Research
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A tree of life grows in Texas
Computer scientist Tandy Warnow uses a Texas Advanced Computing Center supercomputer to create a more accurate evolutionary history.
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Meet Andrea Gore, David Crews, Art Markman
On April 11 at two live tapings of the Game Changers series, our speakers discuss life in a contaminated world and three keys to smart thinking.
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Meet Game Changers Andrea Gore and David Crews
On April 11 at the Game Changers live taping, the scientists discuss how environmental exposures to commonly used chemicals cause irreversible biological changes in us.
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The voting trends of women
In our latest Elections 2012 video, Government scholar Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto discusses the issues women are mobilizing around.
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McCombs Adds New Master’s Degree In Finance
College graduates with nonbusiness backgrounds can now earn a master of science degree in finance (MSF) from the McCombs School of Business. The 10-month degree, which is the newest expansion of McCombs’ specialized master’s degree programs, will launch in July 2012.
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Two Engineering Students Among Only 15 in the Nation to Receive $250,000 Hertz Fellowships
Two engineering students at The University of Texas at Austin are among only 15 students in the nation selected this year to receive a five-year, $250,000 Hertz Foundation Fellowship to pursue graduate research at the university of their choice.
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Transportation Symposium to Discuss Emerging Vehicle Technology
The Center for Transportation Research (CTR), a transportation research center of The University of Texas at Austin, will host a symposium April 4 about emerging vehicle technology that is open to the public.
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Information School Experts to Discuss Importance of Product Design
Event: The Austin Forum on Science, Technology and Society will host “Product Design: The New Interplay of People, Objects and Information” presented by Andrew Dillon,
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West Antarctic Ice Shelves Tearing Apart at the Seams
A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially amplifying an already accelerating loss of ice to the sea.
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On religion and politics
Religious Studies Professor Tom Tweed discusses religion’s role in politics and its impact on this year’s election season outcomes.
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Michael Morton to Speak on Panel about Prosecutorial Oversight
What: “Prosecutorial Oversight: A National Dialogue in the Wake of Connick v.




