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.Nov. 15 November Health Notes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss health issues ranging from depression to antibiotic-resistant "superbug" bacteria.Nov. 14 Tuition Policy Advisory Committee Recommends Increases at The University of Texas at Austin
The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC), a panel of students, faculty and administrators at The University of Texas at Austin, has recommended to President William Powers Jr., average increases in cost of attendance of $318 per semester in 2008-09 and $303 in 2009-10.Nov. 12 Advertising Students Among 12 Finalists in Chipotle Advertising Contest
The University of Texas at Austin is one of 12 finalists in an online advertising contest for Chipotle Mexican Grill.Nov. 9 Astronomers Discover Sun's Twin at McDonald Observatory
Peruvian astronomers Jorge Melendez of The Australian National University and Ivan Ramirez of The University of Texas at Austin have discovered the best "solar twin" to date, using the 2.7-meter Harlan J. Smith Telescope at McDonald Observatory. Their findings suggest that the Sun's chemical composition is not unique, as some previously thought.Nov. 8 UTeach Program for Math and Science Teachers Celebrates 10th Anniversary
UTeach, the nationally acclaimed program for preparing secondary teachers in mathematics, science and computer science, is celebrating 10 years of success at The University of Texas at Austin.Nov. 7 University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy Professor Named American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow
Dr. Robert O. (Bill) Williams III, professor of pharmaceutics in The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, has been elected to the college of fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).Nov. 5 Biology Professor Camille Parmesan Honored for Conservation Leadership
The nation's leading conservation education and advocacy group has honored Dr. Camille Parmesan, associate professor of integrative biology at The University of Texas at Austin, with its National Conservation Achievement Award for exemplary leadership in protecting the environment and natural resources.Nov. 5 Strauss Center Creates Jon Brumley Chair in Global Affairs; $1 Million Gift to Fund Research on Benefits, Dangers of Technology
A $1 million gift from Jon and Rebecca Brumley to the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin will create a chair dedicated to developing peaceful ways to ensure that technological and scientific advances do not endanger global security.
