School

Student body success at the University of Houston relies on the character and connectivity of professors. The best ones are those who understand the needs of their students and can foster an engaging and informative environment in which students can actively learn and gain real-life connections with their...

Here’s a rapid-fire question for you: What is the first word that comes to your mind when your professor declares your next assignment has to be completed in a group? Does your answer fall in the satisfactory category, with words like exciting and collaborative, or the daunting category, with words like nightmarish...

Cover Image by Gauraangi Gupta These days, there are more and more stories about how bleak the job market is becoming for average college graduates. With AI on the rise, students are beginning to worry about what their future careers will look like. Some jobs are being taken by artificial intelligence, and...

Cover Photo by Gauraangi Gupta “Nostalgia: it’s delicate but potent. It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. It takes us to a place we ache to go again.” — Don Draper  Most have heard their high school teachers say, “You’ll miss these days when they’re gone,” at some point. Back...

Photo by Gauraangi Gupta College students are well known for crafting some of the most creative excuses to explain missed assignments. Today, they have mastered crafting their own rendition of the classic, “The dog ate my homework.”  In the midst of juggling classwork, part-time jobs, internships and the...

Cover Photo by Abdulhusain Bootwala Our beloved university is one of the largest in the entire state of Texas. This means more variety and diversity in all aspects for Coogs.  Home to 16 academic colleges, the University of Houston offers a buffet of majors and minors to choose from—some you probably never...

Cover Graphic by Larsha Flowers Trends around the world are like the sunrise and sunset: while one trend rises, another one seems to fall. In a world where the influence of technology is so significant, it’s almost like we wake up to the surge of a new trend every single day when we unlock our phones. Here...

Cover Image by Robert Bribiesca Fall 2025 marks the start of a new academic year on campus. Just like with every other fresh start, it comes with fresh changes and updates.  The university continues to find ways to enhance the campus experience for all its students, staff and faculty members. This fall, that...

Cover image by Larsha Flowers As the 2025 summer season comes to a close, we at Cooglife couldn’t help but wonder what Coogs were up to over the last few months so we ran a poll. We anticipated responses would include summer classes and travel, and we were not disappointed. Here’s what Coogs did this...

Illustrations by Larsha Flowers Every semester, students and parents pack themselves, along with suitcases and boxes, into cars ahead of college move-in days. This usually bittersweet semester ritual, however, becomes a little more bitter when students realize they have neglected to pack these five basic...