Tag: University of Houston

Young Conservative of Texas invites commentator Matt Walsh to speak at the University of Houston on Thursday!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A student organization at the University of Houston will host a speaker deemed controversial, but not met with a positive reaction. If you walk around the University of Houston, you can see signs for all kinds of events and gatherings, but there is one that attracts more attention than the others. “It’s going to target us and create a firestorm of hate against transgender people on campus,” said Eden Rose Torres, founder of pirdeportraits.org. Thursday , Young conservatives from Texaswill be hosted by the UH Chapter…

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Bayou Bucket: Crosstown rivals University of Houston and Rice not slated to play past 2023!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Rice University and the University of Houston will face a football game for the 44th time on Saturday. This will be the 41st time the winner has received the Bayou Bucket Cup – presented by the Touchdown Club of Houston. However, Bayou’s bucket may be empty in the near future. These two rivals are scheduled to play in Croistown in 2023, the 45th meeting. But there’s no match scheduled after 2023. UH and Rice will move to the new leagues in 2023, with the Cougars jumping…

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Astros clinch, Texans struggle, and University of Houston Cougars fall flat: ABC13, Houston Chronicle break it down!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Each week, Houston Chronicle columnist Brian T. Smith teams up with ABC13’s Jonathan Bruce to answer the big questions in sports in Houston. That’s what we have on deck this week. The Astros clinch the Fifth Division title in six seasons, with six consecutive births. They’ve won more games than any other MLS team since 2017. What determines their winning ways? In the video above, Brian and Jonathan discuss how it swelled after the chaos and turmoil the team has experienced. The Texans aren’t winning to…

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Mariachi Pumas learn art and history of Mexican music at the University of Houston from Jose Longoria!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – For more than a century, mariachi music has developed and become famous all over the world. So much so that you can find groups all over the United States and even in Europe. For the first time ever, the University of Houston has its own mariachi collection where students learn the art and history of music. Mariachi music is a type of music that has resonated throughout Mexican homes through generations. It is a distinctive style of singing and an unmistakable voice that is unparalleled all…

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Texas politics: New UH/TSU survey reveals close statewide races!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – a New survey released Texas Southern University’s Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs Wednesday morning from the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs and Barbara Jordan’s Executive Masters in Public Administration program revealed tight races on top of the Texas 2022 ballot, with Republican incumbents leading the top three among potential voters. . The video featured in the media player above is from a pre-recorded episode of this week in Texas, an in-depth political talk hosted by Tom Abrahams. Governor Greg Abbott leads Beto…

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5 years after Hurricane Harvey, some people are still recovering, Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston says!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Five years after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, ABC13 is learning more about the preparedness and resilience of Houston’s residents. Houston residents have proven to be a “particularly resilient group of individuals,” according to a survey published Thursday by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. Just three months after the storm, the University of Houston began looking closely at how Hurricane Harvey affected the greater Houston area, and continued to study its effects. In the study, UH took a deep dive into…

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2022 Final Four: TSU, HBU, UH and Rice University to offer collegiate basketball tournament course in the fall!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Houston will be the official host city for the 2023 NCAA men’s final tournament in over seven months. During that time, schools placing their tickets to the stadiums here in Space City will make history. And the lucky students from the universities here in Houston will be a part of that. “We have strategic priorities in men’s basketball, and one of those priorities is to advance education,” Joan Scott, managing director of the NCAA men’s basketball, told ABC13. “That falls right in it.” We have seen…

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Final Four 2023: Downtown Houston to be busy with 4 college semifinalists in town, 2 Rockets games planned!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – The college football season hasn’t started yet, but here in Houston, we’re focused on beyond the college basketball season. That’s because Houston is preparing to host the fourth NCAA Men’s Final next year. When NRG Stadium hosts a college basketball marquee event from March 31 through April 3, 2023, it will be the third time in 12 years that Houston has done so, more than anywhere else on the planet during that time. “The compact footprint of downtown, Downtown’s development,” noted Dan Javitt, NCAA’s senior vice…

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