Media Releases
October 13, 2009
Barnes Receives Outstanding Woman in Science Award
The Geological Society of America, in partnership with Subaru, has awarded Jaime Barnes its annual Outstanding Woman in Science Award. Barnes is an assistant professor…
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September 24, 2009
University Receives $6 Million to Assess Carbon Storage Sites in Gulf of Mexico
The University of Texas at Austin will use $6 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Texas General Land Office to…
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September 8, 2009
University of Texas at Austin Receives $1 Million To Build Carbon Capture and Storage Workforce
The University of Texas at Austin will use a $994,702 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help create a skilled workforce for the…
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September 1, 2009
Fossil Birds & Dinosaurs in Technicolor
For much of the 20th century, the popular view of dinosaurs was that of big, drab, bare skinned lizards. But new evidence from the past…
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August 28, 2009
Super Size Me
The GeoFORCE program, which began in southwest Texas, has passed yet another milestone, adding a whole new pool of students from Houston and in the…
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August 28, 2009
GeoFORCE Grads Go To College
This fall, thousands of students are beginning their college careers at The University of Texas at Austin, among them 23 talented young people who have…
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August 26, 2009
Terry Quinn Becomes Director of Institute for Geophysics
Terry Quinn, associate director of the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named director of the institute. Quinn was…
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August 20, 2009
The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes
It’s widely known that Lucy got her name from a Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. It’s the song that paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson…
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August 20, 2009
Evolutionary Treasure: University Scientists Scan Lucy, World’s Most Famous Fossil
An estimated 210,000 people came to the Houston Museum of Natural Science to glimpse the world’s most famous fossil, Lucy, the remains of an ancient…
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August 14, 2009
Hydrogeology Students Work to Save Farm
When David and Katie Pitre bought farm land east of Austin, Texas in 1993 with the idea of starting an organic farm, they were drawn…
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October 13, 2009
Barnes Receives Outstanding Woman in Science Award
The Geological Society of America, in partnership with Subaru, has awarded Jaime Barnes its annual Outstanding Woman in Science Award. Barnes is an assistant professor…
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2009
University Receives $6 Million to Assess Carbon Storage Sites in Gulf of Mexico
The University of Texas at Austin will use $6 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Texas General Land Office to…
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2009
University of Texas at Austin Receives $1 Million To Build Carbon Capture and Storage Workforce
The University of Texas at Austin will use a $994,702 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help create a skilled workforce for the…
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2009
Fossil Birds & Dinosaurs in Technicolor
For much of the 20th century, the popular view of dinosaurs was that of big, drab, bare skinned lizards. But new evidence from the past…
Read MoreAugust 28, 2009
Super Size Me
The GeoFORCE program, which began in southwest Texas, has passed yet another milestone, adding a whole new pool of students from Houston and in the…
Read MoreAugust 28, 2009
GeoFORCE Grads Go To College
This fall, thousands of students are beginning their college careers at The University of Texas at Austin, among them 23 talented young people who have…
Read MoreAugust 26, 2009
Terry Quinn Becomes Director of Institute for Geophysics
Terry Quinn, associate director of the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named director of the institute. Quinn was…
Read MoreAugust 20, 2009
The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes
It’s widely known that Lucy got her name from a Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. It’s the song that paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson…
Read MoreAugust 20, 2009
Evolutionary Treasure: University Scientists Scan Lucy, World’s Most Famous Fossil
An estimated 210,000 people came to the Houston Museum of Natural Science to glimpse the world’s most famous fossil, Lucy, the remains of an ancient…
Read MoreAugust 14, 2009
Hydrogeology Students Work to Save Farm
When David and Katie Pitre bought farm land east of Austin, Texas in 1993 with the idea of starting an organic farm, they were drawn…
Read More