Media Advisories
| Nov. 6 | Experts available to discuss Fort Hood tragedy |
| Nov. 6 | Artist Tony Fitzpatrick gives performance and lecture |
| Nov. 4 | Conference addresses migrant restrictions |
Nov. 6 Center for Energy Economics to Assess Ghana's Oil & Gas Sector
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.Nov. 6 University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Faculty Member Inducted into American Academy of Nursing as New Fellow
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.Nov. 5 Professor's Film, "Tattooed Under Fire," Premieres Nationwide on Public Television
"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.Nov. 5 Scientists Find a Population of Butterflies That Appears to Be Splitting Into Two Species
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.Nov. 5 New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle
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.Nov. 4 $1 Million from Pearson Foundation Creates Applied Psychometric Research Center
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.Nov. 3 First Impressions Count When Making Personality Judgments, New Research Shows
First impressions do matter when it comes to communicating personality through appearance, according to new research by psychologists Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University and Sam Gosling of The University of Texas at Austin.Nov. 3 College of Fine Arts and Fine Arts Library Premiere Collection of Artifacts
The Fine Arts Library and the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin will host the public opening of a recently assembled collection of art and artifacts at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Fine Arts Library in the Doty Fine Arts Building.
