University of Houston

The University of Houston, often called U of H or UH, is a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting extensive research university located in Houston, Texas. It is the third largest university in the state of Texas and is one of Texas' premier research and teaching institutions. UH is the only doctoral degree-granting university and is the flagship institution with the largest enrollment in the University of Houston System, a state system of higher education that includes three other univers ...

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The University of Houston began as Houston Junior College (HJC). On March 7, 1927, trustess of the Board of Education unanimously passed a historic resolution that authorized the "founding, establishment and operation of a junior college." The junior college was operated and controlled under the guidance of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). HJC was located in San Jacinto High School and offered only night courses. Its first session began June 5, 1927, with an enrollment of 232 students and 12 faculty. This session was pr ...

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University of Houston, University of Houston - History, University of Houston - Academics, University of Houston - Academic colleges, University of Houston - Campus, University of Houston - Facilities, University of Houston - UH traditions, University of Houston - Fight song, University of Houston - Alma mater, University of Houston - Demographics, University of Houston - Media and entertainment, University of Houston - Featured in films, University of Houston - Sports, University of Houston - NCAA Division I sports, University of Houston - Athletics facilities, University of Houston - Famous alumni

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The Reliant Astrodome, formerly "the Astrodome", is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind. It is located in Houston, Texas at 29.6849° N 95.408° W, and is part of the Reliant Park complex. It opened in 1965 as Harris County Domed Stadium and was nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World". (A team owner is quoted as saying that the "rent for the Astrodome was the ninth".) Reliant Energy purchased naming rights to the building in 2000. Reliant Astrodome - History. Major Leagu ...

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Activated Ministries is a Family International-operated charitable foundation based in Escondido, California (EIN 33-0857142). Their stated goal is to share God's word with others through the distribution of Christian outreach materials and providing support to Christian missionaries. In particular, Activated Ministries supports missionary and outreach efforts of The Family International/Children of God new religious movement. Activated Ministries - History. Activated Ministries was incorporated as a Califo ...

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Optometry is the health care profession concerned with examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the eyes and related structures, and with determination and correction of vision problems using lenses and other optical aids [1]. An optometrist (Greek: optos meaning seen or visible and metria meaning measurement) is an eye care professional who is a primary care practitioner for most vision and ocular health concerns. Optometrists are trained to diagnose, manage, and treat a multitude of v ...

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Yttrium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Y and atomic number 39. A silvery metallic transition metal, yttrium is common in rare-earth minerals and two of its compounds are used to make the red color in color televisions. Yttrium - Notable Characteristics. Yttrium is a silver-metallic, lustrous rare earth metal that is relatively stable in air and chemically resembles the lanthanides. Shavings or turnings of the metal can ignite in air when they exceed 400 °C. When yttr ...

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John Cornyn (R) Texas is a state located in the United States of America. The 28th U.S. state, Texas joined the United States in 1845, after nine years of self governing. Its postal abbreviation is TX. The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, táyshaʔ (or tejas, as the Spaniards spelled it), meaning friends or allies. Spanish explorers mistakenly applie ...

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Uh can refer to: a river in Ukraine and Slovakia, see: Uzh River (Uh is the Slovak name). speech disfluencies University of Hawaii University of Houston Category: Lists of two-letter combinations Other related archivesLists of two-letter combinations, Slovakia, Ukraine, University of Hawaii, University of Houston, Uzh River, speech disfluencies

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For the 18th & 19th century U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, see David Cobb (Massachusetts). David Keith Cobb (born December 24, 1962 in San Leon, Texas) is an American lawyer and activist, and was the 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). After brief stints as a crewman on a Gulf-coast shrimp boat, a construction worker and a waiter, Cobb graduated from the University of Houston Law school in 1993 and for several years maintained a successful pri ...

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The abbreviation UH can refer to: The University of Hawaii (United States) The University of Hawaii at Hilo (United States) The University of Houston (United States) The University of Hertfordshire (United Kingdom) Category: Lists of two-letter combinations Other related archivesLists of two-letter combinations, University of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Universit

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Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. Lightning's abrupt electric discharge is accompanied by the emission of visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. The electric current passing through the discharge channels rapidly heats and expands the air into plasma, producing acoustic shock waves (thunder) in the atmosphere. Lightning - Early lightning research. During early investigations into electricity via Leyden jars and other instruments, a n ...

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The University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX is located southwest of Downtown Houston just north of the Museum District. It is adjacent to the famous Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel. Commonly referred to as "UST", the university is one of many liberal arts universities throughout the United States. Former University President Archbishop Michael Miller has since been summoned to the Vatican to preside as Prefect of Catholic Universities throughout the world. University of St. Thomas Texas - Campus. The Univer ...

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Cheerleading is an activity that uses organized routines made up of elements from dance and/or gymnastics to cheer on sports teams at games and matches, and/or as a competitive sport. A cheerleading performer is a cheerleader. Cheerleading - History. Cheerleading came about at Princeton University in the 1880s with the crowd chant, "Rah rah rah, tiger tiger tiger, sis sis sis, boom boom boom ahhhhhhh, Princeton Princeton Princeton!" as a way to encourage school spirit at football games. A few years later, Princeto ...

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Bapsi Sidhwa (1938 - ) is an important author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. She is of Parsi Zoroastrian background, and has depicted Parsi life, customs, and the Zoroastrian religion in great detail in most of her works. She is also the recipient of many awards, including the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest honor. Sidhwa was born in Karachi, Pakistan, but her family moved shortly thereafter to Lahore. She currently resides in Houston, Texas (where she has lived for the past several decades) and maintains ...

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Musgrave was employed as a mathematician and operations analyst by the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, during 1958. He served a surgical internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington from 1964 to 1965, and continued there as a U. S. Air Force post-doctoral fellow (1965-1966), working in aerospace medicine and physiology, and as a National Heart Institute post-doctoral fellow (1966-1967), teaching and doing research in cardiovascular and exercise physiology. From 1967 to 1989, he continued clinical an ...

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The San Francisco 49ers have the distinction of being one of the first major-league professional sports franchise on the West Coast, and the first one based in San Francisco -in fact, they are the only "home-grown" San Francisco sports franchise. The 49ers have won five NFL championships -- all Super Bowls. The 49ers have the best record in the Super Bowl with no losses. The 49ers were also the first team to win a record five Super Bowls. -- Super Bowls XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX -- and are considered The Team of the Eighties, wi ...

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Super Bowl XXXVIII - The Panthers go from 1-15 to the Super Bowl. The Panthers' trip to the Super Bowl was a surprise to many sports writers and fans. One year after joining the league as an expansion team in 1995, they posted a 12-4 regular season record and advanced to the NFC Championship Game. But from 1997 onward, they suffered losing seasons until they finally hit a team low 1-15 record in 2001, winning only the first game of the regular season. After that year, head coach George Seifert resigned and was replaced by John Fox, former defensive coordinator for the New York Giants who h ...

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Texas A&M University is one of the largest universities by area (with 5,200 acres4 (21 km²) in all) in the nation (behind the United States Air Force Academy and Stanford University, among others) with approximately 200 buildings and a value of over $1 billion. The Texas A&M campus is home to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The campus is divided into two parts separated by a set of railroad tracks that run through its center. The portion of the campus e ...

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Alpha Chi Sigma - Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye, Tau '40 (1936) "for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases." Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Beta Gamma '35 (1951) "for [his] discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements." ...

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AEPi was founded in 1913 at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other young, Jewish men. These men were Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Krauss, Arthur E. Leopold, Arthur M. Lipkint, Emil Lustgarten, Benjamin M. Meyer, Charles J. Pintel, Maurice Plager, David K. Schafer, and Hyman Shulman. Their first pledge is thought to be Samuel L. Epstein. Charles Moskowitz was a basketball player and had just transferred to NYU from the City College of New York. Several NYU fraternities expressed interest in him and one gave him a ...

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Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Epsilon Pi - Mission Statement, Alpha Epsilon Pi - History, Alpha Epsilon Pi - Notable Alumni, Alpha Epsilon Pi - List of Chapters

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