University of Texas at Austin News

A student rally was held Thursday in support of domestic partner benefits for University of Texas at Austin faculty and staff.

Dr. John Richburg, associate professor of pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a five-year $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the adverse effects of environmental toxicants on male fertility and disease.

India's apex industry chamber, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ), is set to sign three MoUs for cooperation with three leading US institutions.

Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.

Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found.

On November 20 at 4:00 p.m. EST, a clockwise circulating beam was established in the LHC's 17-mile ring.

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. a ' Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

The Envision Central Texas board of directors Wednesday announced that Travis Froehlich will serve as ECT's chairman in 2010.

Stephanie Hunt, the rock 'n' roll newcomer on - Friday Night Lights' November 19, 2009 8:45 am Currently recording with members of the Black Angels, Hunt is on track to break out of a bit role on "Friday Night Lights" -- if she's willing to leave the Austin, Texas,music scene behind.

Liz Weaver, a law student at the University of Texas, is trying to decide whether to enroll in a program in London, which would saddle her with even more college debt.

Are we bad for getting mad? Psychologists say it's normal to get angry. We all do it - and we need to feel anger.

The first UT-Austin graduate to get an Oscar, by the school's count, is coming back.

BettySoo, 31, is barely 5 feet tall, with a big, dimpled smile. She is one of many aspiring singer/songwriters in Austin, Texas, but this year, with the release of her third CD, "Heat Sin Water Skin," BettySoo separated from the pack.

U.S. researchers have linked moderate sleep deprivation to potentially devastating errors.

Thousands gathered early Wednesday at the Bonfire Memorial on the Texas A&M campus to observe the 10th anniversary of the 1999 Bonfire Collapse that killed 12 Aggies.

Sleep deprivation adversely affects automatic, accurate responses and can lead to potentially devastating errors, a finding of particular concern among firefighters, police officers, soldiers and others who work in a sleep-deprived state, University of Texas at Austin researchers say.

Who knew debris could be so pretty? Cast your eyes skyward tonight and just before dawn tomorrow for the debris from comet Tempel-Tuttle -discovered independently by Ernst Tempel on December 19, 1865 and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on January 6, 1866.

Whether a large area of low oxygen water called the "dead zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico could cause declines in environmentally and economically important fish populations is the subject of a new study by University of Texas at Austin marine scientist Peter Thomas.

Around Texas A&M University, it's known simply as Bonfire. No explanation needed.

ESRI welcomes Ahmed Abukhater, GISP, as the new community development industry solutions manager on its government team .