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theater, Theatre — Use theater unless the proper name is Theatre.

School of Theatre & Dance, Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre

Tier One — Two words, each capitalized, with no hyphen (even when used as a modifier). The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching first elevated the University of Houston to Tier One status in 2011 and reconfirmed that designation in 2016. UH has been categorized as an “R1” — highest research activity — institution, Carnegie’s top classification.

UH is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research institution. UH holds Tier One status. Tier One Scholar and Tier One Scholarship (wordmarks referring to a UH financial assistance program)

till — Or until. But not ’til.

time — Use the days of the week, not today or tonight, in news stories. See a.m. and p.m.

time zone— The abbreviations EST, CDT, etc., are acceptable on first reference for zones used within the continental United States, Canada and Mexico only if the abbreviation is linked with a clock reading: noon EST, 9 a.m. PST. (Do not set off the abbreviations with commas.)

The meeting will be at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT.

titles — Capitalize formal titles used before an individual’s name. Lowercase and spell out titles when they are not used with an individual’s name. Set off the title by commas after an individual’s name. A formal title denotes scope of authority, professional activity or academic activity whereas job functions and job descriptions, field positions and informal titles are lowercase.

University President Renu Khator or Renu Khator, university president Pradeep Sharma, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor or M.D. Anderson Chair Professor Pradeep Sharma Chief Administrative Officer Kaisa Eze Kaisa Eze, chief administrative officer

Also, do not capitalize freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student.

totaling — not totalling

toward — not towards


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