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Student Experience

The big question in transportation

Engineering Professor Kara Kockelman describes how vehicle sharing and safety technologies will bring meaningful benefits to a sea of travelers.
Campus

Benson Latin American Collection Hosts Peruvian Art Exhibition

Event: “Art Across the Americas,” an Austin Lima Sister Cities art exhibition. Reception and month-long exhibition are free and open to the public.
Student Experience

Graphic Novelist Discusses Comic-Book Biography of Physicist Richard Feynman

Event: Science Study Break talk by Jim Ottaviani on his graphic novel biography of physicist Richard Feynman. The event is free and open to the public. When: Friday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m.
Research

College of Natural Sciences Builds Entrepreneurship Programs Under Direction of New Associate Dean Skip Porter

The College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin is building new entrepreneurship programs to better connect students and faculty to industry under the direction of W. Arthur “Skip” Porter, the college’s new associate dean for innovation and science enterprise.
Academics

Luis Zayas Appointed School of Social Work Dean at The University of Texas at Austin

Luis H. Zayas, a professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., has been appointed dean of the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin.
Academics

New Television Series to Feature Game-Changing University of Texas Faculty

Professors who are “changing the game” in their fields of study and around the world will be showcased on a new television series produced by The University of Texas at Austin for the Longhorn Network.
Research

Computer Science Student Wins Prestigious Astronaut Foundation Award

Space Shuttle astronaut and University of Texas at Austin graduate Robert Crippen today presented a $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) scholarship to Ben Braun, a junior majoring in computer science.
Student Experience

The University of Texas at Austin Granted 2011-12 Texas Campus Compact Students in Service Awards

The University of Texas at Austin is one of nine higher education institutions to receive the Students in Service (SIS) grant award for the 2011-12 academic year through the Texas Campus Compact (TxCC), an Austin-based statewide nonprofit organization.
Student Experience

The University of Texas at Austin Opening New Admissions Center in El Paso on Sept. 28

Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin, and Kedra Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, will travel to El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 28 to participate in the 5:30 p.m. grand opening of the university’s new El Paso Admissions Center.
Academics

Five Principles Critical to Successful Nation-Building, Finds History and Global Affairs Scholar

The United States must follow five fundamental principles in order to successfully build strong, self-sufficient nations in post-conflict situations, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
Research

Researchers Develop Optimal Algorithm for Determining Focus Error in Eyes and Cameras

University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual systems until now.
Campus

Career Retrospective of Important African Artist El Anatsui Comes to The Blanton for Only Showing in the Southwest

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin will serve as the only southwest venue for “El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa,” a major retrospective of internationally renowned artist El Anatsui organized by the Museum for African Art in New York City.