University of Texas at Austin News Archives

Education is the issue of our time. Tom Luce, with remarkable foresight, anticipated this 25 years ago.

New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature.

The writings and illustrations of the ancient Maya civilization have told us primarily about the elite classes and religion, with rich depictions of headdress-wearing kings and mystical jaguars and bats.

Are Utah's national test scores really above average or does our unusually high proportion of white students only make us appear to be above average compared with other states? Jay Blain is a math teacher at Cottonwood High School who's teaches a diverse group of students.

One hard-earned lesson he's learned: You can't earn trust as a leader in a part-time role.

The Fort Worth premiere of filmmaker Tom Huckabeea s early short The Death Of Jim Morrison is at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at The Butterfly Connection , 2812 Race St.

Two indicators of liver function, Gamma-glutamyl transferase and albumin have been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

Kristi Smith Wyatt KANSAS CITY, Mo. - " The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce announced the appointment of Kristi Smith Wyatt as interim president of The Chamber.

Getting out from under your mortgage probably sounds like a no-brainer. If you have the cash, why not pay off the house and avoid the hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest payments you'd otherwise have to make over the next 30 years? Even forking over a little extra each month will save you a boatload and pay off your debt years early.

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 .

Gerald Cholewa, left, and Ron Klimek stand outside their Christmas decorated home.

Molina Healthcare, Inc. announced today that Robert Hilliard, Jr., MD has been named the chief medical officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.

Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.

Padre's Marfa is a true reflection of the town whose name it bears. It seems like there are two different realities in this quirky West Texas town of about 2,000 residents, located between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park.

Non-spherical nano-/micro-particles can drift laterally in a linear laminar flow under the concurrent effect of hydrodynamic and inertial forces.

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.

Getting another Texas university to Tier One status will be good for all Texans, but the advance is not going to come fast or cheap.