Oct. 29 Dr. Glenn Welsch, professor emeritus of accounting, passes away
Dr. Glenn Welsch, professor emeritus of accounting at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, died on Oct. 27. He was 89 years old. The cause of Dr. Welsch’s death was not reported.Oct. 28 University of Texas at Austin faculty elected fellows of scientific association
Three faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin--Dr. George Georgiou, Dr. Paul Macdonald and Dr. Stephen Martin--have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Oct. 27 University of Minnesota team wins International Business Challenge
A team of four students from the University of Minnesota won the 2004 International Business Challenge, the annual undergraduate case competition at The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.Oct. 25 International Caravan for Justice in Juarez and Chihuahua stops at UT Austin Oct. 28
The International Caravan for Justice in Juarez and Chihuahua will stop in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Oct. 28, as part of an effort to raise consciousness about the unsolved murders of almost 400 women in the two border cities over the past decade.Oct. 20 Pioneering physicist Bryce DeWitt dies
Dr. Bryce S. DeWitt, the Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor Emeritus in Physics at The University of Texas at Austin and a leading theoretical physicist, died on Sept. 23 in his Austin home from pancreatic cancer.Oct. 20 Ransom Center acquires archive of noted American novelist Don DeLillo
The University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center has acquired the archive of critically acclaimed American novelist Don DeLillo.Oct. 20 Psychology researchers awarded $1.8 million NIH grant as part of team studying stroke neuro-rehabilitation
Dr. Tim Schallert and Dr. Theresa Jones, psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin, along with researchers from the University of Southern California (USC), have been awarded $1.8 million to explore new directions in stroke neuro-rehabilitation.Oct. 19 Kinesiology researchers show resistance and endurance training can slow effects of aging
Resistance training can reverse the adverse effects of hormone loss, endurance training helps the heart withstand a heart attack and weight training stops the decrease of blood flow to the legs as one ages, research by three University of Texas at Austin kinesiology professors has revealed.Oct. 14 Plans under way to erect statues on campus of Barbara Jordan, Cesar Chavez
University officials Wednesday (Oct. 13) announced the sites of new campus statues of two nationally recognized champions of civil rights--the late U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, the first African American woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress, and the late Cesar Chavez, a civil rights and labor leader who became a force for social change.Oct. 13 The University of Texas at Austin to reimburse international students for the SEVIS fee
The University of Texas at Austin will reimburse all new degree-seeking international students who must pay a $100 fee required by the Department of Homeland Security.Oct. 12 Engineer gets $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to improve reliability of nano-sized microchip behavior
Dr. Michael Orshansky, assistant professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $400,000, five-year National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) award, among the most prestigious given to young faculty.Oct. 11 Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program welcomes 10 new scholars to The University of Texas at Austin
The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program, one of the most well-endowed visiting scholar and graduate fellow programs in the nation, begins its fourth year at The University of Texas at Austin with a new group of 10 outstanding scholars.
