The University of Houston is breaking ground once again with a new Spanish creative writing program. Beginning Fall 2017, UH will offer a doctorate program in Spanish with a Creative Writing concentration…
Hispanic Alumni Scholarship applications due by March 25, 2016
Do you know someone who is attending the University of Houston next year? For first-time Hispanic students, the Hispanic Alumni Scholarship is taking applications until March 25, 2016. More info: The Association of Hispanic Alumni Scholarship is a one-time award ranging in amount from $250-$1000. It will be awarded to a selected, currently enrolled undergraduate student […]
Teach Forward Houston: How to get a teaching degree for (almost) free
My sister is an elementary school principal, my other sister is a former elementary school teacher, and my sister-in-law is in her first year as an elementary school teacher. Among their in-laws are four teachers and school administrators. So, it would be correct to say that education is the family business. We need more dedicated […]
Two Films by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel on Friday, February 12, 2016
WHAT: Two Films by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel WHEN: Friday, February 12, 2016 at 7:30 pm WHERE: Menil Collection 1533 Sul Ross St. Houston, Texas 77006 MORE INFO: https://www.menil.org/events/1134-two-films-by-salvador-dali-and-luis-bunuel With an introduced by Sandra Zalman, assistant professor of Art History at the University of Houston, the Menil presents two classics of Surrealist cinema. Almost […]
UH ranked third-best college for entrepreneurship
Want to get into a great entrepreneurship program? Try the University of Houston! Princeton Review just ranked the UH Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship as the third-best college for entrepreneurs in the country as part of their “The Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurship 2016.” Yep, that means that only Babson College and Brigham […]
Submissions due on December 20, 2015 for Second Annual UH Conference in Hispanic Studies
The University of Houston’s Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Organization has announced the Second Annual Conference in Hispanic Studies, to be held on Friday April 22, 2016. The conference will focus primarily on the exploration of innovative approaches to the study of Hispanic literature and linguistics, with the objective of recovering contributions and other aspects of these disciplines […]
An Evening with Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet, Author, and Civil Engineer on Monday, October 12, 2015
WHAT: An Evening with Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet, Author, and Civil Engineer WHEN: Monday, October 12, 2015 at 6 pm WHERE: University of Houston Houston Room of the Student Center South 4800 Calhoun Rd. Houston, TX, 77004 MORE INFO: http://www.uh.edu/cdi/events_programs/hispanic_heritage_month.html#blanco Richard Blanco was the first immigrant, Latino, openly gay, and youngest person to be the U.S. […]
UH Psychology Professor Arturo Hernandez Wins Prestigious Research Prize
My congratulations go to Arturo Hernandez, a University of Houston (UH) developmental psychology professor who is one of this year’s recipients of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. 20 of these awards are given out by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to internationally renowned scholars in recognition for their research accomplishments and their “exceptional promise […]
Houston Latinos you should know, from La Voz
La Voz de Houston has pulled together a really good list of Latinos in Houston: “35 Houston Latinos you should know.” (And, by the way, when did La Voz start providing content in English? That’s a topic for another day.) It’s a really good list and you need to and click your way through, if […]
Meet Dr. Renu Khator
Part of our Women’s History Month series. Dr. Renu Khator is the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston System and the thirteenth president of the University of Houston. She is the first foreign-born president of the university, and the second woman to hold the position. Khator is also the first Indian American to lead […]