AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Westlake Securities, LLC is pleased to announce that it received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority FINRA on September 22, 2008 to commence an institutional equity sales and trading business. In connection with this approval to expand the scope of Westlake's...
Company to implement its Ultra High Performance HVAC software in a new 15,000 ton central chiller plant SEATTLE, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimum Energy LLC, provider of Ultra High Performance HVAC software applications, has been selected by The University of Texas at Austin to implement its energy efficiency...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- HotorNot.com, the original place to rate, meet, and hook up, is on a mission to find the nation's hottest co-eds and crown a Miss and Mr. Knockout. The competition starts today in three of the best party towns including schools such as...
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...
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."
[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...
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,...
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...
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."...
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...
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...
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...
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...
J. Mark McLaughlin, a rancher, lawyer and banker from San Angelo, Texas, was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin Sept. 28. McLaughlin received his bachelor's degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin in 1952 and his law degree from the...
The University of Texas today announced the Advanced Manufacturing Program MSE AM will be offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in conjunction with the Advanced Manufacturing Center. Upon completion of the program requirements (a total of 33 credit hours resulting from eight semester-long courses, 24 credits),...
LARISA OLIN ORTIZ has been appointed director of multicultural affairs at Saint Mary's College (Ind.). She holds a bachelor's from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico and a master's from the University of Texas at Austin.
TAMPERE, Finland -- One of the most extensive witch-hunts took place in the 17th century Vardo, on the shores of the gloomy Arctic Ocean. This summer (June 28th - July 1st) many well known names of the witchcraft research gather to Vardo, as the international Midnight Sun Witchcraft Conference will...
Dr Yueh-Lin Loo, a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, USA, has modified a plastic so its ability to carry an electrical current can be altered during manufacturing to meet the needs of future electronic devices. Loo, an Assistant Professor of Chemical...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Partner Darrell Windham soon will lead one of the largest alumni associations in the nation - the Texas Exes of the University of Texas at Austin. Like many Longhorn alumni, Windham holds his alma mater dear to his heart. He will take...
'Ticket to Ride:Astrophysicists mull a return to the moon," (SN: 3/24/07, p. 185) incorrectly placed researcher Dan Lester at the University of Arizona instead of the University of Texas at Austin.