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Be Benefits Wise
Thursday, May 23
Need a refresher in benefits? UH Human Resources will host a seminar about the benefits available to UH employees, including health, dental, optional life insurance, TexFlex (flexible spending account), short- and long-term disability and long term care insurance. The seminar will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 23 in McElhinney Hall, Room 341. To register, sign up for HRT022 in PASS.

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The University of Houston recently broadened its academic partnerships with Chinese institutions while hosting a delegation of Chinese media and tourism and trade officials on the first stop of an important trade trip to Houston. Hu Shejun (right), university council chairman of South China Normal University, and Professor F. Richard Olenchak (center), UH's interim associate vice president for faculty and academic affairs, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between their respective institutions for research, scholarship and teaching Tuesday.

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