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Rate USA Synchro Junior National Championships to Make Debut in Austin

Original at SwimmingWorldMagazine.com external link    Thu, Nov 19

AUSTIN, Texas, November 19. MORE than 300 elite synchronized swimmers will gather at the University of Texas at Austin, Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, March 25 - 27 for the 2010 Junior Nati...

Rate Rapid increase of student enrollment requires additional faculty hiring

Original at Texas State University external link    Wed, Nov 18

Texas State has the highest student-to-faculty ratio of all state public universities, according to figures posted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shows the university’s student-to-faculty ratio reached 29:1 in fal...

Rate UT Volleyball on Time Warner

Original at KVUE external link    Wed, Nov 18

Time Warner Cable is proud to announce it will televise the University of Texas at Austin Lady Longhorns Volleyball game against Kansas State on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. (CST) on Time Warner Cable channel 888.

Rate Texas Aggie Bonfire timeline

Original at Texas A&M The Battalion external link    Mon, Nov 16

Small, informal bonfires had been built on and off campus in preparation for the game against the University of Texas at Austin since at least 1908. These bonfires were typically composed of trash, tree limbs and lumber scraps. Some cadets would steal outhouses to burn in the bonfires. Thes...

Past Month

 

Rate First impressions count when making personality judgments, new research shows

Original at EurekAlert external link    Tue, Nov 3

University of Texas at Austin ) First impressions do matter when it comes to communicating personality through appearance, according to new research by psychologists Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University and Sam Gosling of The University of Texas at Austin.

Rate FIRE Speakers Reach Texas, Virginia, and Mid-Atlantic Conference This Week

Original at FIRE external link    Mon, Nov 2

By luke@thefire.org (Luke Sheahan) The Young Conservatives of Texas have invited FIRE to undertake a lecture tour. Tonight, Greg will speak at Texas State University at 8 p.m. in the LBJ Student Center, Room 3-13.1. Tuesday, he will appear at the University of Texas at Austin in UTC 2.112A at 7 p.m. (UT Austin has a red-light Spotligh...

Rate University of Texas Alumni Debuting OrangeCup in Austin

Original at Yahoo! Finance external link    Fri, Oct 30

A group of University of Texas at Austin alumni are returning to the place of their alma mater next month and bringing their popular frozen yogurt brand OrangeCup with them for the Grand Opening of their seventh Texas store.

Rate District A: Amy Peck

Original at hcnonline.com external link    Wed, Oct 28

Amy Peck 24 years in Houston EDUCATION: B.A. Psychology, B.A. Government, University of Texas at Austin; Master’s in Counseling Psychology from University of Houston

October of 2009

 

Rate Rate of ice loss overestimated ?

Original at The Polar Conservation Organisation external link    Wed, Oct 21

From various articles: A West Antarctic GPS Network (WAGN) project, composed of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, The Ohio State University, and The University of Memphis, using ground measurements, suggest the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet has bee...

Rate Cronkite legacy enters UT archives

Original at UT The Daily Texan external link    Wed, Oct 21

Walter Cronkite was no stranger to the University of Texas at Austin, and now most of his personal papers and photographs will be permanently filed in the archives of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History on campus....

Rate UT-Austin plans Longview admissions center

Original at News Journal external link    Tue, Oct 20

The University of Texas at Austin plans to open a Longview admissions center — its first in East Texas — as early as January.

Rate West Antarctic ice sheet may not be losing ice as fast as once thought

Original at PhysOrg.com external link    Mon, Oct 19

New ground measurements made by the West Antarctic GPS Network (WAGN) project, composed of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, The Ohio State University, and The University of Memphis, suggest the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet has been slightly overes...

Rate ExxonMobil gives $190,000 to UT

Original at bizjournals.com external link    Thu, Oct 8

ExxonMobil Corp. has donated $190,000 to the University of Texas at Austin to support its business, engineering, geosciences, law, natural sciences and LBJ School programs.

September of 2009

 

Rate West Campus Living Honored with Third Consecutive UT Most Award

Original at PitchEngine external link    Thu, Sep 24

This Wednesday, West Campus Living was voted by students at the University of Texas at Austin to be the best apartment locator service in the UT area for the third consecutive time. The UTMost award was presented as part of a special biannual publication of the universitys daily student ne...

Rate UT tightens admissions to top 8 percent of class

Original at kwes.com external link    Wed, Sep 16    5 related articles

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The University of Texas at Austin is tightening its admissions policy regarding automatic admissions of top Texas high school grads. State law guarantees admission for students in

Rate University of Texas leaves National Merit Scholarship Program

Original at Denver Post external link    Wed, Sep 2

The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance. The 50,000-student university — second only to Harvard University in the number of merit scholars enrolled — said budget pressures were causing it t...

August of 2009

 

Rate Coalition Calls for a Renewed Focus on Western Civilization and Ethics Coursework in Texas Colleges and Universities

Original at RedOrbit external link    Wed, Aug 26

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- As classes begin today at the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions around the state, a new coalition has launched an effort to enhance the quality of higher education in Texas.

Rate Director of UT Geophysics Institute named

Original at Orlando Business Journal external link    Wed, Aug 26

Terry Quinn has been named director of the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin.

Rate Coalition Calls for a Renewed Focus on Western Civilization and Ethics Coursework in Texas Colleges and Universities

Original at Yahoo! Finance external link    Wed, Aug 26

As classes begin today at the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions around the state, a new coalition has launched an effort to enhance the quality of higher education in Texas.

Rate Smooth-Stone Selected As Texas Emerging Technology Fund Recipient

Original at dBusinessNews.com external link    Fri, Aug 21

The Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC) announce that the state of Texas has chosen Smooth-Stone, Inc., a portfolio member company of the Austin Technology Incubator, a key program of the IC2 Institute at T...

Rate America's Afghanistan problem

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Aug 15

is the product of Fordham University in New York City, the University of Cairo, where he studied Arabic, and the University of Texas at Austin. ...

Rate A&M grads earn higher salaries

Original at Texas A&M The Battalion external link    Mon, Aug 10

A&M grads earn higher salaries Texas A&M The Battalion The University of Texas at Austin ranked second, with an average median salary of $93900. Texas Tech University ranked third at $82100. ... and more »

July of 2009

 

Rate Still a party school, UT also ranks high for career services

Original at Orlando Business Journal external link    Mon, Jul 27

The University of Texas at Austin ranks as the seventh best party school, but the school ranks even higher when it comes to preparing students for their careers.

Rate UT ranks 7th as party school; Penn St. takes first

Original at Brownsville Herald external link    Mon, Jul 27

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (AP) — Penn State University is now the No. 1 U.S. party school and the University of Texas at Austin isn't too far behind.

Rate Bioethicists Call For Heightened Oversight of Genetic Ancestry Testing

Original at GenomeWeb external link    Thu, Jul 2

A team of bioethics and anthropology researchers from Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Austin, New York University, and the University of Wisconsin argued that a sound public policy should be developed around existing geneti...

Rate University of Texas Austin Utilities Chief to Chair International District Energy Association Board:

Original at Yahoo! Finance external link    Wed, Jul 1

ARLINGTON, VA.----Juan Ontiveros of The University of Texas at Austin was elected 2009-2010 chair of the International District Energy Association at the organization's annual meeting held yesterday during its 100th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Arlington, Va.

Year 2009

 

Rate Marijuana proponents urge colleges to mellow out

Original at Washington Post external link    Sat, May 16    13 related articles

 United States They are Colorado State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Florida State University, University of Maryland, University of Texas at Austin, George Washington University (Washington, DC), College of William & Mary (Virginia), University of ...

Rate US News & World Report release 2009 Business School Overall and Categorical rankings

Original at Journey to my MBA external link    Mon, Apr 27

By noreply@blogger.com (Dave for MBA) 5 Harvard University Boston, MA 6 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross) Ann Arbor, MI 7 University of Chicago (Booth) Chicago, IL 8 Columbia University New York, NY 9 University of California--Berkeley (Haas) Berkeley, CA 10 University of Texas--Austin (McCombs) Austin, TX

Rate Most popular university list released

Original at KXAN-TV external link    Mon, Feb 9

Where do students really really really want to go to college according to U.S. News and World Report ? Harvard University. University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M made the cut also for most popular colleges.

Rate Opinion: Larue Barnes: A chance to pray together

Original at Cleburne Times-Review external link    Mon, Jan 19

 TX - He graduated from Cleburne High in 1955 and attended the University of Texas at Austin one year, then transferred to Texas Christian University. ...

Rate In Texas, First Amendment Imperiled in 2008

Original at FIRE external link    Thu, Jan 1

By adam@thefire.org (Adam Kissel) Indeed, FIRE opened and closed 2008 with Texas on our mind. In January, Texas Southern University was FIRE’s Speech Code of the Month. Texas Southern’s Student Code of Conduct prohibits “intentional mental or physical harm,” which it defines as follows:

Rate Repression of Political Speech and Activity Abounds on College Campuses in 2008

Original at FIRE external link    Wed, Dec 24

By azhar@thefire.org (Azhar Majeed) Another memorable political speech case arose at the University of Oklahoma (OU). In September, an OU administrator sent a campus-wide e-mail to all students, faculty, and staff directing them not to use their university e-mail accounts to "endorse or oppose a candidate, including th...

Rate Outside panel puts Texas transportation needs at more than $14 billion a year

Original at Star-Telegram.com external link    Wed, Dec 17

The committee only studied the need, and didn’t explore how to raise money for the improvements, said committee Chairman Michael Walton, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin. But several panelists stepped forward to support tax and fee increases.

Rate Anne Neal in ‘The New Republic’ on UNL and Bill Ayers

Original at FIRE external link    Tue, Dec 9

By greg@thefire.org (Greg Lukianoff) Check out Anne Neal's article in The New Republic on the disinvitation of Bill Ayers from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in October. Anne, the president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and a First Amendment lawyer, writes:

Rate UT Austin’s massive tile display

Original at hack a day external link    Sun, Nov 23

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By Eliot Phillips The Texas Advanced Computing Center has built one of the largest tiled displays ever. They arranged 75 30inch Dell displays in a 5×15 pattern. The overall the system has 36GB of graphics memory and 108GB of system memory. They intend on using the system to display very large data sets. If you th...

Rate Exactly the same except...

Original at Sepia Mutiny external link    Sun, Nov 23

By abhi Both my parents immigrated from India. My dad has been in the U.S. military for 26 years. Because my dad was in the military, I've lived everywhere, but the majority of time in Texas. I graduated from the University of Texas, Austin, and then the University of Houston Law Center. I had a bout with ca...

Rate UT Austin creates world's highest resolution tiled display: Stallion

Original at Engadget external link    Sun, Nov 23

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By Darren Murph If you thought 220 million pixels was a lot, well, you'd be right. But given how things are in Texas relative to everything else, we'd say there's no denying that 307 million pixels is indeed a lot more. Dubbed the world's highest resolution tiled display, Stallion has just been unveiled by t...

Rate Houston Lawyer Tells of The Joys of Surfing a Partisan Wave Into Office

Original at WSJ.com external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Nathan Koppel Both my parents immigrated from India. My dad has been in the U.S. military for 26 years. Because my dad was in the military, I’ve lived everywhere, but the majority of time in Texas. I graduated from the University of Texas, Austin, and then the University of Houston Law Center. I had a bout with ca...

Rate When the RIAA comes a-knocking …

Original at p2pnet.net external link    Mon, Nov 17

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By Jon 7. Michigan State University - 753 8. Howard University - 572 11. University of South Florida - 490 13. Northern Illinois University - 487 15. Boston University - 470 16. Northern Michigan University - 457 18. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 400 19. University of Texas at Austin - 371

Rate Fall 2006 Workshop Schedule

Original at Logan Lounge external link    Sat, Nov 15

By Jeremy(noreply@blogger.com) Mary Terrall, University of California Los Angles Birds and Bees: Natural History Practices in the 18th-Century// September 25* Michael Lynch, Cornell University After Closure: / October 9* Amy L. Fairchild, Columbia University TBA

Rate Heads-up -- check us out at schools all across the US

Original at blogs.msdn.com external link    Thu, Nov 6

By steven_sinofsky Duke University Michigan State University University of California - Davis University of California - Irvine University of California - San Diego University of Texas - Austin University of Virginia University of Washington Washington University in St. Louis

Rate Opinion: Female Professors at U. of Texas-Austin Earn $9,000 Less Than Male Peers

Original at Chronicle of Higher Education external link    Wed, Nov 5

By Robin Wilson Female professors at the University of Texas at Austin earned an average of $9,028 less than their male counterparts in 2007, and senior female faculty members there feel more isolated and less recognized for their work than do their male colleagues.

Rate As election nears, censorship fever hits college campuses

Original at FIRE external link    Fri, Oct 17

By greg@thefire.org (Greg Lukianoff) Meanwhile, anyone who has an actual opinion on the election should think twice about expressing it on a bumper sticker at the University of Illinois, or in their dorm window at University of Texas at Austin. In fact, students who hung an Obama sign in their window at UT Austin were threatene...

Rate Opinion: With Election Weeks Away, Political Speech Under Attack on America’s Campuses

Original at FIRE external link    Wed, Oct 15

In addition to the situations at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Illinois, FIRE has monitored bans on political expression at several other institutions in the past few weeks. At the University of Texas at Austin (UT), two students were threatened with disciplinary act...

Rate Interviewing Galbraith on the Economy: It's Not the End of DaysVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Washington Note external link    Wed, Oct 8

Here is an 8-minute plus clip of an interview I did with economist and Obama team adviser James K. "Jamie" Galbraith of the LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin. More soon -- giving a lecture about Congressional impact on U.S. foreign policy to a political science class at the 1782-fo...

Rate LIVE STREAMING TODAY: Economist James K. Galbraith on "The Predator State"Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Washington Note external link    Mon, Oct 6

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James "Jamie" Galbraith -- son of close JFK adviser John Kenneth Galbraith -- is Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair of Government/Business Relations at the University of Texas at Austin and is former Executive Director of Joint Economic Committee in Congress.

Rate Petrushin Etal

Original at Scribd Feed for Flavio Bernardotti external link    Sun, Sep 28

Multiple-Sensor Indoor Surveillance System Valery A. Petrushin1), Omer Shakil2), Damian Roqueiro3), Gang Wei1), Anatole V. Gershman1) 1) Accenture Technology Labs, Chicago, IL, USA 2) University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA 3) University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL,...

Year 2007

 

Rate Mississippi State University Team Wins Challenge X 2007 Competition

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Thu, Jun 7

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By Mike Millikin The 17 teams participating in Challenge X include Michigan Technological University; Mississippi State University, The Ohio State University; Pennsylvania State University; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, San Diego State University, Texas Tech University; University o...

Rate UF political science professor named Carnegie Scholar

Original at University of Florida external link    Tue, May 1

By rwayne Villalón holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin as well as degrees from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and Louisiana State University.

Year 2005

 

Rate UW signs onto satellite teaching program

Original at UW Badger Herald external link    Mon, Dec 12

Other American universities involved include Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Purdue, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of California at Los Angeles; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Geo...

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