this program, which is...
Student skydiver dives into contest
Electrical engineering senior Simon Palacio, along with his team, competed in the vertical formation skydiving event at the annual U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships last week in Chicago. Over 500 aerial athletes competed at...
UH center remembers Mexican Revolution
The UH Center for Mexican American Studies will host a conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. The conference, entitled “War Along the Border: The Mexican Revolution and its impact on Tejano Communities”...
Author reading series begins
For 30 years, the Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, sponsored by Inprint, Houston’s only non-profit literary organization, has cultivated and inspired readers and writers by offering live on-stage readings from popular...
Mayor attends Bauer College of Business event
The Bauer College Of Business Alumni Association hosted their monthly networking breakfast at the Houston City Club, this time with a special guest — mayor Annise Parker. Alumni greeted guests at the entrance...
Pharmacy students recognized for community service
Students from the UH College of Pharmacy recently celebrated a list of accomplishments at their annual awards ceremony. The chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association was one of three finalists for the SNPhA-Rite Aid...
Students initiate relief effort
The Pakistan Students’ Association at UH is working to send aid to Pakistan, after being hit by a flood that has claimed over 2,000 lives. “This disaster is so much bigger than the recent natural...