Nov. 29 University of Texas at Austin Team Wins $250,000 Award from Austin Energy
An interdisciplinary team at The University of Texas at Austin won first place and a $250,000 award in Austin Energy's "National Research Ideas" competition, a contest soliciting proposals for cost-effective ways to integrate utility lines into urban areas while protecting mature trees and promoting future plantings.Nov. 27 Harrington Fellows Program Names 12 Faculty and Graduate Fellows
The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program, one of the most well-endowed visiting scholar and graduate fellow programs in the nation, and the most prestigious fellowship program at The University of Texas at Austin, begins its seventh year with a new group of 12 scholars.Nov. 27 Improving Detection of Nuclear Smuggling Goal of Computer Model of Mechanical Engineers
A team of mechanical engineering professors at The University of Texas at Austin has received $1.9 million to expand a computer model that is already helping guide national decisions about placement of devices to detect nuclear smuggling attempts.Nov. 27 Tree of Life for Flowering Plants Reveals Relationships Among Major Groups
The evolutionary Tree of Life for flowering plants has been revealed using the largest collection of genomic data of these plants to date, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and University of Florida.Nov. 26 University of Texas at Austin Undergraduates Receive Research Fellowships Totaling $113,000
One hundred thirty-two students in 11 academic units at The University of Texas at Austin received fall 2007 Undergraduate Research Fellowships totaling $113,237.Nov. 20 University of Texas at Austin Professor's Documentary Selected for Oscar Short List
"Body of War," a collaboration between University of Texas at Austin Radio-TV-Film Associate Professor Ellen Spiro and former talk show host Phil Donahue, has been selected for the "short list" of titles competing in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 80th Academy Awards, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).Nov. 20 Vernon Jordan to Deliver Spring Convocation Address, LBJ School of Public Affairs Announces
Vernon Jordan, one of the major civil rights figures in American history, will deliver the spring 2008 convocation address at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, James Steinberg, dean of the school, announced today (Nov. 20).Nov. 19 University of Texas at Austin Astrophysics Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Sarah Miller, an astronomy and physics major who will graduate in May from The University of Texas at Austin, was recently selected as a Rhodes Scholar for 2008.Nov. 19 Football Game Days Tops for Drinking Among College Students
College students drink larger amounts of alcohol on football game days, comparable to well-known drinking days such as New Year's Eve and Halloween, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin.Nov. 15 'Ultrasound' of Earth's Crust Reveals Inner Workings of a Tsunami Factory
Research announced this week by a team of U.S. and Japanese geoscientists may help explain why part of the seafloor near the southwest coast of Japan is particularly good at generating devastating tsunamis, such as the 1944 Tonankai event, which killed at least 1,200 people.Nov. 15 White Children More Positive Toward Blacks After Learning About Racism, Study Shows
Challenging the idea that racism education could be harmful to students, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin found the results of learning about historical racism are primarily positive. The study appears in the November/December issue of the journal Child Development.Nov. 15 Center for American History Partners in Texas Newspaper Digitization Project
The Center for American History has joined in a collaboration with the University of North Texas to digitize 100,000 microfilmed pages of newspapers published in Texas between 1880 and 1910.
