University of Houston News

Houston - Before Americans toss out the use of coins in everyday transactions, numismatic scholars want people to know how important coins really are.

Houston - Students, professors and professionals alike all gained something at the University of Houston’s Symposium on Immigration and the Immigrant Experience: Houston and Beyond.

Houston - It was one of those idyllic mornings where the normally effervescent fountains belied their calm. One could not help but notice their doubling of Akash Kapur—his Zen as he greeted the crowd of anxious students at the University of Houston on Wednesday.

Houston - As senior associate chair of Stanford University’s medicine program, Abraham Verghese, is no stranger to the operation room. And he's one of those people who gets to have his cake and eat it as well.

Houston - There’s so much going on this year at the University of Houston's 2011 Instant Classic that we’ve decided to highlight the good works of the wonderful English Department.

Houston - Poets, fiction and non-fiction writers all had the opportunity to be bold and face their inner-writer this week for the kick-start the 2011 Boldface Conference for emerging writers in Houston.

Actor James Franco, 33, is reportedly returning to school for a second PhD in Literature and Creative Writing. Franco will be attending the university of Houston next year.