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  • Nov. 15UT Austin researchers developing needle-free insulin delivery system
    A breakthrough system that delivers insulin to diabetics without using needles is being developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and DelRx, a New Jersey pharmaceutical company. Roughly similar to an inhaler, the system is ready for large-scale clinical trials, according to Dr. Bill Williams, associate professor in the College of Pharmacy.
  • Nov. 15College Costs and Opportunities
    As president of a large public university, I am aware of the concerns of parents and students about the cost of a college education. To be sure, earning a college degree requires a major investment of time, money and effort. However, while the benefits of higher education are invaluable, its cost often is overstated in the media -- especially the cost of attending a state university. This leads to a public perception that, for many people, college is out of reach.
  • Nov. 10Austin engineering professor wins National Science Foundation Award to study use of fungus in devices to clean polluted air
    Dr. Kerry Kinney, assistant professor in The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering, has won a four-year National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award to study whether fungus can be used to clean contaminated air by consuming pollutants. The CAREER Award is among the highest research honors a young faculty member can receive.
  • Nov. 10Longtime broadcast journalist Robert Trout donates archive to The University of Texas at Austin
    Robert Trout, whose life as a broadcast journalist spans seven decades of American and world history, has given the University of Texas Center for American History his personal archive of materials related to his career on radio and television.
  • Nov. 10The University of Texas System provides access to world's largest scientific database
    ScienceDirect®, provider of the world's largest database of full-text scientific research, has been selected by The University of Texas System libraries to provide online access to 700,000 full-text journal articles and over 1.7 million abstracts in the scientific, technical and medical fields. Arrangements to receive this service were coordinated by the General Libraries of The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Nov. 9UT Austin historian elected president of American Historical Association
    University of Texas at Austin historian Dr. W. Roger Louis, whose award-winning teaching style and carefully chronicled books have illuminated the history of the British Empire and the origins of both World Wars for nearly 30 years, has been elected president of the American Historical Association.
  • Nov. 3Unprecedented online Grad School Survey results to be released Nov. 12 at UT Austin
    Researchers who conducted the groundbreaking online Grad School Survey will release their results during a panel discussion at The University of Texas at Austin on Nov 12. More than 6,500 students from across the country completed the survey. The results provide a ranking of 400 science and engineering departments based on their educational practices.
  • Nov. 3National Association of Graduate-Professional Students expands groundbreaking survey with Sloan Foundation grant
    The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) received a $30,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand a groundbreaking Web-based survey effort aimed at evaluating and ranking doctoral departments based on student perceptions of educational and professional development practices.
  • Oct. 29UT 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. 29UT 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. 28Two 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. 28UT 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.



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