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Ransom gets Big Read grant for Edgar Allan Poe event

7/2/2009 2:08 PM

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to host The Big Read in Austin, focusing on Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poems. A collectible cigarette card depicting Edgar Allan Poe, undated.Image courtesy of Harry [......Read More

Experts available to discuss crisis in Iran

7/2/2009 1:55 PM

University of Texas at Austin faculty are available to provide expert perspectives on issues related to the political unrest over Iranian election results, including President Barack Obama's stance on Iran policy, the violent crackdown on protestors in Tehran and the revolutionary impact of social media. Iran's Road to Democracy Jason Brownlee Assi...Read More

Peer behavior affects mobile device use in meetings

7/1/2009 11:24 AM

Organizational norms and social cues, not communication overload, are the strongest predictors of whether individuals use their laptops or smart phones to electronically multitask during a meeting, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The report "The Social Influences on Electronic Multitasking in Organizational Meetings,"...Read More

Hispanic health focus of Sept. 15-17 conference

7/1/2009 11:17 AM

"The 2009 International Conference on Aging in the Americas," hosted by the LBJ School of Public Affairs, will be held on Sept. 15-17 at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin campus. The conference, scheduled during National Hispanic Heritage Month, is the third installment in the Conference Ser...Read More

UT ranks No. 2 for grads accepted to Teach for America

6/29/2009 2:25 PM

The University of Texas at Austin ranks second in the nation's top 20 large-sized colleges and universities contributing graduating seniors to Teach for America's 2009 corps. This fall, 71 graduates from The University of Texas at Austin will begin teaching in urban and rural public schools across the country through the Teach for America program. ...Read More

VP for information technology resigns

6/25/2009 12:59 PM

Brian Roberts, vice president for information technology at The University of Texas at Austin since 2006, has resigned and will return to the faculty in the College of Liberal Arts, effective immediately. Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, will oversee the Information Technology Services division, said William Powers Jr., pr...Read More

Clean energy summit looks at smart grid agenda

6/24/2009 2:17 PM

The third annual Clean Energy Venture Summit: Bringing the Smart Grid to Life is scheduled for Oct. 14 and 15 at the AT&T Executive Center, the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) Clean Energy Incubator has announced. The Clean Energy Venture Summit (CVES) will focus on technology related to the Pecan Street Project (PSP), the largest clean energ...Read More

Researchers find new method for computing evolutionary trees

6/18/2009 1:47 PM

Detailed, accurate evolutionary trees that reveal the relatedness of living things can now be determined much faster and for thousands of species with a computing method developed by computer scientists and a biologist at The University of Texas at Austin. They report their new method in the journal Science. Since Charles Darwin, biologists have co...Read More

Baseball, golf tournaments have economic impact

6/18/2009 12:51 PM

Conservative estimates show that during the NCAA Austin baseball regional and super regional weekends, $2.1 million were infused into the economy, according to Don Hoyte with Texas Trust Funds. In addition, The University of Texas at Austin also hosted the NCAA Men's Golf Central Regional Championship in May, and that event is estimated to have gen...Read More

Student-athletes achieve academic success

6/18/2009 11:20 AM

For the spring 2009 semester, 235 student-athletes at The University of Texas at Austin-more than 60 percent-earned a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) or better, and 36 student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPAs. In addition, all but three men's and women's varsity programs earned team GPAs of 3.0 or better. "Our goal is to have all of our teams [......Read More