Jeff Gifford - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/jeff-gifford/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:29:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jeff Gifford - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/jeff-gifford/ 32 32 103504436 Texas among best states for women startup founders, report finds https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-among-best-states-for-women-startup-founders-report-finds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-among-best-states-for-women-startup-founders-report-finds Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:29:45 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fa98f0225ab98d72c31894ae4d08c32c The Merchant Maverick report showed that states in the West and South made noticeable gains this year. More than half of the top 10 on the list were west of the Mississippi River, and no states from the Northeast made the top 10.

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]]> 535160 See which Houston universities rank on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs lists https://houstonnewmedia.org/see-which-houston-universities-rank-on-u-s-news-world-reports-best-online-programs-lists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=see-which-houston-universities-rank-on-u-s-news-world-reports-best-online-programs-lists Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:50:15 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ca3ea30729f4dc3fbd5d4defa1a8c654 Six Houston-area universities all found a place on U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Online Programs Rankings.

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]]> 242909 See which local universities rank on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities list https://houstonnewmedia.org/see-which-local-universities-rank-on-u-s-news-world-reports-best-global-universities-list/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=see-which-local-universities-rank-on-u-s-news-world-reports-best-global-universities-list Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a3381f9162681d67cfbca9e0ec46a88c Five Houston-area universities all found a place on U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Global Universities Rankings, with two appearing in the top 200.

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]]> 197943 Universal Technical Institute to acquire MIAT College of Technology, including Houston campus https://houstonnewmedia.org/universal-technical-institute-to-acquire-miat-college-of-technology-including-houston-campus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=universal-technical-institute-to-acquire-miat-college-of-technology-including-houston-campus Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:29:58 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=2f1cb38f8b24b4050fc4a1927207448e MIAT was founded in 1969 in Canton, Michigan, and expanded to Houston in 2010. In 2019, the school expanded its Houston campus by nearly 40%.

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]]> 119089 Former Freeport-McMoRan CEO James Moffett dies of Covid-19 complications https://houstonnewmedia.org/former-freeport-mcmoran-ceo-james-moffett-dies-of-covid-19-complications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-freeport-mcmoran-ceo-james-moffett-dies-of-covid-19-complications Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:18:36 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=231712ebc802568f3b62737055b38798 James Moffett is remembered as the longtime leader of mining giant Freeport McMoRan, as well as for donating millions of dollars to his alma mater, the University of Texas, and for a controversial real estate project. He died Jan. 8 after contracting C...

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