Published on Dec. 12, 2008
President Powers On the Issues | December 2008
I have received many inquiries from members of the University of Texas family about the impact of the economic situation on our campus.

Published on Dec. 8, 2008
Saving our stories
The William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record teaches students to preserve the record of human experience, creativity, and discovery. Students in the School of Information learn to save rare documents from 16th century texts to modern home movies.

Published on Dec. 8, 2008
Communication cross-training
From screen writing to producing to editing and animation, April Tone explores the field of radio, television and film degree. She explains the importance of academic cross-training and building upon the expanding television and film market in Austin, Texas.

Published on Dec. 2, 2008
Center named for former Gov. Dolph Briscoe
The Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin will be named for Dolph Briscoe, former governor of Texas, following gifts totaling $15 million and recognizing his support for preserving and promoting Texas and U.S. history. The gift is the largest in the history of the Center, and follows Briscoe's previous financial and in-kind [...]

Published on Nov. 24, 2008
UT Elementary
Travel to East Austin to find out what makes the The University of Texas Elementary School so unique. Go inside the classrooms and meet the committed parents, faculty and administrators who support this highly acclaimed demonstration school. See how innovative university research becomes practice, as these Little Longhorns prepare early for college, learning everything from [...]

Published on Nov. 24, 2008
Defying gravity
Aerospace engineering senior Kristen John experiences near weightlessness in the NASA micro-gravity program.

Published on Nov. 24, 2008
Park, prairie showcase nature as nurturer
Austin has a reputation for great outdoor spaces for hiking, canoeing, tossing Frisbees and more. Partly because of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the city known as a green energy leader is also making its mark as a place with innovative green landscapes that are as functional as they are beautiful.

Published on Nov. 24, 2008
Expert looks at causes of hate crimes in U.S.
A rise in minority power, women's rights, gay rights and the use of the immigration debate by radical-right ideologues has created a "skin-head Mecca" in the United States, says a national hate-crimes expert. Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) Intelligence Project, and said the center has documented 888 hate [...]

Published on Nov. 24, 2008
Learn about college's health educators
In The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, an exceptional team of health educators has built a reputation for conducting cutting-edge research on topics that define an individual's or community's quality of life and vigorously promoting to the public the best practices for achieving optimal health.

Published on Nov. 17, 2008
President Powers On the Issues | November 2008
In our quest to become the nation's best public university, we depend on four main sources of financial support. Tuition, state funding, research awards, and philanthropy are all important.