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Delicious Bites Featured at Gourmet Gators

October 16, 2025

Gourmet Gators is UHD’s premier 2025 fundraising event—an intimate evening of culinary delights filled with philanthropic purpose! Gourmet Gators will feature small plates created by ten local top chefs representing cuisines from around the world,...

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Students: Vote! It’s Your Right!

October 16, 2025

What’s student-created, student-led, and student-organized? UHD’s Walk2Vote, a voting initiative created by UHD students to connect and empower young voters to turn out to vote.   Organized by UHD’s Undergraduate Student Government Association, the...

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Food Services' News, October 13-17

October 13, 2025

Fall Semester Food Frenzy at the UHD Food Court! Get ready for an exciting Fall semester at the UHD Food Court, featuring increased variety and a host of new dining options to tantalize your taste buds. Gator Bite Café Gets a Glow-up Prepare for a...

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On Air at UHD: Students Lead the Conversation Through UHD iRadio

October 10, 2025 | By Jasmine Flores

Did you know the University of Houston-Downtown has its own radio station? UHD iRadio gives students the opportunity to share their voices, passions, and creativity on air. Broadcasting 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday the station can be...

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UHD Invites You to Assess Its Brand to Rebrand Its Future

October 9, 2025 | By Debra McGaughey

Golden Arches. The Nike swoosh. X. These iconic symbols of well-known companies make us feel a certain way when we see or hear them mentioned. They tap into our emotions, our past or current experiences with them, and perhaps reveal what we one day...

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Gator Students Reflect on Citizenship in Winning Essays

October 9, 2025 | By Hayden Bergman

Anaisa Paez Escobar and Filmon Teweldebrhan detail how struggles transform citizenship into an exercise of hope.

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First in Strategic Plan Seminar Series Results in Campus Engagement

October 9, 2025 | By Marie Jacinto

“UHD’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan: A New Paradigm is the opposite of what most people think of when you say the words ‘strategic plan,’” said Advancement and University Relations (AUR) Vice President Javier “Jay” L. Zambrano, who leads the efforts...

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Congrats to our Lady Gators in Soccer and Volleyball!

October 9, 2025

Our Women’s Soccer and Volleyball teams are on a roll! On Saturday, Oct. 4, UHD Women's Soccer tied LSC - North Harris 2-2. Our Lady Gators were in first place as they approached last Saturday's game with a record of 4-0-1. In Men’s Soccer, their...

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Center for Public Deliberation To Tackle Flood Preparedness

October 9, 2025 | By Hayden Bergman

The Center for Public Deliberation will convene citizens and candidates to debate three paths for Houston flood preparedness.

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UHD Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With a Nod to Mama Ninfa

October 8, 2025 | By Marie Jacinto

 Fajitas are now ubiquitous among Tex-Mex restaurants across the Houston region, but there was a time when diners could only find them at Ninfa’s! That’s right: Mama Ninfa created delicious tacos al carbon (later becoming the bedrock of Tex-Mex...