Terence Yung

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 - Mexican novelist and poet Carmen Boullosa has been internationally acclaimed. Her works have received praise not only from reviewers but also from leading Latin American writers of our time, including Alma Guillermoprieto and Carlos Fuentes.

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.

Washington - With so much hype over the partisanship on Capitol Hill, it is easy to forget that there are efforts by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to help make life better for Americans.

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 - Aspiring novelists and doctors—mark your calendars. The University of Houston's Department of Comparative Cultural Studies has extended an invitation to Abraham Verghese, a novelist and medicine professor to give a lecture and book signing.

It’s amazing to see musicians from all backgrounds—professional and emerging talent, pianists, violinists, clarinetists, singers, vocal groups, jazz musicians—perform and discuss their craft in an easy-going collegial setting.

Houston - This weekend, Houston audiences had the chance to hear Gabriel Fauré’s beautiful ‘Requiem in D minor’ at the St. Philip Presbyterian Church.

Hong Kong - For the Hong Kong people, July 1 is a day of great significance. Fourteen years ago this day, Hong Kongers marked the end of over a century of British colonization with the turnover to Chinese rule.

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.