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• Greenberg Traurig Announces Opening of Third Texas Office in Austin

  - 2008-08-01

  Firm Welcomes New Shareholders Demetrius G. McDaniel, Thomas J. Bond and Barry Senterfitt AUSTIN, Texas -- The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today the opening of a new office in Austin, TX, its third office in that state and 27th in the United States. The firm has...

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• Minnesota State University

  - 2008-05-15

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Edna Mora Szymanski has been appointed president of Minnesota State University, Moorhead, effective in July. She currently serves as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine. Szymanski holds a bachelor's from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a master's from the University of...

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• The University of Texas at Austin has received a $173,930 grant from the National Park Service

  - 2008-05-15

  The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN has received a $173,930 grant from the National Park Service to preserve and repair thousands of handwritten papers by Stephen F. Austin, who is known historically as "the father of Texas."

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• Platina Energy Group, Inc. Acquires Enhanced Oil Recovery, Inc. from UTEK Corporation

  - 2008-04-04

  TAMPA, Fla., CHEYENNE, Wyo. & AUSTIN, Texas -- UTEK Corporation (AMEX:UTK) (LSE-AIM:UTK), a leading Open Innovation services company, and Platina Energy Group, Inc. (OTCBB:PLGT) (FWB:O5Y), an exploration and production strategic reserve company, are pleased to announce that Platina has acquired Enhanced Oil Recovery, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK,...

  Tags: Austin, Company, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, recovery, University of Texas

• SPJ Announces 2007 Mark of Excellence Award Winners From Okla., Texas

  - 2008-03-31

  The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the Mark of Excellence Award winners from Okla. and Texas for the 2007 calendar year. This year, collegiate journalists submitted more than 3,400 entries in 39 categories across SPJ's 12 regions. The honorees were awarded certificates on March 29 during...

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• Three new 'Placenotes' guides out: Pittsburgh, Dallas, Chicago

  - 2008-02-29

  AUSTIN, Texas AP -- Placenotes travel guides offer a unique format of 4-by-6-inch cards to help travelers appreciate landmarks, architecture, neighborhoods, parks and cultural institutions in various cities. Three new Placenotes have just been issued, one for Dallas, one for Pittsburgh and one on "Chicago Art & Architecture."...

  Tags: Austin, Dallas, Pittsburgh, University of Texas

• Local leaders head to Austin and back to school.(University of Texas at Austin)

  - 2008-02-04

  Nearly 100 local leaders representing 24 states made the journey to Austin, Texas, to participate in the two day Leadership Training Institute seminar, "Leading Innovation and Change in Local Government." Co-sponsored by the Texas Municipal League, participants met at the Hilton Austin to hear from scholars...

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• Blanton Museum Receives Major Award from AICA-USA for Exhibition Drawn from Caracas-Based Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

  - 2008-01-10

  To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Jeanne Collins & Associates, LLC, New York City, +1-646- 486-7050, info@jcollinsassociates.com AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas has received the prestigious award for "Best Thematic Show Nationally" from the United States section of the International...

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• The leader's role in creating an ethical climate: rotten apples or rotten barrels?(Leadership Training Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin)

  - 2007-12-24

  This is the second in a series of articles on the topics and issues that will be presented at the "Leading Innovation and Change in Local Government" Leadership Training Institute seminar scheduled for January 24-26, 2008, at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University...

  Tags: Austin, leader, Leadership, University of Texas

• Reinforced Concrete Sections under Moment and Axial Load

  - 2007-10-01

  A spreadsheet-based program for producing moment-curvature and moment-axial force diagrams Moment-curvature plots and moment-axial force interaction diagrams are essential tools for understanding the load-deformation behavior of structural elements. Moment-curvature plots readily illustrate stiffness, strength, and cross-sectional ductility, and allow the calculation of deflections after materials become nonlinear. Moment-axial...

  Tags: Austin, concrete, cross-section, PRODUCTIVITY, reinforcement, strain, University of Texas