University of Texas at Austin News

DALLAS Friends said Ford Yates is either crazy, or just kind. "I try to be kind through my craziness," said Yates, 19. He spent the weekend packing for spring break, but the college freshman isn't heading to the beach with fraternity brothers from UT Austin.

From the Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, TX ; Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX ; and the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX .

C: $20 person, $15 for high school students before March 28; $25 person, $20 high school students on race day E: Registration is at 7 a.m., and the race begins at 8 a.m. The Junior Wildfire Run begins at 8:45 a.m., and awards will be passed out at 9:15 a.m. The first 60 people to register are guaranteed a free T-shirt.

George Saunders has won The Story Prize for 2013 for his short story collection, Tenth of December .

Frankly Music, violinist Frank Almond's chamber music series, turns impresario this week by presenting the top-notch MirA3 Quartet in concert Tuesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp St. Founded in 1995, MirA3 has been the quartet in residence since 2003 at the University of Texas at Austin.

In a rollicking hour of humor, science fact and good-natured skepticism, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson charmed South by Southwest Interactive attendees in a keynote presentation 2 p.m. Saturday at the Austin Convention Center.

Welcome to Day 5 of A Dino a Day Strikes Back, celebrating the paperback release of CHRONAL ENGINE , and the new editions of NINJAS, PIRANHAS, AND GALILEO and TOFU AND T.REX ! In case you ever wondered " How to Eat a Triceratops ," this T-shirt features a helpful diagram illustrating the choicest cuts.

About 15 protesters opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring Canadian oil to Texas Gulf Coast refineries lined the sidewalk on Friday outside the Austin Club on Ninth Street.

The University of Texas at Austin will help build the world's largest telescope that scientists say will help provide images of undiscovered planets.

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.