University of Texas at Austin News

Saw the news on how much men and women talk. Seems some scientists toted up the oral output and got the same number of words from each gender.

No one doubts that the words we write or speak are an expression of our inner thoughts and personalities.

DENTON , Texas -- The front page of the Sept. 10, 1900, issue of the Houston Daily Post contained an eyewitness account from a Houston businessman of "the great disaster that had befallen the nearby city." In the account, the newspaper reported that "at least 1,000 people" had been drowned, killed or missing.

The American Library Association's Office for Diversity has chosen its 2009 Spectrum Scholars.

With June comes summer, and with summer comes beach reading. This month, in keeping with our Electronic Materials theme, JOM asks: Which materials-related titles would you be most likely to take with you on a summer vacation? The poll is conducted via the JOM Reader Zone of the TMS Discussion Board .

The Florida State University is one of the nations most prolific research institutions in the arts, according to rankings recently released by Science Watch that place Florida State third among the universities with the most published papers in the field of performing arts between 2003 and 2007.

Patsy McGregor Hawkins Wilkerson moved to Heaven on Friday, June 26, 2009, where she joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and was reunited with a host of family members and friends.

Zhang Ying has decided to return to China from the United States next year, not because of the financial crisis, but to better care for his parents.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Source: University of Texas-Austin - Comments AUSTIN, Texas -- In an initial step toward the first successful rendezvous and docking of very small satellites without human control, a pair of miniature "picosatellites" built by University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University engineering ...

Restored East Austin house is on the market for $515,000. By Jane Sumner SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, June 28, 2009 You know when you see it: The Philips House is something special.

Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Farrah Fawcett [2 February 1947 - 25 June 2009] attended the University of Texas at Austin, attracting attention for her beauty and bountiful mane.

Farrah Fawcett Has Died Farrah Fawcett died this morning at 9:28 at the St. John's Health Center in Los Angeles after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer.

CSRwire.com - DALLAS, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced the 2009 recipients of fellowship awards through its Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship program.

We demonstrate a new technique for selectively growing gold nanoparticles on a patterned three-dimensional polymer microstructure.

That's according to the nonpartisan Texas Lyceum Poll released Tuesday. The poll annually tests Texans' attitudes on current events.

On Tuesday, Environmental Defense Fund will present a preview of findings and recommendations for how Austin can lead in clean energy and ask the public for comment.

Darrell McCreary thought he was going to miss seeing his son, Julian, receive his white coat for the pre-pharmacy graduation at University of Texas at El Paso on Friday night.

Today's fathers may well take parenting as seriously as their mates, but unlike many moms, dads don't view it as a competitive sport.

US research that began with the first Apollo landing - and helped to prove that the moon is moving away from Earth - is to be axed An experiment, begun when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a mirror on the lunar surface 40 years ago to allow Earth-based astronomers to fire lasers at it, has been ended by American science ...

As our nation's economy continues to struggle -- and its impact on states from California to Florida has roiled higher education to sometimes painful extremes -- there is a bright spot in Texas.