Hit The Books

10 Coffee Houses Made For Getting Your Work Done

Need a place to write that novel? Study for that exam? Get some quiet? We got you.

10/02/2018 By Courtney Klashman

Campus Confidential

25 Must-Haves For Your Dorm, Sweet Dorm

Don't go back to school without a mini waffle maker or a sloth pillow.

08/21/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Editor's Note

How to Accidentally Grow a Tree in Your College Apartment

On coming of age in Houston.

05/29/2018 By Catherine Matusow

Home & Design

12 Dorm Design Ideas That Even Adults Can Love

Because saving space and money never goes out of style.

07/27/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Ice House

At UH, Creating the Country's First Spanish-Language Creative Writing PhD Program

The program begins this month, and hopes to engage the local Hispanic community in telling their own stories.

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Higher Ed

On the Cusp of Its 70th Anniversary, the University of St. Thomas Welcomes a New President

...and its largest incoming freshman class in the university's history.

06/09/2017 By Julia Gsell

Ice House

College Station Is Reinventing Itself

Not every Aggie who bleeds maroon is a college student.

12/30/2016 By Roxanna Asgarian

Bayougraphy

Shannon LaBove: Rice University’s Great Debater

Everyone talks, but few know how to turn a speech into a work of art.

11/21/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Ice House

Coach Mike Davis Is Playing It Forward at TSU

What is the man who replaced Bobby Knight doing in Houston? Winning.

11/21/2016 By Adam Doster

Go Coogs

With Two Weeks to Kickoff, What Can We Expect from UH Football This Season?

Things to watch for: a Heisman Trophy, a Herman farewell, a Husky payback.

08/17/2016 By Adam Doster

Home & Design

How to Give Your Little Dorm Room Big Style

Because four years is too long to spend in a room that looks like a prison cell.

08/17/2016 By Miranda Proctor

Cheap Eats

Meal Plan: Dining on a College Kid Budget

For the students among us, the best cheap eats near St. Thomas, UH and Rice.

05/31/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Final Act

At Rice University, a Legend Retires

Famously energetic English professor J. Dennis Huston exits the stage after 50 years of teaching.

04/28/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Mental Health

Anxiety Goes to College

Houston-area campuses are scrambling to meet the mental health needs of a generation of students beset by an increasingly diagnosed condition.

11/03/2015 By Marianella Orlando Photography by Brian Goldman

Back to School

Houstonian Olivia White Wants to Disrupt Dorm Bedding with 41 Winks

Say goodnight to the generic bed-in-a-bag.

08/10/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Newsfix

Video: Concussions and College Athletics on Newsfix

An exclusive interview with the Rice athlete who had to retire from competitive sports

01/21/2014 By Dan Derozier

Travel Advice

Leaving Texas for College? Here's What to Expect

Pack some chipotle sauce, and prepare yourself for Rick Perry jokes.

08/22/2013 By Erika Vazquez