Yearly Archives: 2004

Optive Research Inc., a company spun off from research at The University of Texas at Austin, has agreed to be acquired by Tripos Inc., a world-wide leader in molecular discovery and discovery informatics.

University of Texas at Austin President Larry R. Faulkner has recommended adoption of a flat rate tuition system for undergraduate students for academic year 2005-06 and proposed that flat rate tuition by college be set at a rate of 4.75 percent over the amount charged in 2004-05 to full-load students (students taking 15 semester credit hours) in each college.

Richard B. Eason, senior consultant, managing director and corporate secretary at Marts & Lundy, Inc., has been appointed vice president for resource development at The University of Texas at Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin’s Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center has recently completed cataloging the extensive Isaac Bashevis Singer archive, coinciding with the centennial celebration of Singer’s birth.   Singer (1904-1991) is the Yiddish writer of such novels as “The Slave” (1962), “Enemies: A Love Story” (1972) and “Shosha” (1978). The archive is…   » Continue Reading

An ultra-short pulse laser that can perform extremely precise surgery on tiny roundworms may be the key to understanding nerve regeneration and is an important step toward treatment of human neurological disease, according to research published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature.

Environmentally friendly concrete is the goal of the $400,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award granted Dr. Maria Juenger, civil engineering assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin. The grant is one of the most prestigious awarded to young faculty members.

AUSTIN, Texas—“Room,” a feature film written and directed by University of Texas at Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film (RTF) alumnus Kyle Henry (Master of Fine Arts ’99), has been selected to make its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah. Six other graduates of the Department of RTF at…   » Continue Reading

A 20-member Task Force on Curricular Reform, chaired by William C. Powers, dean of the School of Law, was announced today (Dec. 13) by Dr. Larry R. Faulkner, president of The University of Texas at Austin.

A new degree program combining medical and molecular studies will be introduced in fall 2005 by The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB).

Women who choose to abort an unintended first pregnancy have a significantly higher risk for generalized anxiety than women who carry to term, according to a new study published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders by Jesse Cougle, a psychology doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin.