COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GETS $1 MILLION FROM PEARSON FOUNDATION
The Pearson Foundation has announced the creation of a $1 million endowment and long-term partnership with the College of Education to create the Pearson Center for Applied Psychometric Research, an endowed professorship and an endowed faculty fellowship. Barbara G. Dodd, a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been named director. The five-year endowment will bring together the nationally acclaimed Department of Educational Psychology's resources and Pearson's international expertise in educational assessment.
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AMERICANS SAY NATION IS ON WRONG TRACK, NEW POLL SHARES
Fifty-one percent of people believe the country is on the wrong track, according to a poll conducted by researchers at the University. The survey of 2,100 individuals from around the country was released in conjunction with a daylong conference on money and politics sponsored by the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Thirty-one percent of respondents believe the country is heading in the right direction.
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STUDY SHOWS SLEEP LOSS NEGATIVELY AFFECTS SPLIT-SECOND DECISIONS
Sleep deprivation adversely affects automatic, accurate responses and can lead to potentially devastating errors, a finding of particular concern among firefighters, police officers, soldiers and others who work in a sleep-deprived state, University researchers say. Psychology professors Todd Maddox and David Schnyer found moderate sleep deprivation causes some people to shift from a faster and more accurate process of information categorization (information-integration) to a more controlled, explicit process (rule-based), resulting in negative effects on performance.
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PHARMACY PROF RECEIVES $1.5 MILLION FOR MALE FERTILITY RESEARCH
John Richburg, associate professor of pharmacy, has received a five-year $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the adverse effects of environmental toxicants on male fertility and disease. Richburg is investigating a class of compounds, called phthalates, used in the manufacturing of plastics and other common consumer products. "Exposure to low levels of phthalates during the fetal period of testicular development may cause testicular cancer or infertility later in adult life," Richburg says.
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PLANNED TELESCOPE WILL SURPASS HUBBLE IN POWER, SHARPNESS
The University is one of nine partners in the multinational consortium planning to build the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which will study the earliest stars and galaxies and could help unlock scientific secrets that are beyond the reach of today's telescopes. Planned for completion on a mountaintop in Chile in 2018, GMT will produce images up to 10 times sharper than those from the Hubble Space Telescope. Philanthropic support is being sought to help cover the University's estimated $70 million share of the project's $680 million total cost.
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MARCIA GAY HARDEN TO BE MAY COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Marcia Gay Harden, the first University graduate to receive an Oscar, will be the speaker for the 127th Spring Commencement on May 22, 2010. Her speech will be presented on the University's Main Mall in front of the Tower during a festive ceremony that traditionally draws thousands of students, parents and guests to the campus. "I'm thrilled and honored to speak to these bright young minds, ready to go out and improve our world," says Harden. "They are the new philosophers, scientists, artists and economists, and it will be exciting to watch them discover their gifts."
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GRADUATE SCHOOL CELEBRATES 100 YEARS WITH "SHARE YOUR STORY" CAMPAIGN
The Graduate School will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2010. As part of the centennial celebration, the Graduate School is inviting all graduate alumni to participate by submitting an entry in the "Share your Story" campaign. Since 1910, more than 125,000 students have earned a master's or doctoral degree from the University. Each alumnus is encouraged to share a memory, experience or anecdote about their graduate experience or relate how graduate school influenced their life at www.utexas.edu/ogs/share. Select stories will be included in a commemorative hardcover book.
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STUDENTS AND ALUMNI GATHER TO PUT A "HEX" ON THE AGGIES
The Texas Exes student chapter will host the Hex Rally on Monday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. Hundreds of students, alumni and Longhorn fans will gather for the event. The rally is an annual tradition that brings the Longhorn community together to support the football team in their bid for a victory against Texas A&M. In keeping with tradition, red candles will be lit to put a "hex" on the Aggies.
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