Media Advisories
| March 5 | Writer Azar Nafisi to speak at Ransom Center |
| March 3 | Dara Torres, Olympians swim at Austin Grand Prix |
March 10 Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced to Andes
Colorful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10 million years, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests.March 10 Shere Abbott Named for Key White House Environmental Post
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Sherburne "Shere" Abbott, director of the Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability at The University of Texas at Austin, to a key administration post as associate director of environment for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. An appointment to that position would [...]March 10 Statue of Barbara Jordan to be Unveiled April 24 on The University of Texas at Austin Campus
A statue of civil rights champion Barbara Jordan will be unveiled at The University of Texas at Austin on April 24, from noon-1 p.m.March 9 Ransom Center Receives NEH Grant to Preserve Papers of Morris Ernst
The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support a two-year, $392,213 project to arrange, describe and preserve the papers of lawyer Morris Leopold Ernst (1888-1976).March 5 Fine Arts to Host Installation, Talk by Argentine Artist
Experimental artist Graciela Sacco will present an installation of her work and take part in a public conversation at The University of Texas at Austin on Thursday, March 12.March 5 University of Texas at Austin Astronomer Is Co-Investigator in Search for Earth-Like Planets
University of Texas at Austin astronomer Bill Cochran is one of the leading scientists involved in searching 100,000 nearby stars in our Milky Way galaxy for planets like Earth as part of NASA's Kepler mission launching tomorrow (March 6).March 4 Greenhouse Gases Have Decreased 6 Percent, University of Texas at Austin Inventory Shows
Greenhouse gas emissions under the direct control of The University of Texas at Austin decreased about 6 percent from 2004 to 2006, placing the university in the mid-range of comparable universities that have completed inventories, an inventory of the main and J.J. Pickle Research campuses has shown.March 4 The Steps Toward a Sustainable Austin Energy Symposium Presented by LBJ School of Public Affairs and School of Law
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin present the Steps Toward a Sustainable Austin Energy Symposium on March 10 in the School of Law's Eidman Courtroom.March 3 Wenchuan Earthquake Mudslides Emit Greenhouse Gas
Mudslides that followed the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the U.S. Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may release an amount of carbon-dioxide in upcoming decades equivalent to two percent of current annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, a new study shows. Mudslide near the epicenter of the [...]March 2 Want to Know about Global Warming? Study Says You May Have to Work at It
In order to be well-informed on complex issues such as global warming, people need to get their information from a diversity of news sources such as newspapers, television, magazines and the Internet, according to a University of Texas at Austin researcher.
