April 27 University of Texas at Austin faculty member joins American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Allan H. MacDonald, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's highest academic honors.April 27 Mathematics professor receives $400,000 award to illuminate junction of geometry and algebra
A University of Texas at Austin professor will try to strengthen the relationship between geometry and algebra with a $400,000 Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation.April 26 University of Texas at Austin Liberal Arts student awarded $32,000 Beinecke Scholarship
The Beinecke Scholarship Program has awarded Ashley Gosselin-Ildar, an honors student majoring in anthropology at The University of Texas at Austin, a $32,000 scholarship to pursue her graduate degree in physical anthropology. She is one of only 18 recipients selected from a nationwide pool of applicants.April 25 Ransom Center acquires Norman Mailer archive
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer for $2.5 million.April 25 Semester in Los Angeles Program names executive director
Philip Nemy, a 20-year veteran of the motion picture, television, theatrical and nonprofit industries, has been named executive director of The University of Texas at Austin Semester in Los Angeles program, which will begin in May to serve as the university's West Coast hub of teaching and research on film, television and electronic media.April 22 Faulkner recommends establishment of new John A. and Katherine Jackson School of Geosciences
President Larry R. Faulkner of The University of Texas at Austin announced today (April 22) he is recommending that The John A. and Katherine Jackson School of Geosciences be consolidated as a separate unit at the level of a college to be led by a dean.April 21 Four candidates for vice president for student affairs position to visit The University of Texas at Austin for campus interviews
Four finalist candidates have been selected following a nationwide search for a new vice president for student affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.April 21 Hogg Foundation for Mental Health awards $4.6 million through special initiative
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has announced it is awarding $4.6 million in grants to 50 agencies across Texas as part of a special initiative to help mental health service providers meet growing community needs amid increasingly limited resources.April 21 History professor awarded Guggenheim and I Tatti fellowships
Dr. Alison Frazier, an associate professor in the Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and an I Tatti Fellowship from Harvard University.April 20 University of Texas at Austin study indicates thirsty plants keep deserts’ subsurface dry
Desert blooms--plants that flourish in arid areas after rains--might reduce water accumulation in soil should the climate shift toward wetter conditions, according to a study conducted by a team led by University of Texas at Austin hydrogeologists.April 20 Fellowships provide more than $230,000 to help undergraduates conduct research
The Undergraduate Research Fellowship program provided more than $230,000 for 282 undergraduate students at The University of Texas at Austin to pursue research projects in the 2004-05 academic year.April 19 RTF alumnus wins Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism
Radio-Television-Film (RTF) alumnus John Moore was part of an Associated Press team of 11 photographers who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in photography in the breaking news category for coverage of the conflict in Iraq.
