Nov. 7 John and Jane Barnhill Give $1 Million to Texas Exes for Communications
John and Jane Barnhill of Brenham, Texas, have given $1 million to help endow future communications between the Texas Exes, the alumni association of The University of Texas at Austin, and its members.Nov. 2 University of Texas at Austin Solar Decathlon Team Wins BP Solar Design Competition
The University of Texas at Austin 2007 Solar Decathlon Team (UTSolarD) won first place in the BP Solar design contest, part of this year's solar decathlon competition.Nov. 2 Defense Department's $1.4 Million Appropriation Funds Texas Nanotechnology Consortium
The U.S. Department of Defense will use a $1.4 million appropriation secured by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison to fund a consortium of seven leading Texas universities created to develop and commercialize revolutionary nanomaterials for the defense aerospace industry.
