Monthly Archives: Nov. 2009

Return to Law in the Public Interest feature story Claude Simmons Jr. and Christopher Scott spent 12 years in prison for a murder they did not commit. They insisted that they were innocent from their 1997 trial and conviction through their years in prison, claiming that the eyewitness who picked them out of a lineup…   » Continue Reading

Read the research blog Further Findings. Research Prizes and Honors [Have you or a colleague won a research-related prize or honor? Let the Research Alert know.] PROFESSOR WINS FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP Dr. Kelley A. Crews, associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, has been awarded a Fulbright Faculty Fellowship for 2009-2010 under the…   » Continue Reading

One hundred miles from Fort Hood, The University of Texas at Austin has various experts available to discuss aspects of Thursday’s shooting.

Event: Internationally recognized artist Tony Fitzpatrick will give a combination performance and lecture as part of the Department of Art and Art History's Guest Artist in Printmaking Program. When: Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 5 p.m. — 7 p.m. Where: ART Building, Room 1.102 Background: Fitzpatrick's works of art have been collected by the Art Institute…   » Continue Reading

UT Austin’s Center for Energy Economics is conducting a “needs assessment” for the oil and gas sector in the west African country of Ghana. The goal is to provide a roadmap for developing the infrastructure and expertise to most effectively manage Ghana’s emerging oil and gas industry.

Dr. Sharon Horner, professor of nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected a 2009 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, an organization that promotes health policy and practice.

"Tattooed Under Fire," the documentary film produced and directed by University of Texas at Austin Radio-TV-Film Professor Nancy Schiesari, will premiere on more than 25 public television stations nationwide beginning Nov. 8.

Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species.

A partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Botanic Garden today released the nation's first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings.

The Pearson Foundation has announced the creation of a $1 million endowment and long-term partnership with The University of Texas at Austin's College of Education to create the Pearson Center for Applied Psychometric Research, an endowed professorship and an endowed faculty fellowship.