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The UH System Board of Regents met on Aug. 20 at the Hilton Hotel for its first meeting of the 2026-27 year. During the meeting, the regents discussed and approved upcoming cuts to the curriculum, ...

HOUSTON — The University of Houston System Board of Regents has approved a trimmed-down core curriculum. University administrators approved the removal of 133 courses from its core curriculum Aug. 20.

Pictured is the University of Houston campus. The University of Houston System Board of Regents unanimously approved the removal of 133 courses from the University of Houston's core curriculum during ...

UH has proposed to remove 101 courses from the core curriculum, according to documents obtained and verified by The Cougar. The proposed cuts represent a nearly 35% decrease of core courses and will ...

University of Houston athletic director Eddie Nuñez is on the lookout for future non-conference football games. While the Cougars have their nonconference schedules set through 2028, there are holes ...

The University of Houston System walked back parts of a proposal that would have embedded administrators more deeply within faculty councils at two campuses, after professors complained that the move ...

On August 14, 2026, the U.S. Army awarded Airbus Helicopters Inc. a $115.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for 10 UH-72B Lakota light utility helicopters, with options for two additional units ...

Houston has a clear hierarchy at several positions, but there will be intrasquad competition across several of the Cougars' position groups. That's the standard for any ranked team, which UH is in the ...

The Solid Waste team within Facilities/Construction Management (F/CM) recently replaced all the “Bigbellies” units at the University of Houston (UH). The Bigbelly company makes trash cans and ...

Eight University of Houston students and alumni earned prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards during its 80th anniversary year, raising the University's total to 82 recipients since 2018.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While severe weather is canceling many events across the state this weekend, the University of Hawaii women’s soccer match against Kansas State is still scheduled to play.