Sept. 13 Fall 1999 enrollment totals 49,034 at UT Austin; entering freshman class shows substantial increases in number, percentage of African American, Hispanic and Asian American students over fall 1998 class
Enrollment at The University of Texas at Austin is 49,034 this fall -- a total that indicates the University may retain its ranking as the largest single-campus institution in the country.Sept. 8 Bronze-on-bronze sound of UT Austin's carillon rings through Hill Country
Tom Anderson is the official University carilloneur, soloing most Mondays and Wednesdays, performing with Humphrey on Fridays.Sept. 8 Microsoft gift supports distance learning for migrant students
A $40,000 gift from the Microsoft Corporation to the Distance Education Center in Continuing and Extended Education at The University of Texas at Austin will help bring new educational technologies to bear on problems facing Texas migrant students.Sept. 8 UT Austin plans celebration to unveil MLK sculpture
The sculptors were selected after a national "Call for Artists" search by the committee, which was facilitated by the Texas Commission on the Arts. The Varillas will be paid $275,000. Funds remaining from the collection of the student fee will go toward a scholarship fund bearing King's name.Sept. 7 UT Austin residence hall expansion concepts would improve student housing on campus
Professor Lance Tatum's architecture students at The University of Texas at Austin have been working on some innovative building designs that they hope will someday be used in connection with the planned expansion of the residence hall facilities on campus.Sept. 3 UT Austin opens its doors and its Tower for its 116th birthday celebration
The University of Texas at Austin will celebrate its 116th birthday on Sept. 15 with music, a symposium, a state of the University address by President Larry R. Faulkner and the president's historic reopening of the Tower observation deck.Sept. 1 Latino USA broadcasts special series for Hispanic Heritage Month
Listeners of <i>Latino USA</i> will be able to hear four special programs during September and October in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month that delve into the cultural contributions of Latinos in the United States.Sept. 1 Daily Texan reporters gather for centennial celebration
Walter Cronkite, Liz Carpenter, Willie Morris, Liz Smith, Ronnie Dugger, Bill Moyers and cartoonist Berke Breathed æ what college newspaper wouldn't love to have just half of these celebrated journalists as alumni?Aug. 27 International Conference on Technological Policy and Innovation opens Monday at LBJ School
Representatives of 34 nations are expected to attend the 3rd International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation, Monday (Aug. 30) through Thursday (Sept. 2) at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.Aug. 26 Judicial finance campaign reform to be discussed in public forum at UT Austin sponsored by ABA
A public forum on judicial campaign finance reform, sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, will be conducted Wednesday (Sept. 1) at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.Aug. 26 Paul Cret at Texas, by Lawrence Speck
Paul Cret, a French architect educated at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, designed The University of Texas at Austin Tower as the centerpiece of the University's campus. Silhouetted against the Texas sky, it was to be, he said, "the image carried in our memory when we think of the place."Aug. 20 Big bird flies again — from ceiling of Texas Memorial Museum
The replica is made by putting a soft latex jacket around fossilized pieces to make a mold. The mold is later filled with epoxy or fiberglass. The first cast of the piece of fossil becomes the master cast and is saved, because it will last longer than the mold.
