Published on March 24th, 2020 | by Donna Keeya
UH System Board of Regents Chairman and billionaire CEO of Landry’s Inc. Tilman Fertitta has temporarily laid off 40,000 casino, hotel and restaurant employees, according to Bloomberg. Fertitta’s decision to let the thousands of employees go …... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2020 | by Janet Miranda
A Law Center clinical professor was named the attorney adviser on matters of immigration to the Mexican consulate in Houston. Geoffrey Hoffman, director of the Immigration Clinic at the Law Center, will serve as a resource …... Read More →
Published on February 18th, 2020 | by Autumn Rendall
State Sen. Kirk Watson will resign from the Texas State Senate to become the founding dean of the UH Hobby School of Public Affairs. Watson, an Austin Democrat and the city’s former mayor, will part ways …... Read More →
Published on February 1st, 2020 | by Donna Keeya
Despite the rising amount of national student loan debt, student loan debt at UH is decreasing, with 40 million fewer loan dollars dispersed within the past two academic years, according to a statement from the University. …... Read More →
Published on January 24th, 2020 | by Autumn Rendall
Chants of “People over profit!” echoed through a crowd of community activists, students and professors at a Thursday rally held on campus, demanding that construction workers receive fair payment for their work on the University’s Quad …... Read More →
Published on November 21st, 2019 | by Trevor Nolley
Construction workers at the Quad Replacement Project are saying they aren’t being paid at the prevailing or overtime rate, according to the advocacy group Workers Defense Project. The workers, employed by University contractor Austin Commercial, …... Read More →
Published on October 28th, 2019 | by Donna Keeya
UH’s sponsorship with Coca-Cola provides the exclusive selling and pouring rights to cold drinks within the UH System, but there is no assured renewal when the contract expires next year. Starting May 1, 2010, the ten-year …... Read More →
Published on October 23rd, 2019 | by Autumn Rendall
After information about an upcoming test was posted in an introductory anthropology class GroupMe chat, about 70 students at the University of Texas at Austin are facing either automatic failing grades or expulsion for being members …... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2019 | by Trevor Nolley
President Renu Khator delivered her annual President’s Fall Address on Wednesday in a packed Moores Opera House. During her speech, she spoke of the academic achievements and athletic success over the past year. Check out a …... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2019 | by Autumn Rendall
President Renu Khator on Wednesday at her annual fall address highlighted the University’s six-year graduation topping 60 percent for the first time. “Since our story is about momentum, we are now moving the target to 70 …... Read More →
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