Sept. 15 University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy Faculty Member Elected President-Elect of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Diane Ginsburg, assistant dean and clinical professor of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, has been elected president-elect of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). She becomes president of the organization in June 2010.Sept. 2 Professor's Book on Political Communication Named Best of Decade
"Campaign Talk: Why Elections Are Good for Us," written by Roderick P. Hart, the Shivers-Cronkite Chair in Communication at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named the best political communication book in the past decade by the American Political Science Association (APSA).Aug. 20 Outstanding Faculty Members Recognized by The University of Texas Board of Regents
Thirty-five faculty members of The University of Texas at Austin are among 73 inaugural recipients from throughout The University of Texas System who will share $2 million in Board of Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards.Aug. 18 Journalism Professor Honored for Achievement in Diversity Research
Paula Poindexter, associate professor and graduate adviser in journalism at The University of Texas at Austin, is the inaugural recipient of the Lionel C. Barrow, Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education presented by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).Aug. 12 School of Architecture Student Awarded World's Largest Interior Design Scholarship
Kimberly Cole, an undergraduate student of interior design in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of a $30,000 Angelo Donghia Senior Scholarship in Interior Design, the largest interior design scholarship in the United States.Aug. 3 Professor Elected Vice-President of International Association of Relationship Research
Anita Vangelisti, the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professor in Communication at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected vice-president of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR). She will become president in July, just prior to the association's meeting in Israel next year.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 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.June 29 The University of Texas at Austin Ranks Second in Nation with Graduates Accepted for Teach for America Program
The University of Texas at Austin ranks second in the nation's top 20 large-sized colleges and universities contributing graduating seniors to Teach for America's 2009 corps.June 2 Texas High School Students Offer Solutions to Community Problems at Civics Fair
Students from El Paso's Horizon High School offered solutions to the problem of teen pregnancy to win first place in the sixth annual Speak Up! Speak Out! civics fair hosted by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at The University of Texas at Austin.June 1 Four Seniors Win Awards to Intern in Fields of Public Policy, Service, Government and Politics
Four University of Texas at Austin seniors will intern at the ACLU, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR), the Hispanic College Fund and Georgetown Law School this summer after winning Theodore Strauss Civic Internship Awards from the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation.June 1 Two Communication Graduate Students Win Witherspoon Award for Original Research
Two graduate students in the College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin have won the Patricia Witherspoon Research Award for original research in the areas of public service, government, community service, civic life, citizenship or politics.
