[1] Construction of Cullen Performance Hall was part of a large expansion to the University of Houston's permanent buildings on campus that took place starting on May 10, 1948.

[5] Artists who have appeared at Cullen Performance Hall include Depeche Mode,[6] The Smiths,[7] Los Lobos,[8] Tori Amos,[9] Dead Can Dance,[10] Tracy Chapman,[11] Kronos Quartet,[12] Djavan,[13] Rick Braun,[14] Jonathan Butler,[14] Richard Elliot,[14] Peter White,[14] Cyndi Lauper,[15] The Clash,[16] and the Ramones.

[17] Rapper and political activist Chuck D spoke at a public lecture at Cullen Performance Hall in 2006.

[20] Nobel laureates James D. Watson and Eric Kandel lectured at the hall in 2007, and were moderated by Ferid Murad.

[22] Academic scholar Cornel West lectured on race relations as a guest of the university's Graduate College of Social Work in 2005.