Skip to main content

Cemo Hall Re-Opened Following Small Fire

By Richard Bonnin

August 07, 2017 —

Faculty, staff and students are now being allowed back into Cemo Hall, following a small fire this morning. The Houston Fire Department quickly put out the fire, which began in a mechanical room on the first floor of Cemo Hall at the Bauer College of Business. The flames did not spread beyond the mechanical room. Cemo Hall was completely evacuated after UH fire marshals first confirmed smoke in the building at about 11 a.m. There were no injuries.

Top Stories

  • December 11, 2025

    University of Houston Expands Addiction Research with $2.67M Gift to Help Combat National Opioid Epidemic

    As the United States continues to face the persistent and deadly opioid crisis, driven by the dangerous synthetic fentanyl, a $2.67 million gift to the University of Houston from the estate of Dr. William A. Gibson will honor his late son Michael, who lost his life to addiction in 2019.

  • December 11, 2025

    UH Chemistry Professor Earns Prestigious Honor from National Academy of Inventors

    Eva Harth, a chemistry professor in the University of Houston’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional honor awarded to academic inventors.

  • December 9, 2025

    University of Houston Engineers: While Melatonin Puts Us to Sleep, It Wakes Up Plants

    In an interesting turn of botanical events, University of Houston engineers report that while melatonin keeps us asleep, it wakes up plants, helping them grow.