Oct. 29 UT professors, students who "Take Education to the Limits" will be honored Nov. 4 in ceremony at Austin City Limits
A former lawmaker who finished a degree after 30 years in the Texas Senate and a woman who earned her degree while ducking bombs behind sandbags in Bahrain during Operation Desert Storm will be among six faculty members and six students The University of Texas at Austin will honor on Wednesday (Nov. 3).Oct. 29 UT Austin historical publication examines African Americans in Texas
The current issue of the <i>Southwestern Historical Quarterly</i> examines three aspects of the history of African-American Texans: domestic employee/employer relations, the role of the African-American middle class in black labor movements and the history of segregation at The University of Texas at Austin. The <i>Quarterly</i> is published by the Texas State Historical Association, which is based at UT Austin.Oct. 28 Two UT Austin professors carry experiment of "informed electorate" to Australians considering switch from monarchial to republican government
Two research centers from The University of Texas at Austin brought together 347 people of diverse backgrounds from throughout Australia last week for two days of intensive deliberation on whether Australia should forever break away from the British monarchy.Oct. 28 UT Austin provost lends helping hand through Meals on Wheels
Each day, at least 160 volunteers across Austin line up at the Meals on Wheels and More office on Rosewood Avenue to collect meals to deliver to 1,600 homebound people in the area. For the recipients, many of whom are elderly and disabled, the knock on the door at noon is a welcome relief -- a signal that they will be eating at least one nutritious meal that day.Oct. 28 UT Austin's Women in Engineering and The Ophelia Project host astronaut Cady Coleman encouraging girls and young women to "Shoot for the Stars"
One of NASA's most experienced women astronauts, Lt. Col. Catherine "Cady" Coleman, will land in Austin Friday (Nov. 5) to urge girls and young women to "Shoot for the Stars!" in a free public presentation at the The University of Texas at Austin.Oct. 27 Two Texas students among nine regional finalists competing at UT Austin for Siemens Westinghouse science-tech scholarship
Nine high school students have been selected to compete Nov. 19-20 at The University of Texas at Austin in the southwest regional finals of the Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition, a scholarship and awards program of the Siemens Foundation.Oct. 21 UT Austin President Larry R. Faulkner to visit Houston high schools
UT Austin President Larry R. Faulkner will visit top academic achievers in the junior and senior classes at three Houston high schools on Monday (Oct. 25) to encourage them to apply for Longhorn Opportunity Scholarships.Oct. 20 UT Austin receives share of $13 million federal grant to find ways to improve nation's defense against possible chemical, biological terrorism
The University of Texas at Austin is part of a consortium of research partners who will share $13 million in federal funding for prevention research, testing, education and training to improve the nation's defense against possible chemical and biological terrorism.Oct. 19 Satellite study reveals new secrets of Antarctica's spectacular rivers of ice
Using data collected from a Canadian satellite, scientists studying the West Antarctic ice sheet have discovered a dynamic system of ice streams and their tributaries that make the ice sheet a far more intricate structure than was previously known.Oct. 13 UT freshmen to hear from women leaders in the Texas music scene
University of Texas at Austin freshmen will have the opportunity to hear five women prominent in the Texas music scene Wednesday (Oct. 20) in a panel moderated by <i>Austin Chronicle</i> music writer David Lynch.Oct. 13 Expert on aging to speak Saturday at official opening of UT Austin's Institute of Gerontology
Walter Bortz, a distinguished physician, researcher and author of the best-selling book <i>We Live Too Short and Die Too Long,</i> will speak at the official opening of UT's new Institute of Gerontology on Saturday (Oct 16). The Institute was established by the University last spring to promote research and education in gerontology and to respond to the needs of an aging society.Oct. 12 New efforts to find evidence of water on the moon came up dry, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin announced Wednesday (Oct. 13).
New efforts to find evidence of water on the moon came up dry, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin announced Wednesday (Oct. 13). But their research efforts have laid the groundwork for further investigations, as well as demonstrating a potentially useful new method for lunar prospecting.
