University of Texas at Austin News

How did planets originate? This is a question that has puzzled scientists for centuries, but one which they have been able to tackle directly only in the last few decades, thanks to two major developments: breakthroughs in telescope technology and ever-increasing computing power.

This shows the percentage of the cultivated coffee area managed under different technology or shade levels.

Pastor Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest and author of the book The Purpose-Driven Life , will speak at Westmont College's commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3 on Carr Field.

The case of Farrah Fawcett's missing portrait is getting a redo. The University of Texas is appealing a Los Angeles Superior Court jury verdict from December that an iconic portrait of the late actress by Andy Warhol belongs to her on-again off-again lover, actor Ryan O'Neal.

Uprising's guest expert Robert Jensen, author and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today's news headlines: News reporting on the NSA's spying program has garnered top journalism honors for the Guardian and Washington Post.

While giving a foreign policy speech sponsored by various groups at the University of Texas, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that terrorists training in ungoverned swaths of Syria could "soon" attack American interests around the world - or even on the nation's home soil.

Flower beds containing brightly-colored Bluebonnets are now home to a variant known as Alamo Fire, which is a shade of maroon.

The University of Texas at Austin will open a center to offer research, programs and workshops to help the public better understand the threats of identity theft, fraud and privacy.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency the greatest danger to nuclear security comes from terrorists acquiring sufficient quantities of plutonium or highly enriched uranium to construct a crude nuclear explosive device.

Los Angeles International Airport Enforcement Special Unit police officers use a bomb-sniffing dog to check baggage.

Mary Ellen Poole has been appointed director of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.

A findings report from the investigation of University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall has been referred to prosecutors in Travis County for possible criminal violations.

New Friends New Life honored the recipients of its 2014 Protect Her Award at its Wings luncheon last Friday at the Hilton Anatole.

A special legislative report that accuses University of Texas System regent Wallace Hall of possibly criminal misconduct has been forwarded to the Travis County District Attorney's Office.

On Monday, The Texas Tribune reported that information uncovered as part of the investigation of the Select Committee on Transparency in State Agencies on possible criminal actions committed by UT System Regent Wallace Hall had been referred to Travis County prosecutors.

In our fame-seeking and data-driven world, the most outrageous claims made by "experts," bloggers, and researchers often gain the most media attention.

For at least a quarter century now, colleges and universities have been relying increasingly on part-time faculty because they're cheaper than tenure-track professors.

Aspen's acclaimed Theater Masters will present its eighth annual "Take Ten," an exciting, fast-paced evening of eight 10-minute plays from award-winning MFA graduate playwriting students from across the country as part of its National MFA Playwrights Competition April 22nd - 26th at Off-Broadway's The American Theater of Actors .

Somewhere along the line, top-ranked public institutions discovered that out-of-state students represented a serious source of revenue for budgets suffering from relentless reductions in state appropriations.

In an April 8 letter addressed to UT-Austin President Bill Powers , three distinguished faculty members - joined by at least 108 others - asked Powers to withdraw support for the "Shared Services" plan to eliminate as many as 500 staff positions in order to improve "business productivity" on campus.