Media Advisories
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July 15 LBJ School Announces New Faculty for 2008-09 Academic Year
Dr. Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Dr. Francie Ostrower lead a list of new faculty who will join the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin for the 2008-09 academic year.July 15 Pollination Habits of Endangered Texas Rice Revealed to Help Its Preservation
A type of wild rice that only grows in a small stretch of the San Marcos River is likely so rare because it plays the sexual reproduction game poorly, a study led by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin has revealed.July 15 RFMicron, an Austin Technology Incubator Company, Secures $250,000 Emerging Technology Grant
The State of Texas has chosen RFMicron, a portfolio member company of the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), to receive a $250,000 grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.July 15 Biocontrol of Invasive Cane Grass Investigated by Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and USDA
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin will work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to investigate biological control for an invasive cane grass that is choking waterways across North America.July 14 University of Texas at Austin Nursing Researcher Gets $1.3 Million to Study Disability Influences Among Women
Dr. Tracie Harrison, assistant professor of nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, has received $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health for a study comparing experiences of women with disabilities.July 14 Texas Digital Library Recognized by State Computing Professionals
The Texas Digital Library has received the 2008 Higher Education Excellence Award from the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communication (TASSCC).July 14 Researcher Leads Underwater Archeological Expedition in Gulf of Mexico in Search of First Americans
C. Andrew Hemmings, research associate of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at The University of Texas at Austin, will lead an underwater archeological expedition July 30 to Aug. 12 in the Gulf of Mexico to search for submerged evidence of the first Americans.July 11 University of Texas at Austin Faculty Lead Series of Digital Media Workshops Through Collaboratory with Portugal
University of Texas at Austin faculty have returned from leading a month-long series of workshops and lectures on digital media in Lisbon, Portugal, as part of The University of Texas at Austin|Portugal International Collaboratory for Emerging Technologies program, also known as CoLab.July 10 Education Notes: Music and Summer Culture Experts
Music is an important part of summer. Each season, children enroll in music lessons and concert-lovers flock to music festival such as Bonnaroo in Nashville, Lollapalooza in Chicago and the Austin City Limits Music Festival.July 9 Thomas W. Gilligan Appointed Dean of McCombs School of Business
Dr. Thomas W. Gilligan, the E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration and professor of finance and business economics at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, has been appointed dean of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.July 9 Architecture Faculty and Students Travel to Beijing for International Collaboration with Tsinghua University
As all eyes turn to Beijing in anticipation of the 2008 Olympics, architecture faculty and students at The University of Texas at Austin are working in collaboration with renowned Tsinghua University to bring green space into a neighborhood outside the densely populated city.
