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Responding to the nation's troubled economy, the UT Medical Center has eliminated 37 positions. "It was a difficult decision for the university," said Matt Lockwood, public relations director for UT. "UT is constantly evaluating its business practices to be sure that they are maximizing their resources and running as efficiently as possible. by Daniel Trzcinski in News Today's media is bombarding Americans with unhealthy concepts of women and minorities, but most people think they're immune to its effects, according to Karen Dill. A professor of psychology at Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina, Dill spoke about "Why Media Characterizations of Race and Gender Matter" on Friday. by Joe Griffith in News Among the freezing clouds of gas and dust within the Orion Nebula, gravity and pressure are constantly competing against one another during the formation of thousands of new stars. "One of the things that people are very interested in is understanding how our own solar system formed - the whole question of origins," said Tom Megeath, assistant professor of astronomy at UT. by Melissa Chi in News Math can be intimidating for some, but now women from the community can learn the subject in a less daunting way - through art. The Math Exploration Through Art program is funded through UT's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The free program requires women to be at least 19 years old, have a minimum of a high school diploma or GED and have taken at least a one year break from education. by Kevin G. Hall in News (MCT) WASHINGTON - Now that the U.S. economy officially has been in recession for a year, it's certain that this downturn will be deeper and more punishing than the past two, in 1990-91 and 2001. That makes it harder to gauge where the end may be and what's necessary to restore the world's largest economy to health. |
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