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Center for Public Deliberation To Tackle Flood Preparedness

October 9, 2025 | By Hayden Bergman

The Center for Public Deliberation will convene citizens and candidates to debate three paths for Houston flood preparedness.

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First in Strategic Plan Seminar Series Results in Campus Engagement

October 9, 2025 | By Marie Jacinto

“UHD’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan: A New Paradigm is the opposite of what most people think of when you say the words ‘strategic plan,’” said Advancement and University Relations (AUR) Vice President Javier “Jay” L. Zambrano, who leads the efforts...

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Deadline Extended for Gulf-South Summit Proposals

October 8, 2025

Have you been involved in community engagement or a service learning project? It’s not too late to share your work at the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education to be hosted here at UHD March 26-28,...

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UHD Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With a Nod to Mama Ninfa

October 8, 2025 | By Marie Jacinto

 Fajitas are now ubiquitous among Tex-Mex restaurants across the Houston region, but there was a time when diners could only find them at Ninfa’s! That’s right: Mama Ninfa created delicious tacos al carbon (later becoming the bedrock of Tex-Mex...

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UHD Celebrates New Ted Bauer Scholars at Annual Luncheons

October 3, 2025 | By Kay Medina

Many Marilyn Davies College of Business (MDCOB) students can now breathe a sigh of relief due to the generosity of the C.T. Bauer Foundation. For the last seven years, the Foundation has provided life-changing scholarships to MDCOB students,...

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UHD Women’s Volleyball Plays at Home This Week…and More Sports News

October 3, 2025

Our Lady Gators didn’t come out on top in their match against LSC-Houston North on Oct. 1, but they gave it their all, winning two out of five sets. Next up? Women’s Volleyball is home, right here at the Wellness & Success Center, against HCC at 7...

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Food Services' News, October 6-10

October 2, 2025

Fall Semester Food Frenzy at the UHD Food Court! Get ready for an exciting Fall semester at the UHD Food Court, featuring increased variety and a host of new dining options to tantalize your taste buds. Gator Bite Café Gets a Glow-up Prepare for a...

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The 2025 State of the University: Making Aspirations Reality

October 2, 2025 | By Marie Jacinto

In welcoming the crowd in the Wilhelmina Robertson Cullen Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 30, for the State of the University, UHD President Loren J. Blanchard said, “It’s a good day indeed!” And it certainly was with the inspirational news that many...

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Five Fun Facts About CST

October 2, 2025

CST turns students into thinkers, coders, and builders who apply science to solve real-world problems.

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O'Kane Theatre Explores the Hilarity, Absurdity of Social Pretenses

October 2, 2025

The O'Kane Theatre presents "God of Carnage," a play in which two couples meet to resolve a playground fight before descending into a darkly hilarious parental brawl.