University of Texas at Austin News

Texas voters on Tuesday passed one proposition limiting the government's eminent domain powers and another creating a fund for more top-tier research universities, along with nine other constitutional amendments on the ballot.

I suppose it's OK to admit it now: I was once afraid of Count von Count. Yep, that's right, the cute little vampire Muppet on "Sesame Street" who loves to count everything.

This is the first of a two-part series. The second part will be posted Tuesday morning.

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is hitting Texas Gov. Rick Perry on his home turf: Aggieland.

Five ancient fossils recently found in China have added new evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

Groups create 'green' rating for sustainable landscapes The American Society of Landscape Architects, along with the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas-Austin have created the Sustainable Sites Initiatives, a national ranking system for landscapes.

As the city's transit strike drags into its fourth day, tempers are frayed, commuter trains are packed, streets are clogged and some residents remain virtually stranded at home.

The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in wing color and mate preference.

Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $734,068 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new method for rapidly screening blood samples for biomarkers.

One consequence of having been alive through a lot of modern American history is remembering a lot of mass shootings.

"Green" seals of approval are slapped on dishwashers, heat pumps, light bulbs and entire buildings.

Texas will add 11 amendments to its constitution. Voters throughout the state Tuesday night approved amendments that would help boost the number of nationally recognized research universities, limit eminent domain power, create uniform appraisal standards and allow cities to sell bonds and buy land to prevent encroachment on military installations.

Texas voters approved all 11 proposed constitutional amendments on Nov. 3, including an amendment designed to help the state's public universities become major national research institutions.

Governor Rick Perry bleeds Texas A&M maroon, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has University of Texas at Austin burnt orange running in her veins.

Proposition 4, a heavily pushed constitutional amendment to help create more top-tier research universities, has won approval from Texas voters.

"We have long known that people jump to conclusions about others on the basis of very little information," says Gosling, "but what's striking about these findings is how many of the impressions have a kernel of truth to them, even on the basis of something as simple a single photograph." Unless, of course, the basis by which you judge is, shall we ...

Tracking the H1N1 flu outbreak is a numbers game. Now, some of the most powerful computers in the world housed in Austin are helping the government kekep up with this year's biggest health problem.

Supporters of 11 propositions on the Texas ballot - including one to fund more top-tier research universities - made their final plea Monday for voter passage in what's shaping up as a low-turnout election.

While 2009 does not mark a major election year, those who do vote Tuesday will make some important changes to the Texas Constitution.

South Texas College is hosting a symposium this week that looks at how much the Rio Grane Valley has changed and where it is headed.