Geography and the Environment

  • Barton Creek, Compromise and a Whole Lot of Elephants

    Inside the Education of a Sustainability Studies Major After more than a decade of germination, the Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies in UT Austin’s College of Liberal Arts has its first graduates. The major was born out of several sustainability-focused initiatives on campus. The first was the 2007 establishment of the President’s Sustainability Steering…

    Emily Nielsen
    Barton Creek, Compromise and a Whole Lot of Elephants

  • 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. His research focused on social and economic development in South Asia and Sri Lanka. Brow also served as acting director of the South Asia Institute from…

    Jessica Sinn
    Retiring Faculty