April 6 Outstanding High School Students from Weslaco and Edinburg, Texas Named Migrant Students of the Year at The University of Texas at Austin
High school students Deyanira Castillo of Weslaco, Texas, and Amanda Lira of Edinburg, Texas, were named Students of the Year on Monday, April 6 by the Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program at The University of Texas at Austin.April 6 Libraries Staff Honored by Texas Library Association
Staff members of the University of Texas Libraries have been honored for their work in information literacy.April 3 Government Professor Sean Theriault Selected by Friar Society for Teaching Excellence Award, University's Largest Undergraduate Teaching Honor
Associate Professor of Government Sean Theriault was awarded the 2009-10 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship by The University of Texas at Austin Friar Society on Wednesday, April 1.April 1 Sports and Entertainment Executive Named College of Communication Outstanding Alumnus
Sports and entertainment executive Mark S. Pannes has been named the 2008-2009 College of Communication Outstanding Alumnus.April 1 Washington Post Editor Receives 2009 DeWitt Carter Reddick Award
R.B. Brenner, metropolitan editor of the Washington Post, is the recipient of the 2009 DeWitt Carter Reddick Award, recognizing outstanding people in the field of communication. It is one of the highest honors given by The University of Texas at Austin College of Communication.April 1 School of Architecture Receives 2009 Best Places Award
The Dallas Urban Laboratory, an urban design workshop opened in spring 2007 by the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, has received one of the 2009 Great Places Awards, co-sponsored by PLACES journal and Metropolis magazine.April 1 Nutrition and Plan II Student Named Truman Scholar, Gets $30,000 to Attend Graduate School
Marissa Duswalt, a junior nutrition and Plan II honors major at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected as a 2009 Truman Scholar.March 23 Physical Education Expert Wins Top National Award
Physical education expert Dr. Dolly Lambdin has been awarded the Physical Education Teacher Education Honor Award from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), the national authority in physical education and leader in setting the standard for practice in sport and physical activity.March 23 Former "Strongest Woman in the World" Inducted Into National Fitness Hall of Fame
Dr. Jan Todd, who set more than 60 national and world records in women's power lifting and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for over a decade, has been inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame. Todd is the Roy. J. McLean Fellow in Sport History at The University of Texas at [...]March 17 Advertising Alum Named Hall of Achievement Fellow
Jocelyn Shiuan Lai (BS '08), one of four University of Texas at Austin students named 2009 Most Promising Minority Student by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), has been named an AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement Fellow.March 17 Innovative New Technology from Monterrey, Mexico to Be Presented at the Global Moot Corp® Competition
A University of Texas at Austin student team has won the MSTC/CIMAV New Venture Championship and will represent Mexico in the Global Moot Corp® Competition this May.March 11 Powers Given First Jurisprudence Award by Austin Council of Anti-Defamation League
William Powers Jr., president of The University of Texas at Austin, has been given the inaugural Austin Jurisprudence Award by the Austin Council of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
