UT Stories
Professor Eli Reed and photojournalism students from the College of Communication’s School of Journalism discuss covering Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in “UT Katrina Coverage” from The Digital Journalist’s October 2005 issue.
The School of Social Work provided many volunteers during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. At the Austin Convention Center they did assessments, helped people pack up, completed applications and organized donations. Read some of their personal recollections.
Katrina’s evacuated engineering students get free supplies
September 22, 2005
The Lockheed Martin Corporation has extended a helping hand to engineering students displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are now attending The University of Texas at Austin.
They sent backpacks filled with 10 pounds of supplies, including T-shirts, baseball caps, mouse pads, CD cases, notebooks and travel coffee mugs. Students began picking up the care packages Wednesday, and will continue Thursday.
Read more about Katrina’s evacuated engineering students.
Marine Science Institute’s R/V LONGHORN
to support post-Katrina research
September 21, 2005
he research vessel “LONGHORN,” the flagship of The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, has been requested to support time-sensitive, critical research off the coast of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina.
Passage of a major hurricane can have just as dramatic an effect on the bottom of the oceans as it has on land. To fully understand the total environmental impact of such a storm, information about the land and sea must be combined. The LONGHORN is the only vessel capable of responding to the request for this mission.
Read more about how the Marine Science Institute’s R/V LONGHORN will support post-Katrina research.
School of Nursing faculty, students and staff are committed to helping those affected by Hurricane Katrina. More than 100 volunteers from the school rushed to volunteer as evacuees arrived in Austin. Here are two of their personal stories.
University of Texas at Austin astronomers invite
hurricane evacuees to view Moon, planets
September 16, 2005
University of Texas at Austin astronomers will be hosting nightly “star parties” for the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Each night through Thursday, Sept. 22, they will set up two telescopes on the west side of the Austin Convention Center, at the intersection of Third and Red River streets, to share views of the Moon and planets. Weather permitting, the events should start around 8 p.m. and run to about 10 p.m.
Center for Space Research uses satellite mapping
to aid efforts to rescue Hurricane Katrina victims
September 14, 2005
Vice President Dick Cheney last Saturday (Sept. 10) acknowledged the work of a research group from The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Space Research (CSR) who used sophisticated satellite mapping technology to assist water rescue efforts for thousands of Katrina victims.
Working within the State Operations Center of the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management, an eight-person research group from the Center for Space Research used satellite and global positioning system (GPS) technology to coordinate rescue efforts for New Orleans survivors. The team also manages the state’s mass care shelter database and continues to help evacuees by tracking the availability of hundreds of shelters across Texas.
Read more about how the Center for Space Research uses satellite mapping to aid efforts to rescue Hurricane Katrina victims.
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