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USA Synchro Junior National Championships to Make Debut in Austin
Original at SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
• 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...
Rapid increase of student enrollment requires additional faculty hiring
Original at Texas State University
• 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...
UT Volleyball on Time Warner
Original at KVUE
• 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.
Texas Aggie Bonfire timeline
Original at Texas A&M The Battalion
• 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...
First impressions count when making personality judgments, new research shows
Original at EurekAlert
• 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.
FIRE Speakers Reach Texas, Virginia, and Mid-Atlantic Conference This Week
Original at FIRE
• 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...
University of Texas Alumni Debuting OrangeCup in Austin
Original at Yahoo! Finance
• 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.
District A: Amy Peck
Original at hcnonline.com
• 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
Rate of ice loss overestimated ?
Original at The Polar Conservation Organisation
• 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...
Cronkite legacy enters UT archives
Original at UT The Daily Texan
• 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....
UT-Austin plans Longview admissions center
Original at News Journal
• 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.
West Antarctic ice sheet may not be losing ice as fast as once thought
Original at PhysOrg.com
• 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...
ExxonMobil gives $190,000 to UT
Original at bizjournals.com
• 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.
West Campus Living Honored with Third Consecutive UT Most Award
Original at PitchEngine
• 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...
UT tightens admissions to top 8 percent of class
Original at kwes.com
• 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
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University of Texas leaves National Merit Scholarship Program
Original at Denver Post
• 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...
Coalition Calls for a Renewed Focus on Western Civilization and Ethics Coursework in Texas Colleges and Universities
Original at RedOrbit
• 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.
Director of UT Geophysics Institute named
Original at Orlando Business Journal
• Wed, Aug 26
Terry Quinn has been named director of the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin.
Coalition Calls for a Renewed Focus on Western Civilization and Ethics Coursework in Texas Colleges and Universities
Original at Yahoo! Finance
• 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.
Smooth-Stone Selected As Texas Emerging Technology Fund Recipient
Original at dBusinessNews.com
• 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...
America's Afghanistan problem
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• 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. ...
A&M grads earn higher salaries
Original at Texas A&M The Battalion
• 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 »
Still a party school, UT also ranks high for career services
Original at Orlando Business Journal
• 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.
UT ranks 7th as party school; Penn St. takes first
Original at Brownsville Herald
• 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.
Bioethicists Call For Heightened Oversight of Genetic Ancestry Testing
Original at GenomeWeb
• 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...
University of Texas Austin Utilities Chief to Chair International District Energy Association Board:
Original at Yahoo! Finance
• 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.
Marijuana proponents urge colleges to mellow out
Original at Washington Post
• 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 ...
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US News & World Report release 2009 Business School Overall and Categorical rankings
Original at Journey to my MBA
• 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
Most popular university list released
Original at KXAN-TV
• 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.
Opinion: Larue Barnes: A chance to pray together
Original at Cleburne Times-Review
• 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. ...
In Texas, First Amendment Imperiled in 2008
Original at FIRE
• 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:
Repression of Political Speech and Activity Abounds on College Campuses in 2008
Original at FIRE
• 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...
Outside panel puts Texas transportation needs at more than $14 billion a year
Original at Star-Telegram.com
• 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.
Anne Neal in ‘The New Republic’ on UNL and Bill Ayers
Original at FIRE
• 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:
UT Austin’s massive tile display
Original at hack a day
• Sun, Nov 23
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...
Exactly the same except...
Original at Sepia Mutiny
• 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...
UT Austin creates world's highest resolution tiled display: Stallion
Original at Engadget
• Sun, Nov 23
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...
Houston Lawyer Tells of The Joys of Surfing a Partisan Wave Into Office
Original at WSJ.com
• 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...
When the RIAA comes a-knocking …
Original at p2pnet.net
• Mon, Nov 17
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
Fall 2006 Workshop Schedule
Original at Logan Lounge
• 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
Heads-up -- check us out at schools all across the US
Original at blogs.msdn.com
• 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
Opinion: Female Professors at U. of Texas-Austin Earn $9,000 Less Than Male Peers
Original at Chronicle of Higher Education
• 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.
As election nears, censorship fever hits college campuses
Original at FIRE
• 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...
Opinion: With Election Weeks Away, Political Speech Under Attack on America’s Campuses
Original at FIRE
• 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...
Interviewing Galbraith on the Economy: It's Not the End of DaysOriginal at The Washington Note
• 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...
LIVE STREAMING TODAY: Economist James K. Galbraith on "The Predator State"Original at The Washington Note
• Mon, Oct 6
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.
Petrushin Etal
Original at Scribd Feed for Flavio Bernardotti
• 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,...
Mississippi State University Team Wins Challenge X 2007 Competition
Original at Green Car Congress
• Thu, Jun 7
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...
UF political science professor named Carnegie Scholar
Original at University of Florida
• 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.
UW signs onto satellite teaching program
Original at UW Badger Herald
• 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...