University of Texas at Austin News

I attended a Texas Community College Teachers Association convention on leadership in Austin recently.

Binghamton University explicitly outlines what it considers to be academic dishonesty.

R.B. Brenner, a former editor at The Washington Post now with Stanford University's journalism program, has been named director of the School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication.

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, a University of Texas at Austin professor and author, has received a National Book Critics Circle lifetime achievement award.

On Friday, March 7, our bi-weekly #EdShift chat will focus on Massively Open Online Courses and other online efforts in journalism education.

The forecast is calling for colorful displays of wildflowers in the parts of Texas that received ample fall and winter rains.

The forecast is calling for colorful displays of wildflowers in the parts of Texas that received ample fall and winter rains.

While cooler than usual weather may delay the wildflower season in some parts of Texas, the good news is that many areas should have great blooms, and a few already show the first stirrings of spring.

Austin, TX March 5, 2014 - NanoHybrids Corporation, a provider of nanotechnology-based contrast agents announced the launch of its new website and premium product line of gold nanoparticles specially designed to improve imaging results.

Binge drinking or heavy episodic drinking is the practice of heavy consumption of alcohol- 60 grams or more of pure alcohol- at a single session.

Mark Regnerus is a darling of the religious right. As the author of a thoroughly discredited study that purports to show that the children of gay parents are prone to STDs, alcoholism and drug use, Regnerus is the one slender reed upon which the right can hang its claim to having an expert witness.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Boston University suggests that older adults who binge drink, even if their overall intake is moderate, will have an increased risk of dying within 20 years, compared to drinkers who do not binge.

Think you know history? Come relive the news as it happened. Valerie Komor, Director of the Associated Press Corporate Archives, takes you behind the scenes and deep within the AP Corporate Archives as she explores the content digitized for Gale's Associated Press Collections Online.

A group of Harvard students share what it's like to be black at the Ivy League school in a photo campaign called "I, Too, Am Harvard."

Kilgore College is proud to announce its recipients of the annual National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards.

Leon Chen and Tiffany Taylor founded Tiff's Treats in 2001 when they were students at the University of Texas at Austin.

A new teacher “pipeline” at the University of Maryland, College Park, is expected to help with difficult-to-fill teacher positions in Prince George's County.

Dillon Scott, commonly known as the "Sun God," has become something of a campus celebrity in recent years.

Alexander High School student Alexa M. Ramirez will advance to UIL State Competition for her work in Theatrical Design.

Michigan's gay marriage ban trial, now in it's sixth day of testimony, included two scholars for the state who conducted studies showing it's more likely for children of same-sex couples to encounter "negative outcomes" than children with a married mother and father.