March 31 Stressfest 2003 provides festive virtual cruise for students at The University of Texas at Austin
Students at The University of Texas at Austin who feel stress from their college courses, financial worries, relationships or even world events can take a virtual cruise on the good ship Stressfest from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., April 16 to have fun and learn a variety of stress reduction techniques.March 27 Newsweek research archive donated to The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin has announced a major gift from Newsweek, Inc.--the entire Newsweek magazine research archive for the years 1933 to 1996--to the university's Center for American History. The collection will join the center's News Media History Archive, that contains the papers of media professionals, the archives of media industries and special-focus collections on media issues.March 27 Nursing student receives Hartford Foundation award for study on aging with childhood onset disabilities
A University of Texas at Austin nursing doctoral candidate has received a $50,000 award from the John A. Hartford Foundation for a study focusing on how women who had paralytic polio before age 12 are now aging.March 26 George Kozmetsky Award established for branding excellence; Center for Brand Research and IC2 name 11 finalists
The Institute for Innovation Creativity and Capital (IC2) and The Center for Brand Research at The University of Texas at Austin have established the George Kozmetsky Award for Branding Excellence in the 21st Century to recognize innovative, creative and ethical business practices.March 26 Michael S. Dell to give commencement speech at The University of Texas at Austin May 17
Michael S. Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Computer, the computer company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and built into a multibillion-dollar global corporation, will give the commencement address for the 120th spring commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 17.March 26 Two Truman Scholarships awarded to students at The University of Texas at Austin
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has announced the 76 winners of this year's scholarships, including junior Heidi Boutros and senior Corinna Kester at The University of Texas at Austin.March 17 Blanton Museum receives $350,000 for construction of new facility
The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin received two new gifts toward its capital campaign. The H.E. Butt Grocery Company of San Antonio (HEB) has pledged $250,000 toward the building campaign and the T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton Foundation of Fort Worth has approved a grant of $100,000 for the new building.March 13 Leading University of Texas at Austin civil engineer advises Congress on addressing spiraling highway and transit needs
Dr. C. Michael Walton, a professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, today urged members of Congress to maintain their plan to increase highway and transit funding based on the spiraling needs of the nation's surface transportation system as they consider the reauthorization of the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st century.March 12 White honored by National Association of Social Workers as social workers celebrate national social work month
Dr. Barbara White, dean of the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, has received the 2003 Presidential Award for Leadership in Social Work Education from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).March 11 Conference on violence and culture in the Americasto feature Judge Baltasar Garzón of Spain
Spain's Judge Baltasar Garzon, best known for bringing charges against General Augusto Pinochet for human rights violations in Chile, will be the keynote speaker at 3 p.m., March 25 at 'Culture and Peace: Violence, Politics and Representation in the Americas,' a conference at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Connally Center Eidman Courtroom.March 11 The University of Texas at Austin announces new $10,000 first generation scholarship
The Texas New Generation Scholarship, a $10,000 award aimed at Texans who will be of the first generation in their families to pursue higher education, has been introduced by the Office of Student Financial Services at The University of Texas at Austin.March 10 Computational engineering and science research institute established at The University of Texas at Austin
A new institute to provide the intellectual leadership and infrastructure for conducting world-class interdisciplinary research in the fields of computational science, engineering and technology has been created at The University of Texas at Austin.
