July 8 Environmental engineers get $1 million to study procedures, effects of post-bioterrorism building decontamination
University of Texas at Austin Environmental Engineering Professor Richard Corsi has received a $1 million contract from a federal agency to study the physical and chemical interactions that occur between three airborne decontaminants and the surfaces they encounter in buildings.July 8 Toyin Falola to receive highest honor from the Nigerian Academy of Letters
Dr. Toyin Falola, a professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected to the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) for his contribution to Nigerian history.July 7 The University of Texas at Austin leases 46 acres to Simon Property Group
The University of Texas at Austin announced today (July 7) that The University of Texas System Board of Regents has authorized the UT System Real Estate Office to negotiate a ground lease of 46 acres adjacent to the J.J. Pickle Research Campus to the Simon Property Group.July 7 Texas students win at national history competition
Four Texas middle and junior high school students won awards at National History Day in College Park, Maryland. Colin Powell of Lake Air Middle School (Waco), David Toney of Gentry Junior School (Baytown), and Daniel Garrett and Brandy Parker from Copperas Cove Junior High School (Copperas Cove) successfully competed against 2,000 of their peers in the national competition.
