July 29 Federal funding needed for mental health reform, consultant to presidential commission says
New federal funding and the highest level of flexibility will be required to achieve the goals outlined in a new report by a presidential commission on improving the nation's mental health system, the head of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin said.July 28 Faulkner appoints UT Police Department advisory committee
President Larry R. Faulkner has appointed Professor M. Michael Sharlot, former dean of the School of Law, as chair of the first Police Oversight Committee for the university.July 28 University of Texas at Austin team wins one of two challenges in warm-up round for international computer simulation competition
A team from The University of Texas at Austin beat 19 competitors in a computer simulation challenge that precedes an international simulation competition in Mexico.July 22 Engineers create promising nanotechnology for oral delivery of cancer drugs
AUSTIN, Texas—Polymer nanospheres just 1/100 a hair’s width in diameter and loaded with potent anti-cancer drugs could one day become a powerful weapon in the chemotherapy arsenal, two University of Texas at Austin biomedical [...]July 22 The digitization and online project of the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible
Already notable as owner of one of five complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the United States, The University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center has joined a handful of international institutions in digitizing its copy of the rare Bible.July 21 UT Austin/NASA gravity model provides extraordinary new accuracy to oceanographers
Improved weather and climate change predictions now result from a model of earth's gravity field 10 to 50 times more accurate than previous models, thanks to engineers at The University of Texas Center for Space Research. The aerospace engineers used information from the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites they launched slightly over a year ago as a joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Center.July 21 More than 12 percent of Texans have been sexually assaulted, new University of Texas at Austin social work study says
About 1.9 million adult Texans have been sexually assaulted some time in their life--revealing a much larger problem than indicated by Uniform Crime Reports--according to a new study by The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.July 15 Physical appearance may influence faculty teaching evaluations, study says
Physical beauty appears to have substantial influence over how instructors are rated for teaching ability, according to new research by an economist at The University of Texas at Austin.July 15 Electrical engineering professor appointed to Federal Communications Commission council
Dr. Ted Rappaport, professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been invited to serve on the Technological Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).July 15 Dallas philanthropist Peter O’Donnell to receive Distinguished Service Award from Texas Exes in Austin
Dallas philanthropist Peter O'Donnell has been chosen to receive the Distinguished Service Award to be presented in October by the Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas at Austin.July 11 Joe McDermott to perform at benefit Sunday for The University of Texas Child Care Center
AUSTIN, Texas—Children’s music composer/singer Joe McDermott will perform Sunday, July 13, at a benefit for the child care center at The University of Texas at Austin. McDermott, winner of the 2003 Parents Choice Award Silver Honor, will [...]July 9 Professor of engineering, pharmaceutics invited to join President Bush’s Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group
Dr. Nicholas Peppas, professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmaceutics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been invited to join the President Bush's Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group, which will assist the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in its review of federal nanotechnology research and development programs.
