Monthly Archives: Feb. 2001

A language difference is not a language disorder. Yet every year, some bilingual children in Texas wind up being funneled into classrooms designed for children with learning disabilities.

The 2001 Migrant Student of the Year, chosen from among 1,000 migrant students from throughout Texas involved in a special distance learning program, will be announced during recognition ceremonies at The University of Texas at Austin on March 5.

American Electric Power Co. (AEP) has made a grant to The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory to sponsor its StarDate radio program. By doing so, AEP becomes StarDate's exclusive national sponsor for 2001.

Dr. John Kappelman, professor of zoology at The University of Texas at Austin, will lecture on how the recovery of new fossil specimens has changed our understanding of the timing of human origins. The lecture, Ancestors of Us All: Recent Discoveries in Human Origins and Evolution, is part of the UT Austin Department of Geological Sciences Outreach Lecture Series.

The University of Texas at Austin's campus-wide open house, Explore UT, is sure to attract thousands of visitors with its action-packed schedule of activities. Explore UT will showcase the University's colleges, schools and units through hands-on activities, demonstrations, exhibitions and lectures. The event will take place at the campus on Saturday, March 3, 2001, from noon to 6 p.m. and will be free to the public.

Dr. Juan Hernández, a cabinet member of Mexican President Vicente Fox, will present "Mexican Migrants to the U.S., Remittances, and Mexico-U.S. Guestworker Policy Initiatives" from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, (Feb. 22) in the Governors' Room of the University of Texas Student Union.

A performance and talk by recording artist Lourdes Perez and Annette D'Armata will highlight "Out of Bounds: The Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference on Race, Identity and Representation" on March 2-3. The event will take place in the LBJ Room (CMA 5.160) at The University of Texas at Austin.

The College of Engineering and the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin announced today (Feb. 19) Ford Motor Company gifts totaling $7.3 million for a range of student programs.

The romantic comedy Gabriela will premiere in a special showing free and open to the public at 8 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 22) at The University of Texas at Austin.

Just as the sun sets on Monday (Feb. 19), the lights illuminating the Tower at The University of Texas at Austin will be turned on for 10 to 15 minutes while a television production crew in a helicopter circling overhead captures the Tower image on video. Then the lights will be turned off until Tuesday evening.