Media Advisories
| March 17 | Shepard Fairey mural on campus postponed |
| March 12 | Artist Ed Ruscha to speak on campus |
| March 12 | Engineers to collapse bridge |
March 17 Advertising Alum Named Hall of Achievement Fellow
Jocelyn Shiuan Lai (BS '08), one of four University of Texas at Austin students named 2009 Most Promising Minority Student by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), has been named an AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement Fellow.March 17 Innovative New Technology from Monterrey, Mexico to Be Presented at the Global Moot Corp® Competition
A University of Texas at Austin student team has won the MSTC/CIMAV New Venture Championship and will represent Mexico in the Global Moot Corp® Competition this May.March 17 Texas Cosmology Center Established at The University of Texas at Austin
A new interdisciplinary center for the study of the frontiers of the universe, from the tiniest subatomic particle to the largest chain of galaxies, has been formed at The University of Texas at Austin.March 17 Texas Advanced Computing Center Announces Dan C. Stanzione Jr. as Deputy Director
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has named Dan C. Stanzione Jr. to the newly created position of deputy director at the center. As deputy director, Stanzione will track the center’s vision, strategy and planning, ensure effective and efficient operations of center-wide activities and programs, and articulate the center’s impact and plans to the broader scientific community. He will also play a key role in funding new activities through proposals and partnerships. He will officially begin in this role in June 2009.March 16 Texans Continue to Feel the Economic Downturn, According to Poll Results
Texans remain negative about the national economy and their personal economic situation, and still are not strongly engaged in the run-up to the 2010 statewide election, according to a statewide survey released today (March 16).March 16 Gavin Named Director of Strauss Center at The University of Texas at Austin
Francis J. Gavin, the Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.March 12 Friends with Hats Will Read to Children in Celebration of Dr. Seuss' Birthday
Wearing a tall "Dr. Seuss" hat, Graciela Cigarroa, wife of the new chancellor of the University of Texas System, will join other high profile friends of the University of Texas Elementary School in east Austin Friday, March 13, in reading books to children in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday.March 11 Wishful Betting Can Contaminate Financial Markets, Study Shows
Wishful bettors, those who make overly optimistic investments, will ultimately harm themselves financially, but they can harm entire markets as well, new research shows.March 11 Powers Given First Jurisprudence Award by Austin Council of Anti-Defamation League
William Powers Jr., president of The University of Texas at Austin, has been given the inaugural Austin Jurisprudence Award by the Austin Council of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
