Yearly Archives: 2008

The world's highest resolution tiled display has been deployed by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin.

Science at the Center of the Storm: It was Sept. 7, 2008, six days before Hurricane Ike, the third most destructive hurricane in U.S. history, crashed into the Texas coast. Ike had already made landfall in Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the coming days would gather strength over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

A team of graduate students from The University of Texas at Austin defeated 19 top business schools to win the National Real Estate Challenge Nov. 13 at the McCombs School of Business. In its seventh year, this was the first time the host school had won the prestigious competition.

A University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work graduate student has received a Hartford Foundation grant to study long-term care planning behavior of baby boomers.

Event: In the Harry Ransom Center's second "Music From the Collections" event, pianist Richard Dowling discusses and performs French composer Maurice Ravel's "Trio for piano, violin and cello." This world premiere of the new version of "Piano Trio" will be webcast at www.hrc.utexas.edu/webcast. When: 7 p.m., Nov. 18. Where: Jessen Auditorium, Homer Rainey Hall at…   » Continue Reading

The University of Texas at Austin is among the top three universities sending students abroad and the Top 10 universities educating international students, according to the new "Open Doors" report, published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

Professor Emeritus Michael P. Thomas, Jr., a former associate dean in the College of Education and chair of the Department of Educational Administration, died Thursday, Nov. 13, from cancer-related complications. He was 76.

A major collection of Ezra Pound, materials from Marcella Spann Booth, one of Pound's close friends and collaborators late in his life, has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

Research Prizes and Honors [Have you or a colleague won a research-related prize or honor? Let the Research Alert know.] MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AWARD RENAMED FOR TEXAS PROFESSOR; COCKRELL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING PROFESSOR IS FIRST RECIPIENT The Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics, an award given annually by the Applied Mechanics Division of…   » Continue Reading

Event: At the Ready to Commercialize 2008 conference, faculty from The University of Texas at Austin present inventions available for licensing and panels of national and international experts talk about technology transfer and start-up investing.