Monthly Archives: Dec. 2008

Fulbright Scholar grants for 2008-09 have been awarded to eight students from The University of Texas at Austin who will represent the United States as they conduct their research in other countries.

Read the research blog Further Findings. Research Prizes and Honors [Have you or a colleague won a research-related prize or honor? Let the Research Alert know.] ARTS ADVOCACY GROUP CHOOSES ENGLISH PROFESSOR AS FELLOW A. Van Jordan, an associate professor in the Department of English, has been named a USA Fellow by the United States…   » Continue Reading

Songs of the Season, a holiday sing-along at The University of Texas at Austin at noon Friday, Dec. 5, will bring students, faculty and staff together on the West Mall steps of the Main Building to celebrate the holiday season and the generosity of people who have contributed toward the university's Orange Santa gift program.

The Marshall Scholarship program has awarded University of Texas at Austin student Dhananjay Jagannathan a scholarship to study ancient philosophy at the University of Oxford and classics and ancient philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

A new exhibition of cultural artifacts from West Africa will be displayed at the Fine Arts Library at The University of Texas at Austin from Dec. 5 through March 5, 2009.

Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, professor emerita of comparative literature and Middle Eastern studies who taught for 24 years at The University of Texas at Austin, died Dec. 2 at the age of 81.

Event: The University of Texas at Austin's Performing Arts Center will present a free, outdoor screening of "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" in conjunction with the Austin debut of "Monty Python's Spamalot," the tree-time Tony Award-winning musical based on the motion picture.

The University of Texas at Austin College of Education's Principalship Program has received a $3 million grant to develop urban secondary-level school leaders who will be trained to address the unique challenges of inner city school management.

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, presents the retrospective exhibition "Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty."

The Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin will be named for Dolph Briscoe, former governor of Texas, following gifts totaling $15 million.