Alumni
Alumni to have access to legal education courses
UH Law Center alumni will now have unlimited use of West LegalEdcenter. The service provides web-based access to more than 6,000 continuing legal education courses. The service comes through a partnership between Thomson Reuters West LegalEdcenter,...
UH graduate honored for outstanding service
A UH alumnus and former student regent was honored as one of five “Outstanding Young Houstonians” Tuesday at a dinner held at the InterContinental Hotel. The Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce selected Andrew Cobos for...
UH Alumni Association hosts Texas Hold ‘Em Showdown
<p>The University of Houston Alumni Association will be hosting the 2011 Texas Hold ‘Em Showdown at 7 p.m. Friday at the Athletics/Alumni Center, located at 3100 Cullen Blvd.</p> <p>The event is the inaugural poker tournament...
Deceased former UH law dean remembered by colleagues
Former UH Law Center dean and longtime professor John Brewster Neibel died Oct. 8 after more than 40 years at UH. Neibel, 80, succumbed to heart failure during a surgical procedure. He was the third...
Valenti School of Communication to hold groundbreaking ceremony
Demolition for the multi-million dollar extension to the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication began last month, but the effort to increase awareness and support for the construction is just beginning. The school...
University exceeds $100 million in donations for 2010
Despite economic woes, UH surpassed the $100 million mark in donations for the first time in the University’s history. Private funds of over $102 million came in during fiscal year 2010 from over...
Alumni take part in new voting campaign
A UH alumna is utilizing campus support to attract new voters for the upcoming election. Liana Lopez, the lead campus organizer for ReEnergize the Vote Campaign, is helping to secure their goal of 32,000 new...
Student setting up shop in lofts
Engineering senior Rami Tony is diving into the business world by starting a computer repair business at UH called TechMonkies, which will be entirely student-run and opening in the fall at the new Calhoun...
Pulitzer winner visits class
Communication students received a rare opportunity to listen to the story of a Pulitzer Prize winner and what he went through to obtain a picture now recognized around the world. Adrees Latif, a UH alumnus,...
UH proposal persuades writer to move
For Tiphanie Yanique, who studied and taught creative writing as a Master’s of Fine Art candidate at UH from 2003-2005, last week represented both the culmination of a life-long ambition and an important first...