Academics

Event: Nearly 600 students from Title I schools in the Austin Independent School District will be honored for their academic accomplishments during the 2010-2011 school year at the Neighborhood Longhorns Program Superstar Scholarship Banquet.

Event: Sixth Annual Young Women’s Day of Action Luncheon with Maria Poblet, director of Causa Justa::Just Cause When: Thursday, Oct. 27, noon

A professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and a graduate of the school have been awarded the Norman Medal, the most prestigious award given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Event: The Texas Center for Education Policy (TCEP) will host a brown bag lunchtime discussion “Exit Strategies: How Low-Performing High Schools Respond to High School Exit Examinations.”

A communications pioneer, an academic leader and an oilman are the newest members of the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame. Honorees Jack R. Crosby, William H. Cunningham and James R. Moffett will be inducted at a gala celebration on Oct. 28 at the ATandT Executive Education and Conference Center.

The University of Texas at Austin recently honored four individuals and three organizations for their commitment to serving the Austin Hispanic community in the areas of education and community service at an awards ceremony at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin.

Event: “Forging a National Grow-Your-Own Latino/a Teacher Preparation Pipeline: How Strengthening the Teaching Professional Can Improve Student Learning” will be a discussion about building community-based, university-connected teacher education pipelines.

Event: Juvenile Support Network Conference: Creative Pathways to Engaging Youth, a one-day conference that focuses on supporting court-involved youth and those at risk of dropping out of school.

Event: Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. will present “The Education of Barack Obama: What Our First Black President is Learning About Race, Politics and the Media” as part of the Mary Alice Davis Distinguished

Two University of Texas at Austin College of Education faculty members were elected Fellows of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) and a third was given the organization’s highest honor at a special banquet and ceremony during the September conference.

Sex-segregated schooling is not superior to coeducational schooling and carries the risk of exaggerating sexism and gender stereotyping, according to a new report co-authored by a University of Texas at Austin psychologist.

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