May 17 University of Texas at Austin Vaughn Gross Center gets multimillion dollar award to study struggling adolescent readers
The Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin has received $4 million to develop and investigate intervention tools for struggling middle school readers.May 17 Eight future teachers offered fellowships to learn more about Holocaust education
Holocaust Museum Houston has named eight University of Texas at Austin future teachers as Warren Fellows. The fellowship was created by the museum, with funding from Holocaust survivor Naomi Warren, to help future elementary and secondary education teachers sensitively and effectively bring Holocaust education into the classroom.May 17 Interinstitutional Biomedical Engineering Department created by University of Texas System components
To strengthen the state's biotechnology capabilities, three institutions of The University of Texas System are combining resources to form a new biomedical engineering department to operate in Houston and Austin.May 16 University of Texas at Austin team wins L'Oreal competition, advances to international finals in Paris
The University of Texas at Austin earned first place in the U.S. finals of L'Oreal Brandstorm, a worldwide marketing competition sponsored by the cosmetics company, and will compete against winners from 30 countries in the international finals in Paris on June 15.May 16 Former President Bill Clinton, Pulitzer Prize winner among convocation speakers at The University of Texas at Austin
Speakers for the various convocation ceremonies at The University of Texas at Austin May 19 and 20 will include a former president of the United States, a university professor who recently won the Pulitzer Prize in history, a state senator, the Texas Commissioner of Education, a NASA astronaut, and two university presidents and a regent from The University of Texas System.May 16 Four alumni to be presented Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award
Four University of Texas at Austin alumni will be presented with the 2006 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award this Saturday, May 20, prior to the university-wide commencement ceremony. The Texas Exes inaugurated the award in 1980 to recognize young alumni who are distinguished in their fields and have demonstrated a continuing interest in The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Exes. A recipient must be under the age of 40 to receive the award.May 16 More security guidelines announced for former President Clinton's speech at LBJ School
Former President Bill Clinton will deliver the convocation address at the graduation ceremony of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin on May 20. The event will take place at 11 a.m. in the LBJ Auditorium on the basement level of the LBJ School, SRH Unit 3, 2315 Red River St.May 12 New Web portal helps employers seeking to hire students and graduates from The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin's 15 career services offices have collaborated to create 'HireTexas,' an online information resource to all employer services offered by career services offices across campus.May 11 University of Texas at Austin names Eric Barron new dean of Jackson School of Geosciences
Dr. Eric J. Barron, dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, has been named new dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin.May 11 World's largest student literary prize of $90,000 awarded to University of Texas at Austin grad student
Brian Hart, a graduate student in the James A. Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the initial $90,000 Keene Prize for Literature, the world's largest student literary prize.May 11 ExxonMobil gives more than $687,000 to The University of Texas at Austin
ExxonMobil has given about $687,500 to The University of Texas at Austin to match $272,000 in individual gifts from the company's employees and retirees in the past year.May 11 Live fiber feed of Bill Clinton graduation address at LBJ School of Public Affairs to be available May 20
Former President Bill Clinton will deliver the convocation address at the graduation ceremony of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin on May 20. The event will take place at 11 a.m. in the LBJ Auditorium on the basement level of the LBJ School, SRH Unit 3, 2315 Red River St.
