{"id":618,"date":"2011-09-10T13:28:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T13:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/archives\/618"},"modified":"2011-09-10T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T17:01:09","slug":"university-of-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/archives\/618","title":{"rendered":"University of Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>The new college of biology offers enclosed modern courtyard.<!--more--><\/address>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Houston is a public research university located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, it is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. The third-largest university in Texas, UH has over 38,750 students on its 667-acre campus in southeast Houston. It was known as University of Houston\u2013University Park from 1983 to 1991. The Carnegie Foundation classifies UH as a top-tier research university. The institution ranks among the Top 50 American Research Universities, and is in the Top 300 Academic Ranking of World Universities.<br \/>\nThe university offers over 300 degree programs through its 12 academic colleges on campus\u2014including programs leading to professional degrees in law, optometry, and pharmacy. The institution conducts nearly $120 million annually in research, and it operates more than 40 research centers and institutes on campus.<br \/>\nInterdisciplinary research includes superconductivity, space commercialization and exploration, biomedical sciences and engineering, energy and natural resources, and artificial intelligence. Awarding more than 7,200 degrees annually, UH&#8217;s alumni base exceeds 250,000. The economic impact of the university contributes over $3.1 billion annually to the Houston economy, while generating about 24,000 jobs.<br \/>\nThe University of Houston hosts a variety of theatrical performances, concerts, lectures, and events. It has over 400 student organizations and 16 intercollegiate sports teams. Annual UH events and traditions include The Cat&#8217;s Back, Homecoming, and Frontier Fiesta. The university&#8217;s varsity athletic teams, known as the Houston Cougars, are members of Conference USA and compete in the NCAA&#8217;s Division I in all sports. The football team regularly makes bowl game appearances, and the men&#8217;s basketball team has made 19 appearances in the NCAA Division I Tournament\u2014including five Final Four appearances. The men&#8217;s golf team has won 16 national championships\u2014the second-most of any NCAA golf program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address>Quoted from wikipedia.com<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new college of biology offers enclosed modern courtyard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destination","category-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}