Media Advisories
| Oct. 30 | Holocaust survivor, humanitarian to give talk |
| Oct. 22 | UT to co-host Latin American art forum Nov. 6-8 |
Oct. 30 Speed Named Assistant VP for Community Engagement
Shannon Speed, associate professor of anthropology, has been named assistant vice president for community engagement in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at The University of Texas at Austin.Oct. 29 Texas Tribune, University of Texas at Austin to Partner on Polls
The Texas Tribune, a new non-profit, nonpartisan public media organization based in Austin, will sponsor five public opinion polls that will be conducted over the next sixteen months by The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Politics Project. The collaboration between the Tribune and the university will build on the political polling that the Texas Politics Project has conducted since 2008. The polls will focus on upcoming primary and general elections as well as Texans’ views on key state and national issues.Oct. 27 Biomedical Engineers Get $11.6 Million from National Cancer Institute to Offer Non-traditional Cancer Research Approaches
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering is among a consortium of leading research entities from across the United States selected to receive up to $11.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish a center to conduct innovative cancer research.Oct. 27 National Mental Health Advocates Join Hogg Foundation's Advisory Council
Renowned mental health experts and consumer advocates Dr. Daniel Fisher and LaVerne Miller, Esq., have been appointed to the National Advisory Council of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.Oct. 27 Professors Receive $4.6 Million to Study Impact of Climate Change on Potential Biofuel Source
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, working with scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), have received a $4.6 million grant to explore how switchgrass, a native prairie grass and promising source of biofuel, will fare under future climate change.Oct. 26 22 Bilingual Graduate Social Work Students Receive $386,000 in Scholarships from the Hogg Foundation
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is working to expand Spanish-language mental health services in Texas by awarding $386,000 in full-tuition scholarships to 22 bilingual graduate social work students across the state.Oct. 26 Pharmacy Researcher Receives $841,000 Challenge Grant from National Institutes of Health for Neuroendocrine Study
Dr. Andrea Gore, professor of pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a two-year, $841,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the transgenerational effects of environmental contaminants on neurological and reproductive development.Oct. 26 UT Law's Actual Innocence Clinic Helps Prove Innocence of Dallas Man Wrongly Convicted
The Actual Innocence Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law has proved, in collaboration with The University of Texas-Arlington and the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, the innocence of a Dallas man who spent more than 12 years in Texas prisons for a murder he did not commit.Oct. 23 To Ease Nursing Shortage, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $120,000 to University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing for Student Scholarships
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing has received $120,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to award 12 scholarships to students in the accelerated master's nursing program.Oct. 22 Better Drugs to Fight Flu is Goal of $1.5 Million NIH Project at University of Texas at Austin, Rice University
University of Texas at Austin and Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs.
