June 28 School of Architecture professor featured in PBS ‘green building’ documentary
University of Texas at Austin professor Sergio Palleroni is featured in an episode of the upcoming PBS series 'Design: E2' (The Economics of Being Environmentally Conscious) narrated by Brad Pitt. The series has received rave reviews at special showings across the United States, including at Times Square in New York City and at Chicago's city hall.June 27 Fungus does not depend on fungus-farming ants for reproduction, researchers say
Fungus-farming ants around the world cultivate essentially the same fungus and are not as critical to the reproduction of the fungi as previously believed, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.June 22 Howard Hughes Medical Institute $1.9 million award to benefit College of Natural Sciences undergraduate research program
The Freshman Research Initiative, a new program in the College of Natural Sciences that promotes undergraduate research participation at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $1.9 million award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.June 21 TACC researcher wins NVIDIA International Fellowship for unprecedented third year in a row
The Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin today announced that Gregory S. Johnson, manager of TACC's Visualization and Data Analysis group, is a recipient of the NVIDIA 2006 International Fellowship Award. This is the third consecutive year that Johnson has been named a NVIDIA Fellow based on his cutting edge research and innovative ideas in the field of computer graphics.June 21 Gloucester, Mass., artist named sculptor for Chavez statue at The University of Texas at Austin
Pablo Eduardo of Gloucester, Mass., has been selected as the sculptor for a statue of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, which will become the first statue of a Hispanic person on The University of Texas at Austin campus, William Powers Jr., president of the university, said today (June 21).June 21 The University of Texas at Austin ranked fifth-best producer of degrees for minority undergraduates
The University of Texas at Austin ranks fifth in the nation in producing undergraduate degrees for minority groups, according to the June 1 edition of Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine.June 20 University of Texas System Regents authorize union of The University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The University of Texas Board of Regents today authorized the execution of a Memorandum of Intent to make the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center a component of The University of Texas at Austin.June 19 Eavesdropping fringe-lipped bats spread culture through sound
Like a diner ordering a dessert based solely on the 'oohs' and 'aahs' of a customer eating the same dish the next table over, frog-eating bats learn to eat new prey by eavesdropping on their neighbors as they eat, report biologists from The University of Texas at Austin.June 19 Austin Technology Incubator launches Alumni Network
The Austin Technology Incubator, a program of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, has created a networking group for executives of its current and former member companies.June 19 University of Texas at Austin Americorps program expands with OneStar Foundation grant
The AmeriCorps for Community Engagement and Education program, part of The University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center, has been awarded $522,590 by the OneStar Foundation to expand its early literacy intervention model.June 16 UT eTribute: An online way to honor someone special and support The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin has introduced UT eTribute, a new Web site where students, faculty, alumni and friends can create personal tributes in honor of special people or events in their lives.June 15 Registration opens for 2006 Flair Symposium, ‘The Sense of Our Time: Norman Mailer and America in Conflict’
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin opens registration for the sixth Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium, 'The Sense of Our Time: Norman Mailer and America in Conflict,' scheduled for Nov. 9-11.
