UHD News
Dining News: "Slices" Joins the UHD Food Court
Pizza, anyone? The newest dining concept to join the UHD Food Court is "Slices," where hungry Gators can get their pizza by the slice as well as Buffalo wings to go. There are lots of choices: from pepperoni to sausage to meatball. For the...
Serving Children: UHD’s GatorServe at Dogan Elementary
On Saturday, Jan. 17, the hallways and many of the classrooms of Dogan Elementary were filled with UHD students, staff, and faculty.
Staff Spotlight: Meet UHDPD’s Chief Clemente Rodriguez
Meet UHDPD's new Chief of Police, Clemente Rodriguez.
Dining News: Gator Grill Comes to UHD Food Court
Let's welcome Gator Grill, the latest dining concept from SodexoMagic to come online in the UHD Food Court. The menu includes crispy and grilled chicken sandwiches, crispy cod sandwiches plus black bean, turkey, Impossible, and portobello burgers....
UHD Receives Prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for Third Time
The University of Houston-Downtown joins more than 230 U.S. colleges and universities receiving the 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement (CE) Classification, an elective designation awarded by the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie...
UHD Gators Mobile App Now Available in the App Store
The UHD Gators mobile app has officially launched. Community members can access canvas courses, register and make payment, track the location of the University shuttle, view upcoming events, access P.A.S.S. and review their Financial Aids and...
Dr. Benton Honored by MLK Collegium of Scholars for Community-Centered Scholarship
The Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars recognizes academic leaders committed to justice and service. For Dr. Darius Benton, a longtime UHD faculty member and chair of the Department of Arts and Communication, the induction affirmed the...
Bilingual e-Library Event Highlights Impact, Honors Families
UHD is helping solve the regional and national literacy crisis by working with local families.
MDCOB Students Receive Competitive Power On Heels Scholarship
Power On Heels, a non-profit dedicated to empowering women in business, awarded scholarships to three students from the Marilyn Davies College of Business at a ceremony last fall. The recipients are Gloria Guicol, a Finance senior and president...
Get Fit Texas! Challenge Registration is Now Open
Last year, University of Houston-Downtown employees surpassed expectations in our first year participating in the Get Fit Texas! Challenge, which is run by the Texas Department of State Health Services. In it, we competed against similarly sized...