Renu Khator

The Sit-In Worked! UH President Commits $1 Million to Helping English Teaching Fellows Out of Poverty

After nearly a week of early mornings, late nights, and a few choice Facebook posts, it seems the University of Houston's English Teaching Fellows' sit-in has finally ended. A meeting with President Renu Khator, and a subsequent statement from her office, detailed the measures the university is will ... More >>

Forced to Work at Waffle Bus, Rice English Ph.D. Students Lodge Stipend Complaints

It seems that the Teaching Fellows at the University of Houston may have started something. While those English Dept. Masters and Ph.D. students have begun a sit-in near Chancellor Renu Khator's office to force a discussion about their meager stipends -- the group's annual funds remain below the nat ... More >>

UH President Renu Khator Thinks You're Fat!! (Maybe)

University of Houston president Renu Khator has been known throughout her stint as a chic dresser, in a business-savvy way. Her fashion style is constantly on display to UH alumni who get the school's magazine; each issue seems to contain a half-dozen or so pictures of Khator on the job. Nothing w ... More >>

Is This The Dawning of A Cougars Renaissance? Don't Be Too Sure

The Houston Chronicle's Sam Khan, Jr. had a good story on Houston Cougars athletics yesterday. It's called a story of a renaissance, and it looks back at the last 10 months of the program. It's told through the eyes of the football program, going through the incredible season the Coogs had as they m ... More >>

UH Board Approves New Football Stadium, Construction to Begin

The UH Board of Regents has approved plans to build a new football stadium on the other end of campus from on the site of Robertson Stadium, president Renu Khator says. "Board approves construction of stadium at current site...watch for the new stadium rising!" she tweeted a short while ago. The s ... More >>

Watch Out Big East, Here Come the Cougars

The Cougars are going to have a new home starting in 2013.​The expansion of the Big East has been a long-expected announcement, especially seeing as how several members of the conference are on the verge of departure. And one of the long-rumored names of this expansion has been the University ... More >>

Oh Yeah, And The Cougars Win Back The Bayou Bucket

Photo by Aaron SprecherJust another record-breaking night for the Cougars.​Check out our slideshow of last night's rainy Bayou Bucket game. Houston's Tyron Carrier took the opening kickoff 100-yards for the touchdown to quickly put the Cougars up 7-0. Then the rain hit and the Rice Owls came ... More >>

Coog Radio Signs Online As UH's First-Ever Student-Run Station

Charne GrahamThe Faces of Coog Radio: Operations Director Sofia Straus, Music Director Josue Garcia and Co-founder Conner Clifton (first picture), and DJ Janet Quiroa (second).​The University of Houston finally has its first student-founded and student-run radio station, Coog Radio, which laun ... More >>

Five Famous Indian and Pakistani Houstonians

India and Pakistan are 64 years old this week.​Dust off your South Asian flags, because this week we celebrate India's (August 15) and Pakistan's (August 14) Independence Days. Sixty-four years ago, India freed itself from the Brits and split itself into two countries. Luckily many crossed the ... More >>

UH Among Best Colleges To Work At, Study Says

Study give the Coogs props​If you're working at the University of Houston, you should be happy. Not just because anyone who has a job in higher ed should be happy, but because you're employed at one of the best colleges to be working for, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The p ... More >>

Go Texan Day Pictures: The Educators

Elizabeth ShawParker Elementary Principal Drew Houlihan says howdy​Don't forget to send your Go Texan Day pictures to the Houston Press Flickr page, where glory awaits. Meanwhile, we have two entries from the Educators category. Above, Drew Houlihan -- the principal at Parker Elementary, HISD ... More >>

UH's "Tier One" Talk Gets a Little More Legitimate

UH: We're (kinda) Tier One!​Just as Houston officials throw around "world-class city" ad nauseam, boosters of the University of Houston throw "Tier One University" into every other sentence, it seems. The mysterious and vague "Tier One" description is reserved for the nation's elite schools; ... More >>

Texas Watchdog: U Of H Covered Up KTRU Purchase Plans

Bad Cougars? Bad advice?​The investigative Web site Texas Watchdog says it has obtained emails that show the nonprofit agency hired by the University of Houston to negotiate the purchase of KTRU (91.7 FM) from Rice University encouraged U of H officials to keep their plans to buy the mostly st ... More >>

Resurrecting Phi Slama Jama

Can UH resurrect its basketball glory days?

Embargo

UH and Rice make deal with Chron

Media Embargo: UH And Rice Get What They Want From The Chronicle

They probably played this on KTRU​If you're going to kill off the last station in town that epitomizes "college radio" (for better or worse), you have to work hard not to come off looking like a villain.The University of Houston and Rice sure did, using a media embargo in cooperation with the Hous ... More >>

KTRU: Is UH About To Buy Rice's Station And Transform It From Unique To Bland?

R.I.P., KTRU as we know it?​Could the end of KTRU as Houston knows it be upon us? Our sister blog Rocks Off has heard that Rice student station at 91.7 FM, long one of Houston radio's few outlets for underground, avant-garde and local music, may about to be acquired by the University of Houston f ... More >>

KTRU: Is U Of H About To Buy Rice Student Station?

​Could the end of KTRU as Houston knows it be upon us? Rocks Off has heard that Rice student station at 91.7 FM, long one of Houston radio's few outlets for underground, avant-garde and local music, may about to be acquired by the University of Houston for use as a sister station to KUHF. So ... More >>

UH's New Stadium/Arena Plan: Now Comes The Hard Part

Illustrations courtesy UHYour Name Here Stadium​UH has announced a bold plan to upgrade facilities, essentially building a new football stadium and massively renovating the basketball arena.The $160 million plan has the backing of UH president Renu Khator and the board of regents, so it's going ah ... More >>

Annise Parker Appoints Committee To Study Continental Merger; Problem Solved

Some mellow mood music for the panel​Continental Airline's decision to merge with United and base itself out of Chicago wasn't very good news.But fret not: A committee has been appointed to study the situation.Mayor Annise Parker has announced the economic impact of the merger will be examined by ... More >>

The World Cup Is Coming To Houston! The Trophy, At Least

​While Houston won't be hosting any World Cup games anytime soon, fans of the world's most popular sports can at least lay they eyes up on the world's most coveted trophy.The World Cup trophy is coming to the University of Houston and will be on display as part of a soccer festival that will featu ... More >>

Grier Says HISD Not Rigorous Enough for All Students, Promises Changes

Photo by Margaret Downing​"Uncross your arms," Houston Independent School District Superintendent Terry Grier semi playfully pleaded today with some members of his huge audience at his first ever State of the Schools address for teachers, administrators, business leaders and politicians. He ... More >>

UH & TSU Get A Little Closer To Each Other

​The University of Houston and Texas Southern University are near-neighbors across Scott Street, but that hasn't always made them the best of friends. UH has had a (under-the-table, to be sure) tendency to look down on the chronically troubled, historically black school.But these days, it's gettin ... More >>

O'Brien's Song

After years of fighting everybody and anybody, now the ornery, annoying civil rights activist has to concentrate on fighting for his life.

UH Hoops Still Dreaming Of Making It Back To March Madness

Photo courtesy UH​Guy V. Lewis last coached the University of Houston men's basketball team in 1986. His last great team lost in the 1984 NCAA title game to the Georgetown Hoyas. He left a legacy of 27 straight winning seasons. Fourteen seasons with 20-plus wins. Fourteen NCAA tournament appearanc ... More >>

The Closing Of UH's Pre-School Is Getting Nasty

When last Hair Balls looked into the sudden closure of the Human Development Lab, UH's venerable and acclaimed (if ominously named) pre-school, the situation was just starting to simmer. By now the stew over on Wheeler is on full boil. A Save HDLS web site has been created, and parents have proteste ... More >>

UH Having Trouble Filling Its Fancy New Dorm

Photo courtesy UHCalhoun Lofts, UH's swanky new facility intended for graduate and professional students, has almost everything: a 24-hour fitness center, private terraces and programming that includes yoga and cooking classes. As of late as last week, though, one thing was missing from the expensiv ... More >>

UH-Downtown's Max Castillo, We Hardly Blew Ye

That was some send-off the Chronicle gave over the weekend to Max Castillo, outgoing president of UH-Downtown. It was the kind of glowing profile some cynical journalists call a "blow job."In it we learned that Castillo:a) is "a bilingual Hispanic, at a time when 85 percent of college presidents are ... More >>

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

UH President Dr. Renu Khator shares her favorite flick

UH's President Acknowledges Pissing Off A Lot Of People

UH's Renu Khator Is Really Ready For Her Close-Up

Students Against (Possible) Sweatshops Fight On

In Defense of Renu Khator

Question Marks

Pop Quiz with UH President Renu Khator

New UH president, same commuter school

UH President Says a Med School Would Be Nice

The Pain in the UH to Tier I Process

Houstoned Theatre Presents: Students, Sweatshops and, um, a Gigantic Telephone