Oct. 11 Five-Year, $1.1 Million Grant for Graduate Education Awarded to University of Texas at Austin by U.S. Department of Education
The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $1.1 million Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program grant by the U.S. Department of Education to increase enrollment of underrepresented groups in graduate programs.Oct. 11 Harry Ransom Center Holds Archive of Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin holds the archive of Doris Lessing, the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature.Oct. 11 New Membrane Strips Carbon Dioxide from Natural Gas Faster and Better
A modified plastic material greatly improves the ability to separate global warming-linked carbon dioxide from natural gas as the gas is prepared for use, according to engineers at The University of Texas at Austin who have analyzed the new plastic's performance.Oct. 10 New Asthma Management Education Program Helps Children and Parents in Rural Areas
School-age children participating in a federally funded University of Texas at Austin asthma health education program improved significantly in their asthma self-management, skill at using an inhaler and had 50 percent fewer hospitalizations, study results show.Oct. 10 Business Professor Mahajan Wins Best Book in Marketing Award
Vijay Mahajan, a marketing professor at The University of Texas at Austin, has received the 2007 Berry-AMA Book Prize for the Best Book in Marketing from the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF).Oct. 9 Cesar Chavez Statue Unveiled on West Mall of University of Texas at Austin Campus
A bronze statue of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez was unveiled today (Oct. 9) on the West Mall of The University of Texas at Austin campus during a celebration to honor his legacy as an advocate for social justice.Oct. 9 Consortium Including University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University Selects Site in Chile for Future 'Giant Magellan Telescope'
The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory and Texas A&M University Department of Physics have announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Consortium has decided to build the GMT at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Las Campanas is operated by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.Oct. 3 UT Athletics Receives $2 Million Gift Toward Proposed Indoor Tennis Facility
Former University of Texas at Austin men's tennis player Graham Whaling has contributed $2 million to UT Athletics to be applied toward the construction of a proposed indoor tennis facility.Oct. 3 Atomic Coilgun Used to Slow and Stop Atoms
An atomic coilgun that slows and stops atoms has been developed, report physicists from The University of Texas at Austin in the New Journal of Physics.Oct. 1 Anthem Foundation Renews Gift for Ayn Rand Research on 50th Anniversary of "Atlas Shrugged"
On the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'Atlas Shrugged,' the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship renewed a $300,000 fellowship for research on Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.
