Oct. 30 First LEED Certification Awarded to University of Texas at Austin Building
The newly constructed Research Office Complex has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.Oct. 30 Chang and Inman Appointed to Congressional Commission on Cyber Security
Dr. Fred Chang, research professor of computer sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, and Admiral Bobby Inman, the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, have been appointed to the new Commission on Cyber Security, established to make sure that the next president of the United States has an updated strategy to counter growing cyber threats.Oct. 29 University of Texas at Austin, UTSA Lead Five-Member Nanoscience Consortium
Researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas at Austin will explore ways to control optical energy for applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology as leaders of a five-university consortium awarded $1.4 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF).Oct. 29 McCombs Hall of Fame Inducts Four Prominent Leaders
The McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame inducted four prominent business leaders Oct. 26 at a ceremony at the Driskill Hotel in Austin.Oct. 29 Professor John Warfield Dies at 71
John Warfield, former director of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) in the College of Liberal Arts and associate professor of educational psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, died Oct. 25 in Kalamazoo, Mich., after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.Oct. 25 M. Lynn Crismon Appointed Pharmacy College Dean at The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. M. Lynn Crismon, professor of pharmacy practice and a nationally recognized expert in the area of psychiatric pharmacotherapy, has been appointed dean of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.Oct. 25 University of Texas at Austin Professors Honored by National Science Organization
Four professors at The University of Texas at Austin have been elected as 2007 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).Oct. 25 Education Notes: Graduate School Pipeline Programs
Although African Americans and Hispanics make up 32 percent of all U.S. citizens in the average age range of Ph.D. candidates in arts and sciences, only seven percent of all doctoral recipients are black or Latino, according to a 2005 report from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.Oct. 24 Bureau of Economic Geology Receives $38 Million for First Large-Scale U.S. Test Storing Carbon Dioxide Underground
The Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin has received a 10-year, $38 million subcontract to conduct the first intensively monitored, long-term project in the United States studying the feasibility of injecting a large volume of carbon dioxide (CO2) for underground storage.Oct. 23 The University of Texas at Austin's Longhorn Halloween Provides Safe Fun for Children of Faculty, Staff and Students
The University of Texas at Austin will provide a fun and safe place for the children of its faculty, staff and students to celebrate an early Halloween this weekend with its traditional Longhorn Halloween program at the Frank Erwin Center.Oct. 22 Humanities Institute Announces 2007-08 Community Sabbatical Recipients; Program Provides Flexible Leave Time for Staff at Central Texas Non-Profits
The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin has announced the 2007-08 recipients of the Community Sabbatical program, which provides paid flexible leave time for staff members of non-profit organizations in central Texas.Oct. 18 Vincent Appoints Senior Leadership Team to Enhance Diversity, Community Engagement Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin
Three new associate vice presidents, Dr. Edmund T. Gordon, Dr. Angela Valenzuela and Dr. Wanda L. Nelson, have been appointed in the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at The University of Texas at Austin in the latest step toward enhancing and restructuring the university's diversity and community engagement initiatives.
