Research
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Study: Social Media Strengthen Social Ties, Various Demographics Engage Differently
Contrary to popular opinion, Facebook is making us more social, albeit in ways unique to the digital age, according to new research at The University of Texas at Austin.
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First Fulbright Visiting Professor in Environmental Sciences and Policy Named
Oswaldo dos Santos Lucon has been awarded the first Fulbright Visiting Professorship in Environmental Sciences and Policy for the spring semester of the 20102011 academic year.
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Everything’s tougher in Texas
This Know series explores different perspectives on the modern prison system and how it ties into history, race and contemporary policy with an emphasis on Texas.
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Texas’ love affair with incarceration
Michele Deitch, an expert on criminal justice policy, argues that Texas’ incarceration policies have shaped America’s modern prison system.
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Transforming the Texas prison system
Mary Crouter, assistant director of the William Wayne Justice Center at the School of Law, writes about Judge William Wayne Justice’s connection to Texas prison reform.
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In Texas prisons, violence and racism reign
Jorge Antonio Renaud, a graduate student in the School of Social Work, writes about what the Texas prison system was like from the inside.
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Tracking historical trends in Congress
Political scientists and information technology leaders at the university have developed a powerful new database that tracks historical trends in Congress.
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How America’s wasted food could power Switzerland for a year
How America’s wasted food could power Switzerland for a year.
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Up, up and away
After seven years of hard work, two satellites made by aerospace students will finally launch into space.
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General Counsel of International Monetary Fund Gives Law School’s Akard Lecture
Sean Hagan, the general counsel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., will deliver the University of Texas School of Law’s Akard Lecture at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin today (Nov. 18) at 5 p.m.
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Humans now steer climate bus
Which came first, rising temperatures or higher CO2 levels? The eighth and final myth in the Jackson School of Geosciences climate myths series wraps up the debate.
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Engineering Students to Launch Hand-Built Satellite
Two satellites designed and constructed by students at The University of Texas at Austin will be launched on Nov. 19 on the first student-developed mission in which satellites will orbit and communicate with each other in real-time.
