July 17 UT Marine Science Institute introduces 'Science and the Sea' radio program
The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute introduces this summer a new two-minute radio program, 'Science and the Sea,' produced jointly with Corpus Christi Public Radio, KEDT.July 14 Director of Kelleher and IC2 institutes receives Booker T. Washington Legacy Award
John Sibley Butler, director of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship and the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, was presented the Booker T. Washington Legacy Award June 4 by The New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, a nonprofit devoted to advancing conservative multiculturalism.July 11 Engineers, economist receive $2.9 million to establish first U.S. graduate program on indoor environmental quality
A $2.9 million multidisciplinary graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin aimed at improving indoor environments has been funded by the National Science Foundation.July 10 Finding about cellular microtubule rigidity could lead to development of new nano-materials
Microtubules, essential structural elements in living cells, grow stiffer as they grow longer, an unexpected property that could lead to advances in nano-materials development, an international team of biophysicists has found.July 10 Office of Technology Commercialization at The University of Texas at Austin licenses unique cancer detection method
The Office of Technology Commercialization at The University of Texas at Austin has signed a licensing agreement with Remicalm LLC to commercialize a unique method of detecting cancer optically.July 6 UT Austin's Jackson School hosts Latin American energy and environment leaders in Rio de Janeiro
The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Oil and Gas, will host business, geoscience and government leaders from 14 Latin American countries at its Latin American Forum on Energy and the Environment in Rio de Janeiro.July 3 University of Texas at Austin researcher appointed to national adoption institute as senior fellow
Dr. Ruth McRoy, an adoption expert in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named an inaugural member of a new senior research fellows program at the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute.
