Broadcast journalist Bill Moyers and opera legend Barbara Conrad, both University of Texas at Austin distinguished alumni, will highlight the University's May 20 evening commencement ceremony.
The University of Texas at Austin announced that San Antonio businessman Red McCombs, owner of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, has given a $50 million cash gift to the university's business school, which will be named the Red McCombs School of Business.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a mechanism for targeting exact locations on strands of DNA that could greatly expand basic genetic research, open the door to new possibilities in genetic engineering and improve the ability to fight diseases -- including cancer and HIV -- on the genetic level.
By manipulating the way light passes through tissue, a biomedical engineering team at The University of Texas at Austin has made tiny bits of flesh transparent for brief periods of time in the lab.
Research by biologists at The University of Texas at Austin could pave the way for development of stronger, better textiles and specialty cotton products, a potential boon for the $1.2 billion-a-year cotton industry in Texas (In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 9-00).
A hypothesis formulated by Dr. Adam Heller, who holds the Ernest Cockrell Sr. Chair in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, suggests that genes also may be cathodically protected against oxidation.
An assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at Austin and an expert on non-migratory butterfly species, has worked with world climate experts to document new evidence of global warming (Science, 9-22-2000).
Like a computer virus eating away software, chronic alcohol abuse can change the programming of critical areas of the human brain on the molecular level, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 12-00)
Professor of engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has received the $450,000 Japan Prize for his discoveries of the materials critical to the development of lightweight rechargeable batteries.
Two astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin, working with an international team of collaborators, have shown that they can provide reliable measurements of black hole masses for active galactic nuclei such as quasars even at great distances.
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin presented a report offering new geophysical clues to a cataclysmic event that may have killed off the dinosaurs.
Engineers from The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering and Ford Motor Company have patented a new technology aimed at reducing vehicle emissions by 50 percent or more.
Dr. Carlton Erickson of The University of Texas at Austin's College of Pharmacy has been recognized by one of the country's most respected addiction treatment facilities for his life's work in the research laboratory and in educating the public concerning alcoholism.
Solar cells work fine in sunshine, but do not generate electric power in the dark. That creates a special engineering problem for cells on the international space station because it is powered by solar cells on the giant set of wings recently attached to it. Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin are working to solve that problem.
A University of Texas at Austin engineering professor is working with a $2.94 million grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at minimizing loss of life and structural damage from earthquakes.
Snakes faking dangerous colors to protect themselves from predators can successfully get away with this strategy -- but only in areas where truly deadly snakes are found, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The research adds new weight to the evidence for natural selection. (Nature, 3-15-01)
The "Top Ten Percent" legislation (HB588) enacted into law by the Texas Legislature in 1997 has helped ensure that the diversity of the state of Texas is reflected at UT Austin, according to Dr. David Montejano, an associate professor of history and sociology who led research efforts that yielded the "Top 10 Percent" policy.
Engineers at The University of Texas are working with a Massachusetts-based startup firm to improve a leading-edge technology for cleaning up contaminated soil.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have used a new form of laser technology called single molecule spectroscopy to make important contributions to understanding the motion of molecules in supercooled liquids, a problem of interest to scientists for more than half a century.
Dimitrios Dardalis, a mechanical engineering graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, has patented a design that holds promise for dramatic fuel savings in heavy duty diesel engines of the future.
Two professors at The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering have devised a method to make silicon shine.
Scientists have been trying for several years to understand just how the "normal" action of the famous gene prevents development of breast and ovarian cancer and why mutated versions are associated with both breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
Astronomers seeking to chart the solar system's evolution reaped a windfall of information when a comet disintegrated just as it made its closest approach to the sun and they were able to observe the comet's contents and, possibly, its origin.
An engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin is helping the U.S. Air Force learn techniques to build better missile detectors by studying poisonous snakes.
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have reported the first observation of a phenomenon called chaos-assisted tunneling. This effect was predicted by physicists doing basic research in the area of quantum mechanics more than a decade ago and has been the subject of many theoretical studies since that time.
Being a published poet is a high-risk occupation -- more dangerous than being a firefighter or deep-sea diver, says a University of Texas at Austin psychologist who recently concluded a new study on language use in poetry.
Comparing bumps in a rug to boxes dragged across the floor and to earthquake fault zones, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed new calculations to demonstrate that the mechanics of friction can be the same, no matter what the size of the materials involved.
Motivated by the cancer deaths of several friends and family members, a University of Texas at Austin scientist has developed technology to help doctors detect cancer and determine whether cancer cells are capable of spreading to other parts of the body.
In the initial days following the Sept. 11 tragedy, media representatives did an excellent job covering "spot news," but now need to be careful to find middle ground in their reporting, say two University of Texas at Austin journalism professors.
Cellulose in a new group of organisms may be a promising new resource for the industrial production of the substance and could eventually eliminate the need to harvest trees for wood or pulp, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin say.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered the mechanism by which a key hormone called auxin regulates the growth and development of plants by promoting the degradation of repressor proteins. The discovery could eventually allow scientists to manipulate plant growth in desirable ways.
Half of all living bird and mammal species will be gone within 200 or 300 years, according to a botany professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Although the extinction of various species is a natural phenomenon, the rate of extinction occurring in today's world is exceptional -- as many as 100 to1,000 times greater than normal.
Enlisting the help of 15 Weddell seals as underwater photographers, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered important new information about two ecologically important fish species living far beneath the ice pack in the dark and frigid waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound.
Experts in the areas of natural sciences, engineering, public policy, liberal arts, business, law and communications are offered for comment on various aspects of the war with Iraq.
The Watergate papers of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have been acquired for $5 million by The University of Texas at Austin.
Michael S. Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Computer, the computer company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and built into a multi-billion-dollar global corporation, will give the commencement address for the 120th spring commencement.
The Super Bowl of business plan competitions will be occuring at The University of Texas at Austin from April 30-May 3 and will draw 30 teams of MBA entrepreneurs from all over the world.
About 74 percent of undergraduate students at The University of Texas at Austin provided nearly three million hours of volunteer service helping in community and university projects during the 2001-2002 academic year.
An image-enhancing tool which could lead to both earlier diagnosis and improvements in monitoring treatment of cancers has been developed by researchers at UT-Austin College of Engineering and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Environmental engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to study procedures for post-bioterrorism building decontamination.
Engineers have isolated a protein whose effect on RNA in cells could lead to the isolation of new antiobiotics. The newly-isolated protein, called RraA, kills bacteria by allowing an excessive buildup of RNA and proteins to occur in bacterial cells.
Reflecting the philosophy that green business is good business, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business will host a national conference that draws over 1,000 MBAs, business leaders and alumni to discuss corporate social responsibility, business ethics and environment-friendly business practices.
For a glimpse of fierce competition between the top business school talents in the nation, all eyes will be on The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Friday, Oct. 31, for the second annual national real estate finance case challenge.
First place in McCombs School's annual Real Estate Finance Challenge went to the Haas School of Business at University of California at Berkeley for the second year in a row. The McCombs School's team came in second place and Harvard took third place.
A kinesiology professor has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of weight training by middle-aged and older adults on cardiovascular health.
Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan have forced an unprecedented evolutionary leap in E. coli bacteria, and findings from their study could have ramifications on protein production for the biotechnology industry.
Donald L. Evans, the 34th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, will be the speaker for spring commencement at 8 p.m. on May 22. Evans is a recipient of university's Distinguished Alumnus Award and is a former chairman of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.
A sensing device tailored for mass production of highly sensitive and stable nerve-gas detectors has been developed by a research group led by a mechanical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin.
Desert blooms -- plants that flourish in arid areas after rains -- might reduce water accumulation in soil should the climate shift toward wetter conditions, according to a study conducted by a team led by University of Texas at Austin hydrogeologists.
Dr. Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo at The University of Texas at Austin has received a 2005 Young Investigator Award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to find ways to improve the ability of polyaniline to conduct electricity.
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