Monthly Archives: Nov. 2000

Deep beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, scientists in scuba gear from The University of Texas at Austin plant an odd-looking garden. The "crop" consists of watertight Ziploc bags full of seaweeds collected from a nearby coral reef. The bags also contain various amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous, the same kinds of nutrients that make lawns, flowers and food crops flourish.

More than 700 physicists, astronomers and cosmologists are expected to attend the Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, an international conference set for Monday (Dec. 11) through Friday (Dec. 15) at the Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez.

A research grant from The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has been awarded to Dr. Melanie Percy, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, for a collaborative Touchpoints project.

Dr. D. Lynn Rew, professor and graduate adviser for the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, has received the 2001 Society of Adolescent Medicine (SAM) /Organon Visiting Professor in Adolescent Research Award.

Texas A&M University will establish a $50,000 scholarship at The University of Texas at Austin in remembrance of the spirit displayed by UT Austin students and faculty following the 1999 Bonfire tragedy.

The Institute of Transnational Law, which will serve as a bridge for students from Latin America and Europe to come together for graduate studies in North American law and European law, has been created at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

A new Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin will be launched in the 2001-2002 academic year, establishing a campus center for interdisciplinary intellectual community and research.

Thirteen teams from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin will participate in the annual Texas MOOT CORP® Competition on Nov. 30. The competition has become an annual rite of passage for young entrepreneurs.

Alumni associations in the Victoria area for Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin met together Friday (Nov. 17) to announce a cooperative scholarship program that will financially assist students from The Victoria College in transferring to one of those two universities.

Joe and Teresa Lozano Long announced today (Nov. 20) a gift of $10 million as a permanent endowment for research, scholarships and other educational endeavors at the Institute of Latin American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.