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Student work to be featured
at Undergraduate Research Day More than 100 research projects conducted by undergraduates from UH and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program will be on display at Undergraduate Research Day 2011 Thursday in the Rockwell Pavilion of the M.D. Anderson Library. “This event honors the outstanding work of our undergraduate researchers. These students make real contributions to their field of study just a few years into their education,” Karen Weber, director of the UH Office of Undergraduate Research, said in a recent press release. The event starts at 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public. — Jennifer Postel
HEALTH
Well Woman Extravaganza to provide information at seminar
The Collegiate Cancer Council, Changing Communities Movement Foundation and other student health organizations will host the 3rd Annual Well Woman Extravaganza from 2 - 6 p.m. Thursday at the University Center’s Houston Room. The Extravaganza, open to all students, faculty and staff, gives the community access to information about various health and wellness issues. A panel of health professionals will answer questions, and there will be free health screenings, music, raffles and door prizes. The first 100 people to be screened will receive free dinner. For more information, contact Meisha Brown at meishabrown@ hotmail.com. — Zahra Ahmed
HINES
Award winning designer to speak at architecture lecture Lisa Krohn, creative director of brand and design practice Krohn Design, will give a lecture titled “The Ten Commandments of Design” from 6 - 7 p.m. Thursday in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Theater, Room 150. Krohn, who earned a Fulbright Fellowship to work with designer Mario Bellini in Italy, has had her award-winning designs featured in museums around the country, including the San Francisco and New York Museums of Modern Art. The event is free and open to the public. Call (713) 743-2400 for more information. — Michelle Casas
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October 12, 2011 Issue 30, Volume 77
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Cougars help refugees transition Program aids children by providing tutoring, easing move to America Zahra Ahmed
THE DAILY COUGAR Students in the Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees program have been hard at work helping refugee children adapt to a new life in America. “The only thing they have contact with is a school environment and other American kids,” said senior Cecilia Cai, the chapter’s president. “But they tend to stay with kids who speak their own language so it’s hard to get them to open up.
PAIR is here to fill that gap.” In 2010, Cai joined Rice University’s nonprofit refugee service organization as an after-school community volunteer. But after a few months at the Rice chapter, she wanted to bring the program to her own school. That fall, Cai and her friends established the UH chapter of PAIR, and have been providing academic and socially enriching activities to refugee students at Las Americas Middle School in HISD ever since. Twice a week, volunteers mentor, teach and play games with students at Las Americas, a school exclusive to recent immigrants. The program, known as Global Learners, is for middle school students and is one of three PAIR
programs available to Houston’s young refugees. “Many of these children have experienced disrupted education,” said board president Renee Stern. “Some refugee camps are wellorganized and provide education, but some don’t have schools.” Global Learners Las Americas is host to over 40 kids whose families have fled persecution and poverty in their native countries and come to Houston in search of social tolerance and economic opportunities. From the largest to smallest demographics, students come from Iraq, Eritrea, a range of other African countries and Burma. At only 11 to 14 years old, most of PAIR continues on page 10
HINES
Architecture college adds interior design
Degree program aims to teach students to use a cohesive skill set Bryan Dupont-Gray
THE DAILY COUGAR With the recent addition of an undergraduate interior architecture program, students enrolled in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture have another way to master their craft as they pursue a degree. Serving as director of the newly-established program is Gregory Marinic, a former instructor at
Pratt Institute. The head of a self-established architectural design team known as Arquipelago, Marinic said he believes the interior architecture program utilizes multiple skills pertaining to architecture, such as decorative arts and the preservation of historic buildings. While access to these abilities requires knowledge and attention to detail, Marinic emphasizes the importance of cohesiveness in all projects, a key concept that serves as a component of many successfully completed interior designs. “Interior architects must acquire a broad awareness that considers the social, spatial,
structural and performance opportunities of intervening within existing buildings,” Marinic said. “Students will participate in studios that will enrich the experience by connecting them with the real-world collaboration that is inherent to the design disciplines.” The studios have a wide scope, filled with every tool that architects and designers will need in order to bring their projects to life. Students will be able to get hands-on with materials and will use digital media for their research as they build models. ARCHITECTURE continues on page 10
Tree falls at dorms
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tree in front of Bates Hall in the Quadrangle fell down over the weekend due to the thunderstorms in the Houston area. UH received 5.28 inches of rain over the past week, according to harriscountyfws.org. It was the first significant rainfall in almost a month. |
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