Yearly Archives: 2005

AUSTIN, Texas—Dr. Frederick R. Chang, research professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, has been hired as the new director of research at the National Security Agency, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). Dr. Chang will lead research and technology development programs at NSA/CSS. “I am elated to have Dr.…   » Continue Reading

The conservation department at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin celebrates 25 years of service in the field of conservation and preservation with an exhibition of diverse treatments and projects. “Celebrating 25 Years” runs from Sept. 30 through Oct. 30.

Dr. Sylvia Linan-Thompson, an assistant professor of special education in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed director of the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts. Linan-Thompson replaces Dr. Sharon Vaughn, who was director of the center for eight years.

The Dalai Lama, who on the previous day spoke to about 12,000 people at The University of Texas at Austin's Frank Erwin Center, returned to campus Wednesday, Sept. 21, for a private talk with the university's president and students, and to offer a blessing at a bodhi tree placed in the atrium of the Texas Union in honor of his visit.

The proportional representation of African American and Hispanic students increased for the fall 2005 semester at The University of Texas at Austin.

Former deputy national security adviser and incoming LBJ School Dean James Steinberg will start the 2005-06 International Security Speaker Series on Sept. 21 with a talk titled, 'America and the World in the 21st Century.'

Dr. Marvin Hackert, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been appointed associate dean of graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

University of Texas at Austin astronomers will be hosting nightly “star parties” for the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.

Devices that make particles electrically charged to remove them from circulating air don't do much good and can generate substantial amounts of ozone, according to a study of five commercially available air cleaners tested by a University of Texas at Austin architectural engineer.

Vice President Dick Cheney last Saturday (Sept. 10) acknowledged the work of a research group from The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Space Research (CSR) who used sophisticated satellite mapping technology to assist water rescue efforts for thousands of Katrina victims.