University of Houston - Definition and Overview

The University of Houston is a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas. It is part of the University of Houston System. The university was founded 1927 at San Jacinto High School, and moved to its current campus in 1938.

Amongst the most prestigious of the University of Houston's colleges is the University of Houston Law Center, a law school that is frequently ranked in the top 50 law schools by U.S. News and World Report each year. In addition, the Law Center's Institute for Health Law and Policy is the top ranked such program amongst U.S. law schools.

The mascot of the University of Houston is the Cougar. The official student newspaper is The Daily Cougar, the second largest English-language daily newspaper in Houston. The university has an inter-collegiate sports program, which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in Division I-A.

The University is home to the Creative Writing Program, which was founded by alumnus Donald Barthelme and offers a BA, MA, and PhD in Fiction Writing. Noted writers who have come out of the program include novelist Robert Clark Young. The University is also home to the Blaffer Gallery, which exhibits both visiting artists and student work from the University of Houston Department of Art.

Famous alumni

• Leroy Burrell, athlete
• Fred Couples, golfer
• Tom DeLay, U.S. Congressman
• Joe DeLoach, athlete
• Doug Drabek, baseball player
• Clyde Drexler, basketball player
• Steve Elkington, golfer
• William Frederick Fisher, astronaut
• Gene Green, U.S. Congressman
• Bernard A. Harris, Jr., astronaut
• Elvin Hayes, basketball player
• Star Jones, host of The View
• Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron
• Carl Lewis, Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter
• Jim Nantz, CBS television broadcaster
• Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball player
• Ted Poe, U.S. Congressman
• Dennis Quaid, actor
• Randy Quaid, actor
• Julian Schnabel, artist
• Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education nominee
• Brent Spiner, actor
• Jack Valenti, former MPAA head
• Robert Wuhl, actor
• Fuzzy Zoeller, golfer

External links

• University of Houston System: http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/uhs_info/
• University of Houston: http://www.uh.edu/
• University of Houston Student Government Association: http://www.uh.edu/sga/
• University of Houston Bauer College of Business http://www.bauer.uh.edu/
• University of Houston Law Center: http://www.law.uh.edu/
• University of Houston Department of Art: http://www.art.uh.edu/
• Official Houston athletics site: http://www.uhcougars.com/

Student websites

• The Cougar Web: http://www.thecougarweb.com/
• UH Students Forum: http://www.uhstudents.com/
• Cougar Fan Site: http://www.coogfans.com/

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