Yearly Archives: 2006

An archival collection of materials by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actor and author Sam Shepard has been acquired by the University of Texas Libraries.

The University of Texas at Austin has initiated a year long, campus-wide study of its men's and women's athletic programs as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics certification program, President William Powers Jr. announced today (Sept. 12).

The University of Texas Elementary School has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children--a nationally recognized organization of early childhood professionals.

Dr. William S. Livingston, senior vice president at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named the 2006 recipient of the American Political Science Association’s Daniel Elazar Award for his distinguished contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.

William M. Sage, a leading expert in health law and policy, has joined The University of Texas at Austin as vice provost for health affairs and will teach in the School of Law as the James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence. The appointments were effective Friday, Sept. 1.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is now officially a component of The University of Texas at Austin, with approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Committee on Strategic Planning on Sept. 5.

A University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing doctoral candidate has received a two-year $81,500 award from the John A. Hartford Foundation to study chronic illnesses and the feelings associated with diseases like heart failure.

A new analysis of 50 years of changes in freshwater inputs to the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans may shed light on what's behind the recently observed increase in freshwater in the North Atlantic. University of Texas at Austin marine scientist Dr. Jim McClelland and his colleagues report their findings in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Science.

'The Quiet,' the first film from The University of Texas Film Institute and its for-profit production company, Burnt Orange Productions, will make its theatrical debut in Los Angeles and New York City tomorrow, and on 300 screens nationwide next Friday, Sept. 1. A benefit screening will take place in Austin on Aug. 30.

William Powers Jr., president of The University of Texas at Austin, will be among volunteers who will help new and returning students haul their suitcases, boxes and other belongings into residence halls on Aug. 25, 26 and 27 as part of Mooov-In 2006.