White House Sponsors Safe-Schools Event
The White House LGBT Conference on Safe Schools and Communities kicked off at the University of Texas at Arlington last week with panel discussions on law enforcement and school resources aimed at...
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Community involvement and communication between law enforcement and education leaders are essential to building safe and secure schools, experts said during a White House LGBT Conference held at the...
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Rude Mechs Selected as Resident Theater Company
AUSTIN, Texas — The nationally acclaimed, ensemble-based theater collective Rude Mechs has been appointed as the resident theater company of The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and...
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Law Students to Assist Rio Grande Valley’s Undocumented High School and...
AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas at Austin law students and faculty members will spend part of their winter break as volunteers in the Rio Grande Valley Jan. 7-10, working on projects including...
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Dramatic Overhaul of College Remedial Education Is Needed
AUSTIN, Texas — An immediate and dramatic transformation in remedial education is needed at the college level, says a report just issued by a national coalition of education researchers and advocates,...
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Designer Bacteria May Lead To Better Vaccines
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria that may improve the efficacy of vaccines for diseases such...
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Lack of Key Enzyme in the Metabolism of Folic Acid Leads to Birth Defects
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that the lack of a critical enzyme in the folic acid metabolic pathway leads to neural tube birth defects in developing...
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Forum Explores How Citizens Can Hold Elected Leaders Accountable
The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at The University of Texas at Austin College of Communication, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS and KUT 90.5 FM are hosting a community conversation to explore how...
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Olympian And UT Ex Sanya Richards-Ross will be Spring Commencement Speaker
AUSTIN, Texas — Gold medal Olympic sprinter, humanitarian and Texas Ex Sanya Richards-Ross will deliver the commencement address during the 130th Spring Commencement at The University of Texas at...
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Three Peace Leaders To Speak At Vanderbilt’s Impact Symposium
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former Sen. George Mitchell, who served as U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from 2009 to 2011, will appear at Vanderbilt University on Monday,...
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Experts on Hugo Chavez’s Death from The University of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading institutions in the world for Latin American studies. It has a wide variety of experts available with backgrounds ranging from...
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LSU’s James Honeycutt Honored with Outstanding Scholar in Communication...
BATON ROUGE – James Honeycutt, LSU Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, was recently honored at the Southern States Communication Association annual convention, held...
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Four Faculty Members Named to Academy of Distinguished Teachers
AUSTIN, Texas — Four faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin have been named to the university’s respected Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2013, said Steven Leslie, executive vice...
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John Buckwalter Named Dean of College of Human Ecology
MANHATTAN — John Buckwalter will become the next dean of the College of Human Ecology on July 1. He will succeed Virginia Moxley, who is going on phased retirement after having served as dean since...
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Virtual Gallery Reconstructs Art Exhibit Attended by Novelist Jane Austen
AUSTIN, Texas — The Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin has launched an online reconstruction of a famous art exhibit visited by novelist Jane Austen on May 24, 1813 – exactly...
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UT Austin Psychologist Helps to Map Countries’ Entrepreneurial Spirit
AUSTIN, Texas — Founders of successful companies tend to exhibit personality traits that make them more socially engaging, creative and able to handle stress than nonentrepreneurs, according to new...
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University of Texas at Austin President Responds to Supreme Court Ruling
AUSTIN, Texas — Following is a statement from University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of Fisher versus University of Texas at Austin. The...
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Parker Named Director of Core Curriculum
Professor of Economics Elliott Parker has been appointed to the position of director of the Core Curriculum, Provost Kevin Carman announced on July 1. Parker will serve as the administrative director...
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New UT Austin Scholarship Honors Mayor of 63 Years from Fort Bend County
RICHMOND, Texas — New and current University of Texas at Austin students who live in Fort Bend County will have the opportunity to receive a full tuition scholarship in memory of Hilmar Moore, a...
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Vanderbilt Names Anders Hall Vice Chancellor for Investments and Chief...
After a national search, Anders W. Hall has been named Vanderbilt University’s new vice chancellor for investments and chief investment officer, effective Sept. 3 and pending Board of Trust approval....
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School of Nursing to Enhance Interprofessional Health Care Education with $1...
AUSTIN, Texas — With almost half of Americans living with chronic health conditions, an interprofessional team approach is needed to provide coordinated, high-quality patient care that improves...
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Hogg Foundation Awards $1.1 Million to Expand the East Texas Coalition for...
AUSTIN, Texas — The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded grant funds totaling $1.1 million to expand the East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery...
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Study Shows Jim Crow-Era Segregation Persists in Texas Schools
AUSTIN, Texas — A first-of-its-kind study from researchers in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin shows that, in addition to being isolated by race/ethnicity and...
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Shidler College of Business Earns a Top Spot in U.S. News Rankings
U.S. News and World Report released its 2014 edition of America’s Best Colleges, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Shidler College of Business was 14th on its list of best undergraduate...
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Health Behavior and Health Education Professors Receive Grant for Tobacco Use...
AUSTIN, Texas — Two University of Texas at Austin College of Education professors are among several scholars nationwide to receive funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the...
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TACC Receives NSF Grant to Deploy Innovative New Data Resource
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin and a group of partners have received a $6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to design,...
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UT President Powers Elected to Chair Association of American Universities
WASHINGTON, D.C. — University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers has been elected as chair of the Association of American Universities, adding to his role as a national leader in addressing the...
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High School Graduation Requirements Show Promise for African American, Latino...
AUSTIN, Texas — New high school graduation requirements in Texas will significantly affect academic achievement in the state, particularly for low-income students of color, according to a policy...
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UT Austin Researchers Grow Large Graphene Crystals That Have Exceptional...
AUSTIN, Texas — When it comes to the growth of graphene — an ultrathin, ultrastrong, all-carbon material — it is survival of the fittest, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin....
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