Abriendo Brecha is an annual conference at the University of Texas at Austin sponsored by DDCE and dedicated to activist scholarship; i.e. research and creative intellectual work in alignment with communities, organizations, movements and networks working for social justice.
 Abriendo Brecha VII, to be held in February 2010, calls for a renewed discussion on the meanings [...]

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Oscar Ayala, a UT Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student, put together an informal video documenting his experiences as an IE Pre Grad Intern.  A key part of the internship was his attendance (along with his IE grad student mentor in BME) to a national conference. Ayala is among a growing number of first generation, underrepresented students who, as a [...]

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Juliet Garcia, president of The University of Texas at Brownsville, was ranked as the ninth-best university president in the U.S. by Time magazine. Read the full article in the Daily Texan.

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The board of regents at University of California increased tuition on Thursday, Nov. 19 by 32%. Read story in the New York Times

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A new report by the Pell Institute looked at six Texas community colleges with higher-than-expected transfer rates among students. The report provides insight on how best establish pathways to four-year colleges. Read the Chronicle of Higher Education article or download the Pell report.

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The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for mental health research grants. Tenure-track assistant professors conducting mental health research at institutions of higher education in Texas are eligible to apply. Examples of eligible academic disciplines include psychology, educational psychology, counseling psychology, clinical psychology, human development, behavioral health, social work, [...]

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As a student, UT alum Lee Bagan established an endowment to fund the comprehensive assessment of students suspected of having learning disabilities, but who cannot afford to undergo the testing they need to identify the disabilities. Now Bagan is serving as a Department of Defense Civil Service specialist in Iraq. Bagan was recently featured in [...]

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Desiree Rollins (Law), Jimmy Hammond (Liberal Arts) and Savanna Trevino (Public Affairs), three 2009 Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) Pre-Graduate School Interns, have been accepted into Teach For America, a national initiative whose mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting the nation’s most promising future leaders in the [...]

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This Friday, November 20th, David Conley from The University of Oregon will give a lecture on current national and state policy discussions about college readiness. As a leading national expert on college readiness, Dr. Conley has been working closely with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the Texas college readiness standards and [...]

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Voice Your Concerns at the Americans with Disabilities Accessibility Forums to be held Nov. 12 from 12:00pm-1:00pm in NOA 4.106A and Nov. 19 from 4:00pm-5:00pm in NOA 4.106A

A message from the University ADA Coordinator

The University has created a standing committee, the ADA Accessibility Committee, to address institution-wide, systemic issues that fall under the scope [...]

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