Research
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K&N Management Celebrates Malcolm Baldrige Award by Creating Scholarship at McCombs School
Local restaurant company KandN Management has announced a $10,000 endowment to the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin to celebrate the company’s recognition as a recipient of the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence.
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Declining Energy Quality Could Be a Root Cause of Current Recession
An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the United States is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation’s energy supply, often measured as the amount of energy we get out for a given energy input, says energy expert Carey King of The University of Texas at Austin.
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A toy’s story
Business students follow a doll’s journey backward from an Austin Target store to factories in China.
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Online Database Tracks Congressional, Presidential and Public Priorities
As a new Congress prepares to take office, a powerful online tool from University of Texas at Austin political scientists can help answer questions about lawmakers’ shifting focus over time, differences between Republican and Democratic priorities and whether wave elections correlate with policy changes in Washington.
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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.
