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The One Main Building, formerly the Merchants and Manufacturers Building (commonly referred to as the M&M Building), is a building on the campus of the University of Houston–Downtown. The building is recognized as part of the National Register of Historic Places , is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark , and considered a Contributing Building ...
The University of Houston (UH) is one of four separate and distinct institutions in the University of Houston System, and was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991. [28] [40] UH is the flagship institution of the UH System. It is a multi-campus university with a branch campus located in Sugar Land.
In 1936, when the university was still located at South Main Baptist Church, Houston philanthropists Julius Settegast and Ben Taub donated conjoining pieces of land totaling 110 acres (45 hectares) to the university. This land was to be used as a permanent campus for the University of Houston. Although land had been donated to the university ...
Campus acreage Freshman acceptance rate [1] (Fall 2012) Endowment Research expenditures (FY 2011) Carnegie classification [2] U.S. News Ranking University of Houston 4800 Calhoun Rd: 1927 40,747 667 55.9% $590 million [3] $128 million [3] Research (Very High) National Universities, No. 171 (Tier 1) [4] University of Houston–Clear Lake 2700 ...
American Campus Communities owns and operates Bayou Oaks and Cullen Oaks. [8] [9] Cambridge Oaks, the designated family housing complex for University of Houston students, [10] opened in 1990. Campus Living Villages owns and operates the facility. It houses over 600 students from UH and other area institutions. [11]
On August 18, 2011, the University of Houston announced that they had received the largest single donation for the stadium when co-CEOs and co-founders of Austin-based Data Foundry, Ron and Carolyn Yokubaitis donated US$10 million to the project. [17] Ron Yokubaitis is an alumnus of the University of Houston and former Cougar football player.
Moody Towers are twin 18-story high-rise residence halls located in the Wheeler District on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, United States. It was named for William Lewis Moody, Jr. and his wife Libbie Shearn Moody of Galveston, Texas, and houses 1,100 students. [2] The towers also house the largest dining hall on the ...
Cullen Performance Hall is a concert hall located on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. The hall, comprising the eastern half of the E. Cullen Building, was named in honor of Ezekiel W. Cullen, a former congressman for the Republic of Texas. The facility seats 1,544, and hosts music, opera, dance, theatrical events, and ...