Yearly Archives: 2004

Results of a University of Texas at Austin survey of 92,000 community college students show that only around a quarter of students who intended to complete an associate degree or obtain a certificate at a community college did so in six years and that this may be due to the fact that the student body is remarkably diverse, 'non-traditional' and multitasking.

A recent study of 43 garden crops led by a University of Texas at Austin biochemist suggests that their nutrient value has declined in recent decades while farmers have been planting crops designed to improve other traits.

The Center for Information Assurance and Security (CIAS) has been founded at The University of Texas at Austin to address the nation's growing cybersecurity problems.

A final report by The University of Texas Police Department Oversight Committee has concluded there do not appear to be major problems in the relationship between the university community and The University of Texas Police Department (UTPD) but found a need for greater efforts by the department to communicate effectively with the community, especially with students.

State officials, business and industry leaders and several college deans will be among the speakers featured during Fall Commencement 2004 ceremonies honoring the achievements of graduating students at The University of Texas at Austin Dec. 3-5.

A protein found on the surface of nerve cells makes fruit flies tolerant to a drug after just a single, brief exposure, which may reveal ways to address this early step toward addiction in humans.

The National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) has recognized The University of Texas at Austin as an innovator and leader among American universities. The university was selected the Scholarship Provider of the Year (SPOY) recipient for 2004 on the basis of its 'Adversity Index' at the NSPA annual conference recently in Montreal, Canada.

A previously unknown autographed letter from Evelyn Waugh to Graham Greene, two of the most important English novelists of the 20th century, has been acquired and displayed by The University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

Admiral Bobby R. Inman has been named interim dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, effective Jan. 1.

A new $4.6 million grantmaking initiative to help mental health service providers in Texas bridge short-term funding gaps has been announced by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.