Dell Medical School Seeks “Intellectual Leader” as Inaugural Dean

Posted On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , ,   
Dell Medical School Seeks “Intellectual Leader” as Inaugural Dean AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is looking for “the chief architect, executive and intellectual leader” of the new Dell Medical School, according to a newly posted job description for its inaugural dean. “This role presents the right leader with the opportunity to forge an historic cooperation among ...

UT Austin Student Entrepreneurs Showcase Their Success to President Obama

Posted On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
UT Austin Student Entrepreneurs Showcase Their Success to President Obama AUSTIN, Texas — Student entrepreneurs from The University of Texas at Austin and their professors are meeting with President Obama this afternoon to discuss their ideas and private sector successes. As part of his Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity tour, Obama is making a previously unannounced visit to the Capital Factory, ...

Archive of Nobel Prize – Winning Writer J.M. Coetzee Opens for Research

Posted On Saturday, March 23, 2013 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Winning Writer J.M. Coetzee Opens for ResearchThe archive of Nobel Prize–winning writer and University of Texas at Austin alumnus J.M. Coetzee is available for research at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. The bulk of the archive traces the author’s life and career from 1960 ...

Chi Omega, Phi Mu Sororities to Return to U of M Campus

Posted On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 By . Under MINNESOTA  Tags: , , , ,   
Phi Mu sororities to return to U of M campus MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL  —For the first time in more than 30 years, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities plans to welcome two new sororities to its campus - Chi Omega and Phi Mu. "The Panhellenic community at the University of Minnesota is so excited to be welcoming Chi Omega and ...

Student Venture Seismos Wins 2013 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition

Posted On Friday, March 1, 2013 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , , ,   
Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition AUSTIN, Texas — Seismos, a services company that provides real-time analysis of oil and gas flows, won the 2013 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) hosted by The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. At the Feb. 8-9 competition, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, teams whose members came ...

Building Renamed O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences

Posted On Friday, February 15, 2013 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Computational Engineering and Sciences AUSTIN, Texas — The Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences Building at The University of Texas at Austin, will be renamed the O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, in honor of Peter and Edith O’Donnell, Jr. of Dallas, whose foundation built the building and gifted it to the university. A committee ...

Former Education Secretary William Bennett to Discuss Education Policy at UT Austin

Posted On Monday, February 4, 2013 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , , ,   
William Bennett will discuss “Education Policy and the American Future” at a public lecture sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. When: 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4 Where: Julius Glickman Conference Center, room 1.302B, in the ...

New Graduation Planning System Gives Students, Advisers Roadmap for Academic Success

Posted On Monday, October 29, 2012 By . Under ALABAMA  Tags: , , , ,   
The road to graduation is always paved with good intentions – both for students and their advisers. Now navigating down these sometimes-complicated lanes is a whole lot easier for UAB students and their advisers thanks to the recent implementation and launch of the Graduation Planning System. The system, known as GPS and ...

Hamilton Book Awards Winners at UT Austin Announced

Posted On Friday, October 19, 2012 By . Under TEXAS  Tags: , , , ,   
AUSTIN, Texas — Psychology Department Chair James Pennebaker this week was named the Grand Prize winner of the University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards for his work, “The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us.” The Hamilton Award is one of the highest honors of literary achievement ...

Florida State promotes anti-hazing pledge during prevention week / More FSU News - Florida State 24/7

Posted On Thursday, September 20, 2012 By . Under FLORIDA  Tags: , , ,   
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 Hazing prevention isn’t just for students anymore. During Florida State University’s 2012 Hazing Prevention Week, which continues through Saturday, Sept. 22, the Office of the Dean of Students and the university’s Hazing Prevention Team are asking faculty and staff to join students in signing a Hazing-Free Community Pledge ...

Judd Gregg Says U.S. Faces a ‘Perfect Storm of Fiscal Policy’

Posted On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , , , , , ,   
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 In his first lecture on campus as the inaugural Dartmouth Distinguished Fellow, former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg called the Senate a “great institution” that must remain a forum where difficult issues are debated and addressed. Early in his lecture, entitled “The Role of the Senate in the Coming ...

Science Stars Head to Dartmouth for the E.E. Just Symposium

Posted On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 “This is not your father’s symposium. This is a gathering of eagles,” says Dartmouth theoretical physicist Stephon Alexander in describing the inaugural E.E. Just Symposium. The conference is drawing some of the most prominent figures in the sciences to Dartmouth, September 27-29, 2012. Alexander is the newly appointed E.E. Just 1907 ...

Former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg Is Inaugural Dartmouth Distinguished Fellow

Posted On Friday, September 14, 2012 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 Former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg has been named the inaugural Dartmouth Distinguished Fellow, the Office of the Provost has announced. Gregg, who also represented his native state of New Hampshire as governor and U.S. congressman, will be a fellow for an initial appointment of three years. Judd Gregg, who served as ...

On the Move With Dartmouth President Carol L. Folt

Posted On Friday, September 14, 2012 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , ,   
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 Since assuming the presidency of Dartmouth on July 1, Carol L. Folt has been a constant presence on campus, and has also represented Dartmouth in a number of other settings. Whether she was announcing the start of the Year of the Arts, welcoming first-year students at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and in her office, or speaking ...