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Boost for Creating Standards for Sustainable Landscapes
AUSTIN, Texas--The Meadows Foundation of Dallas has awarded the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center of The University of Texas at Austin a $262,000 grant to aid its effort to create standards for sustainable landscapes in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects and the U.S. Botanic Garden, both of Washington, D.C. At a time w...Cheaper disease treatments expected from faster approach to developing therapeutic antibodies
AUSTIN, Texas--A method of mass-producing disease-fighting antibodies entirely within bacteria has been developed by a research group at The University of Texas at Austin. The group led by Dr. George Georgiou developed the new antibody-production approach to improve upon processes used previously to identify new drugs. Drug companies have used th...Exploring Dark Energy
On a rare cloudy October night in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, University of Texas at Austin astronomers wrangled with what they believe to be the largest mystery of the universe: dark energy.
Graduate Programs Rank Among Nation's Best
Several college Ph.D. programs rank among the nation’s top ten in this year’s U.S. News & World Report magazine survey. The rankings will be in the April 9 edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine, available at newstands on Monday, April 2. Rankings are based on opinions of deans, department heads and other senior faculty. College pro...Common Fungicide Causes Long-term Changes in Mating Behavior
AUSTIN, Texas—Female rats avoid males whose great-grandmothers were exposed to a common fruit crop fungicide, preferring instead males whose ancestors were uncontaminated, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. Their research shows that environmental contamination could affect the evolution of wildlife through changes ...University of Texas at Austin AmeriCorps Program Joins Groups in Day of Service to Austin
Event: The AmeriCorps program at The University of Texas at Austin, AmeriCorps for Community Engagement and Education (ACEE), will join other Austin-area AmeriCorps groups for the third annual Austin AmeriCorps Awareness Day. More than 300 Austin AmeriCorps members will perform service projects to beautify downtown Austin—including helping to clean...Growing Science by the Sea
The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (MSI) is tucked away in the small South Texas town of Port Aransas, more than 200 miles from Austin. The campus is nestled among marshland, sand dunes and seagulls, mere yards from the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a time of change for MSI, as it expands its activities in the areas...UTeach Goes National
AUSTIN, Texas--The University of Texas at Austin’s UTeach mathematics and science teacher-preparation program will be scaled-up nationally through a $125 million commitment to the new National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) by the ExxonMobil Foundation. UTeach, a collaborative program between the colleges of Natural Sciences and Education at Th...UTeach Teacher-Preparation Program to Expand Nationally Through $125 Million Commitment by ExxonMobil
AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin’s UTeach mathematics and science teacher-preparation program will be scaled-up nationally through a $125 million commitment to the new National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) by the ExxonMobil Foundation. UTeach, a collaborative program between the colleges of Natural Sciences and Education at The...Read It Now
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