Yearly Archives: 2005

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract for $4,303,874 to the TRIPS project (Tera-op, Reliable, Intelligently adaptive Processing System) housed in The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Computer Sciences (UTCS).

Major changes in the core curriculum of The University of Texas at Austin, including the creation of a 'University College' to serve as the guardian of core undergraduate education, have been proposed in a newly released report by the university's Task Force on Curricular Reform.

Major changes in the core curriculum of The University of Texas at Austin, including the creation of a 'University College' to serve as the guardian of core undergraduate education, have been proposed in a newly released report by the university's Task Force on Curricular Reform.

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin will open to the public on April 30, 2006, allowing time to calibrate and test the sophisticated systems that will safeguard the works of art that will be presented and stored in the new museum's Michener Gallery Building.

AUSTIN, Texas—Five professors at The University of Texas at Austin have been elected as 2005 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS Fellows are chosen annually by their peers to recognize their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. This year’s Fellows from The University of…   » Continue Reading

Donald King, a member of the custodial services department at The University of Texas at Austin, died of natural causes last night (Monday, Oct. 24) on the university campus, the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office said today.

A $3 million gift by W.A. 'Tex' Moncrief Jr. to help fund three faculty chairs at The University of Texas at Austin will have a dramatic impact on future scientific advances at the university in areas including medicine, national security, transportation, communication and the manufacturing of new materials, Associate Vice President for Research J. Tinsley Oden said.

Dr. Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk, (MA '50), who has improved the lives of thousands of children around the world through her work in understanding and treating language disorders, has been named University of Texas College of Communication Outstanding Alumnus for 2005-06.

The University of Texas at Austin is the steward of the world's largest literary prize for students, the $90,000 Keene Prize for Literature.

Dr. Darlene Grant, associate professor of social work at The University of Texas of Austin, is among those who will be honored Oct. 21 by the Mental Health Association in Texas for her work with Austin's Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Troop 1500.