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March 13, 2024: The University of Houston WGSS Program is pleased to announce the new Arden Eversmeyer Graduate Fellowship in WGSS

July 13, 2022: Dr. Rachel A. Quinn Awarded Esteemed Schomburg Fellowship (CLASS News)

August 21, 2019: Important Intersections: Dr. Jess Waggoner Teaches First Transgender Studies Course at University of Houston. (Spectrum South)

February 14, 2018: Femake inmates in Arizona only got 12 free pads a month. #LetItFlow: A movement helped triple that. (CNN)

February 14, 2018: Without firm action on gender equality, women's empowerment, world may miss development targers. (UN News)

February 14, 2018: Brittney Cooper on harnessing rage in feminism: 'Anger is the emotion that keeps us honest'. (The Washington Post)

February 3, 2018: #MeToo Creator Tarana Burke is Writing a Memoir (Teen Vogue)

February 1, 2018: Khator's Climb: An ambitious president. A Houston university set on change. And the 10 years that elvated them both. (Houston Chronicle)

January 31, 2018: Feminists from 3 different generations talk #MeToo (Vox)

January 26, 2018: What the #MeToo Movement Can Learn from the Women Who Put Larry Nassar Away (Vogue)

January 20, 2018: Women's March 2018: Protestors Take to the Streets for the Second Straight Year (The New York Times)

December 18, 2017: TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers (TIME Magazine)

July 2017: Quinceañera Held at the Texas Capitol Building (Teen Vogue) 

May/June 2017: Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at U of H has come a long way since its start in 1991 (Houston Woman Magazine) 

May 8, 2017: Dr. Gregory on promoting gender equality in the workplace (WalletHub)

January 21, 2017: At 2.6million strong, Women's Marches crush expectations (USA Today)

November 13, 2015: New WGSS Major (Houston Chronicle)

November 13, 2015: WGSS MAJOR Launch Party (The Cougar)

September 3, 2015: When Will You Use What You Learn in WGSS? Always. (Slate)

March 2015: State approves BA in WGSS at UH

Dr. Montse Feu-Lopez essay on WOST 2350

November 13, 2015: UH elevates women's, gender studies to full major

November 9, 2015: ‘Queer Rock Love’: Author Paige Schilt Talks Trans Family Life in Texas in New Memoir

September 4, 2015: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Officially a major (The Daily Cougar)

Feburary 20, 2015: Meet the speakers: 17th UH Table Talk luncheon to honor 50 Women (Houston Business Journal)

May 25, 2014: Moving Forward: Diversity in Area Studies Programs (Houston History Magazine)

March 9, 2015: Tina Knowles urges women to celebrate greatness at luncheon (Houston Chronicle)

October 16, 2011: Tina and Beyonce Knowles Rock the Library (Domestic Product)

Fall 2015: UH FWS Presents the 18th Annual Table Talk (Ciao Bella Magazine)

Feburary 14, 2015: Featured Artist at UH Friends of Women's Studies ( Artrra)

October 18, 2013: UH Exhibition Celebrates Accomplishments Of Women In Houston ( The Katy News)

January 29, 2012: Longtime Houston journalist succumbs to cancer ( Houston Chronicle)

October 22, 2013: Inspiring Houston Women: Susan Monteverde (Inspiring Houston Women)

Spring 2007:What Can You Do with a Women's Studies Degree? (Ms.)