Monthly Archives: June 2002

A new Texas generic drug law could potentially save patients and drug benefit programs as much as $257 million a year, say University of Texas at Austin researchers who have spent years studying the economic impact of increasing generic substitutions.

An end to speculation about the brain size of the famous fossil animal, Archaeopteryx lithographica, is in sight as scientists scan the braincase of this bird-dinosaur intermediate.

Though McDonald's often is disparaged as imposing American culture upon unsuspecting global consumers, a new study shows that in Japan fast food restaurants may have positive cultural effects.

The presidents of Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin will trade jobs for the day on Friday (June 28) to the probable surprise of diehard Aggies and Longhorns.

A University of Texas at Austin nursing researcher has received $1.2 million to continue her study into the sexual health practices of homeless adolescents, a group which already is at significantly higher risk than other youth of contracting and transmitting sexually transmitted diseases.

The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at The University of Texas at Austin has received a combined $340,000 in funding for Phases II and III of the Campaign for Young Voters, a project aimed at increasing the involvement of young people in the democratic process.

The Tower was lit orange with an orange top and the #1 displayed on Tuesday evening, June 25, in recognition of the College World Series win by The University of Texas at Austin baseball team.

The University of Texas at Austin’s Charles A. Dana Center will be co-hosting this year’s AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Summer Institute June 26-30 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel.

The treatment and prevention of pre-teen depression is the focus of a five-year, $1.725 million research project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and conducted by two professors at The University of Texas at Austin College of Education.

Juneteenth, June 19, the oldest black holiday in the nation, marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in Texas, the last state in which it survived. Juneteenth is one of the subjects spotlighted on the Web site of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) with links to related articles in the Handbook of Texas Online.