Obituary
Beloved alum donates center
Elizabeth D. Rockwell was a brilliant woman who believed in charity, education and giving back to the community in any way she was able to. Rockwell donated a lot of her time and money to...
Patron of arts and music dies
The UH Blaffer Art Museum benefactor, arts patron and philanthropist Jane Blaffer Owen, 95, died last week in her Houston home. Owen held a life-long dedication to art, culture and history. “Her passion for the arts,...
Corey Haim dies at age 38
Former child star Corey Haim appeared in such films as Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, The Lost Boys, Lost Boys: The Tribe and Crank: High Voltage. He and Corey Feldman became inseparable best friends after...
Professor’s death leaves future of Arabic program uncertain
It was as if Tawhida El-Askary never left. The shoes of the late director of the UH Arabic Language Program still sat under her desk, her bookshelves full of signs of recent rummaging and her...