Houston ISD Pushes Deal To Fast-Track Seniors Into UT And San Antonio Campuses
HISD's state-appointed board is moving to negotiate direct- or guaranteed-admission agreements with UT‑Austin and three San Antonio universities to boost college enrollment. Details and eligibility rules will be hammered out in upcoming negotiations.
Rice Races To Hire 200 Profs As Houston Campus Swells
Rice says it has hired more than 200 tenure‑track professors and plans roughly 30 percent more hires as undergraduate enrollment expands toward about 5,000. The push includes AI cluster searches and campus building projects to keep the 6‑to‑1 student‑faculty experience intact.
Deadly Cloud Over The Galleria Houston Recalls 610 Ammonia Horror 50 Years Later
Fifty years after a tanker spilled anhydrous ammonia on Loop 610, Houston remembers the deadly crash that reshaped hazmat routing and emergency response. The 1976 disaster remains a touchstone for how the city manages dangerous cargo.












