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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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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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Gator Students Reflect on Citizenship in Winning Essays

October 9, 2025 | By Hayden Bergman

Anaisa Paez Escobar and Filmon Teweldebrhan detail how struggles transform citizenship into an exercise of hope.

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UHD Invites You to Assess Its Brand to Rebrand Its Future

October 9, 2025 | By Debra McGaughey

Golden Arches. The Nike swoosh. X. These iconic symbols of well-known companies make us feel a certain way when we see or hear them mentioned. They tap into our emotions, our past or current experiences with them, and perhaps reveal what we one day...

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Congrats to our Lady Gators in Soccer and Volleyball!

October 9, 2025

Our Women’s Soccer and Volleyball teams are on a roll! On Saturday, Oct. 4, UHD Women's Soccer tied LSC - North Harris 2-2. Our Lady Gators were in first place as they approached last Saturday's game with a record of 4-0-1. In Men’s Soccer, their...

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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 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...

Ted Bauer Scholars, University of Houston Downtown leadership, and C.T. Bauer Foundation Donors smile after the seventh annual Ted Bauer Luncheon at the College of Sciences and Technology at UHD

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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Five Fun Facts About CST

October 2, 2025

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