Jan. 30 Growing number of U.S.-Mexican border residents using herbs to treat ailments, creating potential problems
More and more residents along the U.S.-Mexican border are using herbal products instead of conventional medicines to treat health problems and are failing to inform a physician about the use — an omission that makes them at risk for potentially dangerous drug interactions, the findings of a new study show.Jan. 29 Fund-raising event by Austin group to support scholarship endowments
The Sembradores de Amistad Valentine's Day Ball 2002, supporting scholarship endowments for underprivileged college students at The University of Texas at Austin and three other central Texas educational institutions, will be held at 5:45 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Omni South Park Hotel in Austin.Jan. 28 University approves new guidelines for lighting of UT Tower
The University of Texas at Austin has approved new guidelines for lighting the UT Tower.Jan. 28 Scholars to discuss controversial issues about legal profession and thecivil justice system during conference at The University of Texas at Austin
Two of the nation’s top legal scholars on securities markets will discuss the impact of securities laws and litigation on the integrity of financial markets during a conference Feb. 1-2 at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.Jan. 25 Steven Nichols named associate vice president for research at The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Steven P. Nichols, director of the Clint W. Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise in the College of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, has been appointed associate vice president for research at The University of Texas at Austin.Jan. 24 Texas Exes to honor 11 outstanding teachers for excellence
The University of Texas at Austin’s alumni association, the Texas Exes, has chosen nine high school and two elementary school teachers from throughout Texas as winners of the 2002 Texas Excellence Awards for Outstanding Teachers.Jan. 23 Speaker to address concentration camp experiences, deportation issues
"Paris-Auschwitz-Paris: A French-Jewish Experience in the 20th Century," will be presented by Charles Baron, president of the Official Committee of the Deported Jews of France at 4 p.m., Feb. 28, at The University of Texas at Austin. <pWhile still in his teens, the French-born Baron was arrested and deported in 1942 to various concentration camps, primarily Auschwitz-Birkenau. After a daring escape from a prison train in 1945, Baron and others were liberated by the American 103rd Infantry Division.</p>Jan. 23 University of Texas researchers receive $5.5 million to study effects of curricular changes in U.S. schools
Three grants totaling more than $5.5 million have been awarded to The University of Texas at Austin Department of Sociology and the Population Research Center to study the effects of recent curricular changes in the nation’s schools.Jan. 22 University Health Services at UT Austin notifies students of classmate's death apparently caused by meningitis
Preliminary tests involving the death of a University of Texas at Austin student who lived in an off-campus apartment indicate he had bacterial meningitis, health department officials said today (Jan. 22).Jan. 17 UT Austin's Dana Center receives $94,000 award for mathematics education
The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded $94,000 for a project to increase the capacity of Texas high schools to offer high-quality, advanced courses in mathematics. The program involves building partnerships between higher education faculty and high school mathematics faculty.Jan. 16 Weddell seals help UT Austin researchers film Antarctic fish
Enlisting the help of 15 Weddell seals as underwater photographers, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered important new information about two ecologically important fish species living far beneath the ice pack in the dark and frigid waters of Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound.Jan. 15 Zaffirini to co-host reception Wednesday for students from Mexico attending The University of Texas at Austin
Students from Mexico attending The University of Texas at Austin will be honored Wednesday (Jan. 16) at the Texas State Capitol by a welcoming committee headed by state Sen. Judith Zaffirini of Laredo.
