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March News Update

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Upcoming Events

March 2  - documentary
Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt for an Energy Future
Wednesday, March 2; 6:30 p.m. Screening; 8 p.m. Panel Discussion
Location: Stubblefield Auditorium, Cemo Hall
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3088

 

March 3 - Table Talk
14th Annual Table Talk luncheon hosted by the Friends of Women’s Studies
Thursday, March 3; 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton Americas Hotel downtown
Price: $75 individual tickets
Contact: 713-743-3214 or amoore@uh.edu

 

March 4 Lecture
The Homeless and the Hobolicious: Rhetoric, Publics and Images of "Homeless Chic" by Dr. Paula Mathieu, Boston College
Friday, March 4; 2:30 p.m.
Location: Honors College Commons, M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3004

 

March 4 Reading
Gulf Coast Magazine Series hosts Jane Koh, Meggie Monahan and Dane Wisher
Friday, March 4; 7 p.m.
Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005
Price: Free
Contact:713-743-3223 or editors@gulfcoastmag.org

 

March 7 Reading
Inprint Series hosts Chitra Divakaruni and Gish Jen
Monday, March 7; 7:30 9:30 p.m.
Location: Zilka Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby
Price: from $5
Contact: www.inprint.org

 

March 7-11 Drive
Send One Suit Week for Dress for Success
Monday, March 7 - Friday, March 11; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Women's Resource Center in University Center, Room 279A or University Career Service Center in Student Services Building, Room 106
Price: Donate gently-worn, interview-appropriate suits, blouses, scarves, closed-toe shoes and handbags
Contact: 832-842-6191 and wrc@uh.edu

 

March 22 Lecture
The Cuzco School of Photography by Dr. Silvia Spitta, Dartmouth University
Tuesday, March 22; 2:30 p.m..
Location: Honors College Commons, M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3099

 

March 23 Salon
Visual artist Johan Grimonprez
Wednesday, March 23; 6:30 8:30 p.m.
Location: Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, 120 Fine Arts Building Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd.
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-9521

 

March 25 - Concert
Award-winning Concert Chorale with Grammy-nominated Ars Lyrica
Friday, March 25; 8 p.m..
Location: Centrum, Cypress Creek Christian Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX
Price: $15 - $20
Contact: 281-440-4850

 

March 27 - Concert
Award-winning Concert Chorale with Grammy-nominated Ars Lyrica
Sunday, March 27; 5 p.m.
Location: Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Price: Students with ID: $21.25; General Admission: $31.25 - $41.25
Contact: 713-315-2525

 

March 28 lecture
"The Men in Lee Krasner's Life" by Dr. Gail Levin, City University of New York
Monday, March 28; 1 p.m.
Location: Honors College Commons, M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-2839

 

March 29 Lecture
Judaism and Mexican American culture by Gail Gutierrez and M. Miriam Herrera
Tuesday, March 29; 6 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Talk
Location: Rockwell Pavilion in M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3074 or mthdz@uh.edu

 

March 1-April 2 Art Exhibition
Johan Grimonprez: "It's a Poor Sort of Memory That Only Works Backwards"
Now – Saturday, April 2; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Closed Sundays, Mondays and UH holidays)
Location: Blaffer Art Museum
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-9521

 

March 1-April 2 Art Exhibition
First Take: Okay Mountain
Now – Saturday, April 2; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Closed Sundays, Mondays and UH holidays)
Location: Blaffer Art Museum
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-9521
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Dear Readers,

Welcome to this month's issue of CLASS, the College's monthly update of news and events.

March is Women's History Month. It is the one month of the year when we pause to trace the meandering path of the progress which American women have followed as they have progressed towards more gender equality. The theme of this year's celebration is "writing women back into history," an oblique reference to the continuing tendency to render the contributions and accomplishments of women invisible in written evocations of the past. In this way, the theme reminds us all of the very reason why this month of consciousness-raising and truth-telling about the role of women in the national and global saga of human progress is necessary.

In this issue of CLASS, we celebrate not only important moments in women history as revealed in the work of our faculty but we also highlight the outstanding contributions of current women faculty and students who make history every day through their research and teaching and community outreach and engagement. It is our pleasure to share with you the legacy that they are creating daily as they contribute to the extension of the path toward gender equality.

Dean John W. Roberts signature

TOP STORY

Black Deaf women exemplify perseverance and achievement

A panel discussion on life in the American South as experienced by five Black Deaf women was recently organized and presented by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

The panel members referred to themselves as Deaf with a capital "D" to reflect their immersion in a unique culture that does not view the inability to hear as a disability but, rather, as a state of being that should be embraced and respected.
Department Chair Lynn Maher said the event was the first public discourse in Houston about the contributions of Black Deaf women. Dean John Roberts praised the program as representative of “the kind of mature and intelligent programming that has come to characterize the best in black history month and women’s history month programming at the University of Houston.” Read more.

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HIGHLIGHTS & HEADLINES

WCL artists

Jewish Mexican American women artists reclaim and share their stories

World Cultures & Literatures Program

 

Tagpore scholar

$5,000 graduate scholarship honors Indian artist Tagore

Department of English

 

Tiphanie Yanique

Critical and commercial attention shining on Creative Writing alumna

Department of English

 

RESEARCH & COLLABORATION

Agnes Arnold Hall

Dean creates Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

 

Rebecca Lee

Obesity researcher heads to Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar

Department of Health and Human Performance

 

Alice Cepeda

Cepeda receives National Award of Excellence in Research

Department of Sociology

 

EXPERTS & COMMENTATORS

FRB of Dallas

UH President Appointed to Dallas Fed Board

Department of Political Science

 

Claudia

Making ideas into art

Blaffer Art Museum

 

Brian McFarlin

Marathon runners’ health to be studied

Department of Health and Human Performance

 

 

 

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