DesRoches named new Rice University provost
Reginald DesRoches, the dean of Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering, has been named the university’s new provost.
Breast biopsies after neoadjuvant chemotherapy accurately predict presence of residual breast cancer
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a standardized protocol that uses image-guided breast biopsies to reliably predict residual disease in breast cancer patients and that potentially identifies exceptional responders who may not require surgery. ...
Houston sailor serves in Philippine Sea
Ensign Tristan Edwards, from Houston, right, shoots an M4 rifle, and Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Jakob Morgan, from Rossville, Ga., stands by as a line coach during a live-fire gunnery exercise on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile ...
Houston Sailor reads to elementary students during Pearl Harbor Remembrance Program
NRD San Antonio’s Assistant Command Career Counselor, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Kamitria Delaney, right, of Houston, reads to a first grade class at Dorie Miller Elementary School as part of the school’s annual Pearl Harbor and Dorie Miller Remembrance Program.
Project Row Houses and Own Every Piece-Community and Conversation
Own Every Piece and Project Row House hosted Community and Conversation, an informative and empowering conversation about contraceptive care. The event was in conjunction with Project Row House’s Round 50: Race, Health and Motherhood, curated by PRH’s Ryan N. Dennis, ...
Rice men's basketball to host 7th annual School House Mania Dec. 19
Rice University’s Athletics Department will host more than 3,500 local elementary schoolchildren for its seventh annual School House Mania when the Owls men’s basketball team tips off against the University of St. Thomas at 11:15 a.m. Dec. 19 at Tudor ...
Houston Sailor communicates with helicopter control tower aboard U.S. Navy warship
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Chance Vaughan, from Houston, communicates with the helicopter control tower during a helicopter crash drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) as part of the U.K.-led Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Dec. ...
Rainbow On Ice Returns to Discovery Green
Discovery Green, the 12-acre park in the heart of downtown Houston, hosts the 9th annual Rainbow on Ice on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, from 7 to 10 p.m. This Houston-themed LGBTQ celebration is the ultimate dance party on The Ice ...
AIDS Foundation Houston raises more than $150,000 at World AIDS Day Luncheon 2019
AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc. (AFH) hosted the annual World AIDS Day Luncheon on Friday, December 6, 2019, at The Ballroom at Bayou Place. Luncheon chairs Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl, Adrian Dueñas and Duyen Nguyen, with presenting sponsor Chevron, welcomed more than 500 ...
JA Resorts & Hotels Announces New Hotel Addition to the Portfolio ‘The Manor by JA’
JA Resorts & Hotels announced today the early January 2020 opening of new 247-key property officially named ‘The Manor by JA’, located in Al Furjan, Dubai. As part of JA Resorts & Hotels proactive growth trajectory, the new 4-star property ...
Ride METRO Free on Election Day
METRO is providing complimentary trips to polling locations in our service area for the December run-off election. Voters can ride at no charge on METRORail, local buses, and METROLift.
Art Colony Association Announces Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park Featured Artist: McKenzie Fisk
The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA) has announced the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2020 featured artist is McKenzie Fisk, a painter from Los Angeles. Fisk, along with 300 artists from around the country representing 19 different difference disciplines, ...
The Human Rights Campaign Endorses Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for Re-Election
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization announced its endorsement of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s bid for re-election.
Two Weeks into Legal Battle, Plaintiffs Drop Lawsuit Against Turkey Leg Hut
A handful of residential neighbors who filed a lawsuit against the Turkey Leg Hut (TLH) two weeks ago claiming smoke from the restaurant to be a public health hazard, have dropped their lawsuit and requested an unconditional dismissal of the ...
200 Houston children to celebrate the holidays at the 4rd Annual Year of Joy Holiday Ice Skating Party
Some 200 children from Houston’s Third Ward and surrounding areas will enjoy holiday fun on ice for the 4nd annual Year Of Joy Holiday Ice Skating Party at the ICE powered by Green Mountain Energy at Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, ...
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