March 9 Judith Langlois named interim dean in College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Judith Langlois, the Charles and Sarah Seay Regents' Professor of Developmental Psychology, has been named interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.March 9 University of Texas at Austin researcher gets $500,000 to study integrating nano into silicon semiconductors
A University of Texas at Austin microelectronics researcher has received $500,000 from the Department of Defense to research ways to use nanotechnology to overcome hurdles that might halt the march of the silicon-based integrated circuit.March 8 University of Texas at Austin's brand message is 'What Starts Here Changes the World'
The University of Texas at Austin has introduced a new brand message, 'What Starts Here Changes the World,' that emphasizes the impact of the work of its faculty, students and staff and the university's key role in a creative community.March 8 Poison dart frog mimics gain when birds learn to stay away
When predators learn to avoid a highly toxic frog, they generalize, and this allows a harmless frog to mimic and be more abundant than a frog whose poison packs less punch, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin studying poison dart frogs in the Amazon have discovered.March 7 Engineer receives $400,150 to model thin film patterns
Aerospace engineer Rui Huang at The University of Texas at Austin has received a $400,150 Early Career Development (CAREER) award to investigate how patterns evolve in thin materials being considered for applications such as flexible video displays and nanoelectronic devices.March 6 Blanton Museum of Art names second building in museum complex for Edgar A. Smith
The Blanton Museum of Art will name the second structure in its two-building complex for Edgar A. Smith, a Houston businessman and alumnus who donated $4.5 million.March 2 Convergent evolution of molecules in electric fish
Having a set of extra genes gave fish on separate continents the ability to evolve electric organs, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin.
