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A monthly newsletter for University of Houston
alumni & friends.
 
MAY 2010
Photo: A redesigned room at the new campus Hilton.

Celebrity-Studded Awards Dinner Rolls Out the Red Carpet for our Finest Grads

When your slate of honorees is so distinguished, and when your attendees bring such a spirited sensibility to the sold out show, it's to be expected that the 2010 Awards Dinner was, quite simply, our best ever.

The Houston Omni was decked head to toe in red and white, as heartfelt speeches wet every eye in the room, thunderous applause nearly blasted open the ballroom doors, and the voice of Barbara Padilla turned our alma mater into an angelic aria. It was one heck of a way to celebrate the Alumni Association's 70th anniversary.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Graphic: 2010 Awards Dinner invitation.   Graphic: Logo for Red & White Game on Saturday, April 24.

Save the Date for UHAA's First Ever Celebrity Golf Classic

To all our Cougar golfers, the UH Alumni Association is beginning a new tradition that allows you to hit the links with some of our most notable graduates and supporters. So save the date on your calendar now!...
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UH Away Game Festivities

For the 2010 football season, the UH Alumni Association is offering special hotel rates and will be planning pre-game festivities for the several away games...
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UH in the 1970s

Those of us who remember the '70s might agree that it can be summed up as this: oil, Iran, Nixon, and disco. Maybe. But for Cougars, it was an exciting time to be on campus...
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See Highlights from our Ring Ceremony

It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that ring. Hundreds of students doo wopped that mantra at our spring semester ring ceremony, held May 6 at the Athletics/Alumni Center...
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Valuable Alumni Benefit: GradMed Health Insurance

Just graduated? In between jobs? Then check out GradMed – a short-term health insurance provided by your UH Alumni Association...
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UNIVERSITY NEWS
Photo: Examples of VEX robots.  

Congrats New Grads!

Last week, the University alumni family grew by a few thousand members. To be more specific, 4,550 students from 35 states and 73 nations graduated from UH this semester...
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UH Engineers Work to Improve Test for Cardiovascular Disease

Two University of Houston professors are working to keep your heart beating stronger and longer simply by monitoring the temperature of your fingertip...
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ATHLETICS NEWS
Photo: New men's basketball coach James Dickey.   Graphic: UH Athletics Hall of Honor 2010

Coach Dickey Brings in Talented Group of New Basketball Recruits

New head men's basketball coach James Dickey didn't have much time to recruit his 2011 class, and he didn't waste any of it. Four players have already inked with the Cougars...
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Men's Track Claims Second Consecutive CUSA Crown

For the second consecutive season, the University of Houston men's track and field team claimed the Conference USA Outdoor Championship, collecting 191 points at the UCF Track and Field Complex in Orlando last weekend. The women's team finished in sixth place with 75 points...
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