Research
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Ghost people
From “dead time” to “creeping inflation,” terrifying terms are explained by fearless faculty from the Macabre School of Business.
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Skeleton crew
From “dead time” to “creeping inflation,” terrifying terms are explained by fearless faculty from the Macabre School of Business.
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Perry Leads White by 10 in Statewide Poll
Republican Gov. Rick Perry has the backing of 50 percent of registered voters and maintains a 10-point lead over Democratic challenger Bill White in the closing stretch of the 2010 campaign, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll released today.
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The last men standing
Incumbents Chet Edwards and Ciro Rodriguez face a difficult battle during the upcoming election in the U.S. House. Find out how redistricting could make or break the political careers of these two Texas Democrats.
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Key Votes Partnership Helps Annette Strauss Institute Create More Voters, Better Citizens at National Level
The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation will begin this month managing Project Vote Smart’s Key Votes Program, a free online database that provides citizens with access to congressional and state legislative voting records compiled by undergraduate researchers. The institute was among six universities vying to manage the Key Votes program.
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With $2.4 Million Grant, Researchers to Decode Geranium’s Evolutionary Mysteries
Botany researcher Dr. Robert Jansen and his colleagues have received a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the Plant Genome Program of the National Science Foundation to investigate the genomes of the geranium plant and 15 related species.
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Who will take control of the U.S. Senate?
We have about 10 days to go until the 2010 mid-term elections. Based on the high probability of the Republicans winning the House, most eyes on election night will be focused on the Senate.
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Pakistan floods rival earthquakes, tsunamis in severity
No one imagined the thirsty land of Pakistan would see massive devastation due to an excess of water. A Fulbright Scholar and grad student makes a plea for support.
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Prof analyzes aggressive teenage driving
Transportation engineering Professor Chandra Bhat explains why a pickup could be the most dangerous vehicle for a 16- to 17-year-old to drive. Teens driving them are 100 percent more likely to be severely injured during a crash than a teen of the same age driving a car.
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Energy: Recognizing how much isn’t there
To deal with the energy crisis we must deal with a consumption crisis, but politicians are reluctant to run a campaign based on a call for “less” — the American Dream, after all, is always “more.”
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Are social media and politics hitting the mark for young voters?
Campaign spin doctors — from both the left and the right — hope to lure new voters to their candidates through Facebook and Twitter, but will they instead lead cautious voters to further tune out the political “news”?
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Project to Study ‘Dark Energy’ Receives $8 Million from National Science Foundation
A project to discover the nature of dark energy, a mysterious force causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, has received an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
