Issues: Spring 2010
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Media Highlights: Spring 2010
Daina Berry (History) was featured on the season finale of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” as one of several historians who helped filmmaker Spike Lee trace his ancestry…
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Awards & Honors: Spring 2010
The Silver Spurs, the student service organization that cares for Bevo, gave out its 21st annual Endowed Teaching Fellowship awards to four liberal arts professors, who each receive a $6,000…
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Student News: Spring 2010
The 2010 Dean’s Distinguished Graduates are: Ethan Alexander (Ancient History and Classical Civilization) Kaitlin Andryauskas (Sociology) Aaron Barr (Asian Studies) Casey Dorff (Government) Grace Eckhoff (Plan II Honors/Biology) Daniel Friedman…
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Research Briefs: Spring 2010
The Not so Missing Link Scientists have discovered the key to understanding human evolution,” booms a typical movie-trailer voice in a History Channel documentary. “The chain is no longer missing…
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My Dearest
Scholars reveal the stories behind some of the world’s most inspired love letters A little over a year ago, Janine Barchas witnessed a marriage proposal in a crowded hotel ballroom.…
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After the Dust Settles
Liberal Arts professors and students explore the next steps for Haiti The images of mass devastation, suffering, loss and chaos will forever remain with Suzanne Edwards after her trip to…
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Vanishing Voices
Linguists work with remaining speakers of dying languages to preserve cultural memories In a hill country home amid the scenic vistas of New Braunfels, Hans Boas, associate professor of Germanic…
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Contemplating Justice
Pulitzer Prize-winning History Professor David Oshinsky looks at the Supreme Court case that reshaped the death penalty in America In 1972, the United States Supreme Court delivered the longest and…
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Retiring Faculty
James Brow, Anthropology Brow, professor of anthropology and Asian Studies, taught at the university for 30 years and served as chair of the Department of Anthropology from 1995 to 2005.…
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A Space of Our Own is Closer to Reality
The College of Liberal Arts continues to make great strides in our efforts to construct a new Liberal Arts building on the East Mall. By taking advantage of low interest rates…
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Q&A: Roy Germano
When Roy Germano, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government, ventured into Mexico’s rural farmlands and villages in 2007 to gather research for his dissertation on Mexican immigrants and…
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Message From the Dean: Spring 2010
New Technology, Scholarly Discipline Help Advance World-Class Research As a psychology professor here at The University of Texas at Austin for the past 35 years, I’ve spent much of my…
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College Dedicates Charlie Wilson Chair
Grassroots effort helps create first privately funded chair in Pakistan Studies in the nation The College of Liberal Arts has successfully responded to a $500,000 challenge grant from the T.L.L.…
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In Memoriam: Spring 2010
Shearer Davis Bowman, professor emeritus of history, died Dec. 4 at age 60. In 1986 Bowman began his career at The University of Texas at Austin, where he taught American history…
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Tear Down the Wall
Students re-enact Berlin Wall destruction 20 years later Students from The University of Texas and other local schools came to the South Mall one evening last November carrying cardboard boxes…
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Texas Politics Project
By the numbers In the run-up to the March gubernatorial primary, the Texas Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin released a poll that not only predicted decisive…
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Shakespeare at Winedale
Celebrates 40 years This summer, dozens of alumni of the English Department’s Shakespeare at Winedale program will take the stage once again at the Winedale Historical Complex to commemorate the…
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On a Mission
Working with Fort Hood soldiers, researchers look at what predisposes service members to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Brian Baldwin, a retired army officer and project manager for the Texas Combat PTSD…
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The Environmental Philosopher
Professor brings human values to conservation When Conservation International began working with one of Indonesia’s largest energy companies on an environmentally conscious development plan two years ago, the groups looked…
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A Major Step Forward
New department focuses on African experience A brand new academic department will focus on the experiences of African Americans, indigenous Africans and people of African descent around the world and,…
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Learning Curve
Texas Language Technology Center develops low-cost textbook alternative With textbooks often costing more than rent, many students will be relieved to know the Texas Language Technology Center (TLTC) is working…
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Books: Spring 2010
Oscar Casares’ “Amigoland” Is 2010 Mayor’s Book Club Selection The book “Amigoland” (2009, Little, Brown) is set in a small Mexican border town. It tells the story of two estranged…
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Standing on CloverStreet:
Willie Tichenor’s Legacy Rocks On At 16 years old, Dallas native Willie Tichenor joined the band CloverStreet as lead vocalist and journeyed to Austin to perform at the South by…
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Literature Electric
Celebrated poems of Milton, Whitman come alive for students through multimedia teaching tools Poetry is not meant to be read with the eyes alone, but also with the ears. As…
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Studying the Brain, Understanding the Mind
Renowned neuroscientist heads up Texas’ brain imaging center More than 2,400 years ago, Socrates pondered the relationship between the human brain and the mind. He asked what role the brain…