Staff Picks: The best of books and the worst of books
National Book Lovers Day is Aug. 9 and The Signal staff have a few recommendations for books to check out and avoid. Check out their picks below and comment below with your own selections.
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The Book of Unknown Americans
DREAMers discussion concludes fall Common Reader Program events
Oscar Hernandez, Houston organizer with United We Dream, came to the university for a discussion about the DREAMers movement Nov. 9.
“United We Dream” talk with special guest, Oscar Hernández
The College of Human Sciences and Humanities, in collaboration with Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Studies, is hosting “United We Dream” with special guest Oscar Hernández. The event is from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Bayou Building, Garden…
Novelist Cristina Henríquez speaks at UHCL about immigrant experience
Cristina Henríquez, book and magazine author, gave a talk titled “The Unknown Immigrant” Sept. 22 followed by a Q&A, reception and book signing.
First-Year Seminar common reader program
The common reader program is the reading assignment attached to the First-Year Seminar. First-year students are required to register for this course, entitled PSYC 1100 Learning Frameworks, within their first year at UHCL.
This seminar…
REVIEW: ‘The Book of Unknown Americans’
“The Book of Unknown Americans” by Cristina Henríquez highlights relatable subjects such as moving to a new country and racism but in a way that ventures from the beaten path. In it’s most basic form, the novel tells the love story of two…