Yearly Archives: 2006

The University of Texas at Austin's Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation's partnership on Documenting Endangered Languages.

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the archive of American writer Alan Furst.

AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin’s Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) has received $4.5 million from Houston Endowment Inc., to improve student success at 10 higher education institutions in the Houston/Gulf Coast region. This grant, which will be used to expand the Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count initiative, is one of the largest…   » Continue Reading

The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism is one of 10 schools selected by the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation to participate in its inaugural Scholars Program, which will enable communication students from diverse backgrounds to complete their undergraduate degree and begin careers in broadcasting.

AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture is one of 12 influential research institutions worldwide that have been invited to participate in the 10th annual Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition. The Biennale, which runs from Sept. 10-Nov. 19, is the premier international arts/design exhibition in the world. Dedicated to “Cities, Architecture and Society,”…   » Continue Reading

Two chemical engineers and a biochemist at The University of Texas at Austin will conduct novel research as charter members of a new Science and Technology Center on layered polymers that is being established with Case Western Reserve University as the lead institution.

The University of Texas at Austin's National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development has hired nationally acclaimed author, speaker and technology strategist Dr. Mark Milliron as director. NISOD is the education outreach arm of the Community College Leadership Program in the College of Education.

The first major U.S. exhibition of paintings by one of the principal figures of late 16th century painting, Luca Cambiaso, will be on view from Sept. 19, 2006 through Jan. 14, 2007, at the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin. The Blanton will be the exclusive U.S. venue for 'Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585,' providing a rare opportunity for the public to see first-hand some 60 paintings and 80 drawings by a fascinating artist whose work has largely remained in his native Genoa.

University of Texas at Austin President William Powers Jr. today (July 25) said the selection of both Jewett and Odessa, Texas, as finalists to host FutureGen, the world's first near-zero-emissions, coal-fueled power plant, is a tangible example of how research and science can assist public policy.

Two interior design students at The University of Texas at Austin received scholarships in the amount of $28,433 from the Angelo Donghia Foundation, a nonprofit organization that awards multiple scholarships each year to interior design students from around the world.