Media Advisories
| July 27 | Training covers collaboration, conflict resolution |
| July 27 | Blanton features Bill Lundberg conceptual film |
July 31 University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work to Host Day Camp for Homeless/At Risk Children
A day camp designed to promote higher education for 31 homeless/at risk children will be held Aug. 3-6 at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.July 29 Architecture Students Win International Design Competition
Two students in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin won first place in an international student design competition.July 28 First Comprehensive Policy Study on Trying and Sentencing Children as Adults Finds 22 States May Sentence Children as Young as 7 to Adult Prison
Under flawed criminal justice policy that is inconsistent with evidence-based research, trying and sentencing young children as adults occurs with alarming frequency and devastating results, according to a first policy research report on the subject released today by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.July 24 Torture at Guantanamo Theme of This Year's University of Texas at Austin's Keene Prize for Literature
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, a graduate of the James A. Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the 2009 Keene Prize for Literature for her play titled "Lidless," a poetic treatment of the issue of torture at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.July 21 Longs Give $1 Million to Butler School of Music
A $1 million gift from Austin community leaders and art philanthropists Teresa Lozano Long and Joe R. Long has created the Joe R. and Teresa Long Endowed Chair in Piano in the Butler School of Music in the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.July 21 Brain's Center for Perceiving 3-D Motion Is Identified
Ducking a punch or a thrown spear calls for the power of the human brain to process 3-D motion, and to perceive an object (whether it's offensive or not) moving in three dimensions is critical to survival. It also leads to a lot of fun at 3-D movies.July 18 Newsman Walter Cronkite Dies at Age 92
Walter Cronkite, longtime reporter and news anchor, died July 17, 2009, at the age of 92.July 14 Director of New Energy Institute Named at The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Raymond Lee Orbach, the U.S. Department of Energy's first undersecretary for science, has been appointed director of The University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute, a multi-disciplinary institute that combines the strengths of the university's schools and colleges to advance solutions to today's energy-related challenges.July 13 The University of Texas at Austin Licenses Method that Speeds Electronics Manufacturing to Versatilis
The University of Texas at Austin has licensed a time-saving technology for electronics manufacturing to Versatilis LLC of Shelburne, Vt.July 13 Four University of Texas at Austin Researchers Receive Presidential Early Career Science and Engineering Awards
Four assistant professors at The University of Texas at Austin have received Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
