2025 Department of History Newsletter Celebrates Achievements

November 11, 2025 —

The 2025 Department of History Newsletter reports on the achievements of our majors and minors in History, graduate students, alumni, staff, faculty, and emeriti. You can find everything from publications to endowed fellowships in this document. Feature essays show how historians contribute to and shape our society.

Top Stories

December 19, 2025

The Fall 2025 Issue of DIMENSION Magazine is Now Available!

While celebrating our 80th anniversary this year, we were reminded that honoring our past is essential and understanding how that legacy shapes what comes next is equally important. This issue of DIMENSION explores that connection, examining the influence of history, the emergence of new ideas, and the path we are charting forward, including the launch of our historic preservation and cultural sustainability initiative.

December 18, 2025

Bold New Visions

Nineteen University of Houston architecture students spent the fall semester developing bold adaptive-reuse concepts for the Astrodome through an Amazon-funded design studio.

December 17, 2025

Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Supports Future Leaders in African American Studies with $200,000 Gift

Andrea Tribble, a Spring 2025 graduate of the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), was the first student to receive the William Alexander Lawson Social Justice Endowed Scholarship in Academic Year 2024-25.