University of Houston

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The University of Houston is a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas. It is part of the University of Houston System. The university was founded 1927 at San Jacinto High School, and moved to its current campus in 1938.

Amongst the most prestigious of the University of Houston's colleges is the University of Houston Law Center, a law school that is frequently ranked in the top 50 law schools by U.S. News and World Report each year. In addition, the Law Center's Institute for Health Law and Policy is the top ranked such program amongst U.S. law schools.

The mascot of the University of Houston is the Cougar. The official student newspaper is The Daily Cougar, the second largest English-language daily newspaper in Houston. The university has an inter-collegiate sports program, which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in Division I-A.

The University is also home to the Blaffer Gallery, which exhibits both visiting artists and student work from the University of Houston Department of Art.

Famous alumni

Leroy Burrell, athlete
Fred Couples, golfer
Tom DeLay, U.S. Congressman
Joe DeLoach, athlete
Doug Drabek, baseball player
Clyde Drexler, basketball player
Steve Elkington, golfer
William Frederick Fisher, astronaut
Gene Green, U.S. Congressman
Bernard A. Harris, Jr., astronaut
Elvin Hayes, basketball player
Star Jones, host of The View
Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron
Carl Lewis, Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter
Jim Nantz, CBS television broadcaster
Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball player
Ted Poe, U.S. Congressman
Dennis Quaid, actor
Randy Quaid, actor
Julian Schnabel, artist
Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education nominee
Brent Spiner, actor
Jack Valenti, former MPAA head
Robert Wuhl, actor
Fuzzy Zoeller, golfer

External links

University of Houston System: http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/uhs_info/
University of Houston: http://www.uh.edu/
University of Houston Student Government Association: http://www.uh.edu/sga/
University of Houston Bauer College of Business http://www.bauer.uh.edu/
University of Houston Law Center: http://www.law.uh.edu/
University of Houston Department of Art: http://www.art.uh.edu/
Official Houston athletics site: http://www.uhcougars.com/

Student websites

The Cougar Web: http://www.thecougarweb.com/
UH Students Forum: http://www.uhstudents.com/
Cougar Fan Site: http://www.coogfans.com/