Research
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When climate change isn’t the only answer
Biologist Mike Singer says climate scientists can sometimes go wrong when they try too hard to attribute local effects to global climate change.
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Two Natural Sciences Students Named Goldwater Scholars
Steve Lu and Eileen Martin, undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences, have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.
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Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Director Receives 2011 DeWitt Carter Reddick Award
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones is the recipient of the 2011 DeWitt Carter Reddick Award, one of the highest honors given by The University of Texas at Austin College of Communication, recognizing achievements in the field of communication.
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Experts for Earth Day: Researchers Offer Environmental Perspectives
Earth Day will be celebrated on Friday, April 22. Faculty experts from The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss their research on topics ranging from the building of sustainable communities to plant ecology and environmental policies.
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Judge Sam Sparks Gets Lifetime Achievement Award from University of Texas Law School
Judge Sam Sparks of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Texas School of Law on April 15.
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Beaumont Attorney Reaud To Receive Honorary Order of the Coif from School of Law
Wayne A. Reaud, a trial lawyer and the founder of the law firm of Reaud, Morgan and Quinn in Beaumont, Texas, will receive the Honorary Order of the Coif from The University of Texas School of Law on April 15.
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University of Texas School of Law Gives ABA’s Susman Outstanding Alumnus Award
Thomas M. Susman, head of the lobbying office for the American Bar Association (ABA) in Washington, D.C., will receive The University of Texas School of Law Outstanding Alumnus Award on April 15.
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Alcohol Helps the Brain Remember, Says New Study
Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin.
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National Science Foundation Grant Helps Preserve and Digitize Fossil Collections
Fragile fossil collections ranging in age from 55 million years old to recent collections of specimens from the 19th and early 20th century, will soon be protected, digitized and be made accessible to researchers due to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $350,000 awarded to three researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Science Study Break Takes on “Avatar”
The Life Science Library’s Science Study Break program will wrap up its season on Wednesday with an examination of James Cameron’s most recent blockbuster “Avatar.”
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The University of Texas at Austin to Digitize Olympic Collection
The University of Texas at Austin will collaborate with McGill University to process and digitize the Richard W. Pound Olympic Collection, a large and varied archive of material related to the International Olympic Movement.
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Lack of broadband has crippling effect
Professor Sharon Strover explains why broadband Internet access is fundamental to the economic development of the nation’s rural communities.
