Feb. 28 University of Texas at Austin Nursing Researcher Receives Additional Funding To Help South Texans Manage Diabetes
Dr. Sharon Brown, a professor of nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, has received $470,000 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to continue her research in the area of health promotion and disease prevention in Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes.Feb. 28 Halliburton Gives $90,000 in Grants to The University of Texas at Austin
Energy services company Halliburton has contributed $90,000 to support academic programs at The University of Texas at Austin, bringing the company's total university giving to nearly $7 million.Feb. 27 Texas Creative Students Win ADDY Awards in Two Markets
Twenty-six students in the Texas Creative program, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Advertising sequence designed to mold talented students into advertising copywriters and art directors, have earned ADDY Awards--including a Best in Show.Feb. 26 Open Forum Scheduled March 5 to Discuss NCAA Certification for The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, which has been involved in 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, will hold an open forum on campus March 5 to seek comments and suggestions from the university community.Feb. 26 Civil Rights Legend Morris Dees Discusses Litigating Against Hate Groups at School of Law
Morris Dees, founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will discuss his career as a civil rights attorney, focusing on his experience using the courts to battle the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups, on Thursday, March 1, at The University of Texas School of Law. The talk is open to the public.Feb. 23 Clean Energy Incubator, Austin Energy Agree to Test Clean Technologies to Accelerate Commercialization
The Austin Technology Incubator's Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy have agreed to create the first test-bed environment in the United States for alternative energy companies to prepare their technologies for commercialization.Feb. 22 Green Named Director of Institutional Compliance at The University of Texas at Austin
Rudolph Hamilton 'Rudy' Green, an attorney from Austin, has been appointed director of the Office of Institutional Compliance at The University of Texas at Austin. The appointment is effective March 1.Feb. 22 Obama in Austin: University Experts Offer Political Perspective
Barack Obama, U.S. senator and presidential candidate, will speak at a public rally in the Texas capital Friday, Feb. 23. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are available to provide commentary on how issues such as party polarization, Latino politics and the psychology of 'blue' and 'red states' are shaping the 2008 presidential elections.Feb. 22 Lower Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-Fueled Power Plants Possible with Technology Development at University of Texas at Austin
A more economical technology for a 90 percent reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants is being developed by a chemical engineer and his colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin as part of the TXU Carbon Management Program.Feb. 21 University of Texas at Austin Receives Historic Cores, $1.5 Million from Chevron to Preserve Geologic Record
Chevron Corporation announced today (Feb. 21) it is donating a treasure trove of geological cores and cuttings and $1.5 million to ensure their safekeeping to the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences.Feb. 21 Smithsonian Institution Grants Fellowship to Professor in School of Architecture
Sergio Palleroni, associate professor and research fellow in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, is one of nine artists worldwide who have been awarded an Artist Research Fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.Feb. 21 Professor Proposes Creating Secretary of Manufacturing to Boost Performance of Important Economic Sector
The state of Texas needs a secretary of manufacturing to help the state's manufacturing sector regain previous growth rates, according to a business professor at The University of Texas at Austin.
