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Corporations

VIEWPOINT: Dow now responsible for Bhopal (2006-01-30)

New York Moves to Limit Colleges That Seek Profit (2006-01-21)

UT M.D. Anderson private venture raises questions (2005-10-23)

Blackboard, WebCT to Merge (2005-10-14)

Easing the Copyright Challenge (2005-10-11)

UT Researchers compete for contracts (2005-10-05)

Rep wants report on colleges' anti-piracy efforts (2005-09-26)

Canadian Dimension articles on university privatization (2005-09-26)

Board selects company for hotel (2005-08-19)

UT System settles with Blackberry, signalling a more aggressive policy on protecting intellectual property (2005-08-02)

UT-A Ranks No. 1 as Source of New Fortune 1000 CEOs (2005-04-13)

New Associate VP for Research at UT-Austin (2005-07-13)

S.A. is set to compete for slice of new tech-fund pie (2005-07-03)

Turning research into a profitable enterprise (2005-07-02)
- UT Watch responds

UT obtains research institute funded by oil companies (2005-06-30)

Were UT Southwestern concerns on Vioxx silenced? (2005-06-09)

ConocoPhillips has given UT $8.7 million (2005-06-07)

Emerging Technologies Fund proposal gets nod but no money (2005-05-07)
- UT Watch responds

Alcoa receives award despite history of pollution (2005-04-15)

University of Alabama settles with NIH on overbilling (2005-04-15)

Cooking the Books (2005-04-14)

University, Inc. (2005-04-11)

Corporate College (2005-04-12)

Univ. of Texas sues over patents (2005-04-01)

Close the Spigot (2005-03-24)

UT files patent infringement suit against cell phone manufacturers (2005-03-22)

Hired Education (2005-02-01)

UT ranks No. 4 in patents received (2005-03-18)

University, Inc.: 10 Things You Should Know About Corporate Corruption on Campus (2005-02-27)

Student Loan Math (2005-02-17)

Schools have safeguards against conflicts of interest (2005-01-16)

Call for Berkeley students to support Ignacio Chapela (2004-12-07)

Quid Pro Crow: Arizona State's Prez puts the squeeze on Free Speech to please donors (2004-12-06)

Contracts Keep Drug Research Out of Reach (2004-11-29)

UCLA boots Taco Bell (2004-10-25)

Perry wants Texas to continue subsidizing business (2004-09-29)

Law school colloquium fixed on globalization (2004-09-10)

Opinion: Who defines corporate responsibility? (2004-09-10)
- UT Watch responds

Xechem v. University of Texas (2004-08-31)

Texas corp. with UT connections considers gas project in national forest (2004-08-10)
- UT Watch responds

Austin company helps police prepare for possible terrorism (2004-07-15)

Congress to scrutinize patent tax breaks (2004-06-15)

UT Professor is mired in patent lawsuit (2004-06-05)

$80 million biotech center subsidized by Texas, UT (2004-05-24)

UT to show how to make private profit off public goods (2004-05-20)
- UT Watch responds

UT System pays $30 million for new biotech (2004-05-11)

UT Inc trying new tech licensing deal (2004-04-25)

Representatives request federal funds for Sematech (2004-04-05)

Wrong time for $40 million tax giveaway to Sematech (2004-04-03)

UT to receive $10 million of Sematech money (2004-03-31)

Perry announces corporate welfare deal (2004-03-30)

UT to manage new tech center (2004-03-30)

More state money for Sematech (2004-03-29)

Berkeley Prof. Kirp discusses the marketing of higher education (Real Audio File) (2004-03-16)

Semiconductor Industry Expands University Collaboration (2004-03-16)

UT sues Japanese corp in patent suit (2004-03-15)

UT, Texas, and the Biotech future (2004-03-05)
- UT Watch responds

UT-Arlington collaborating with Vought Aircraft (2004-03-01)

Berkeley Denies Tenure to Ecologist Critical of University Ties to the Biotech Industry (2004-01-15)

Texas universities launching research network (2003-12-17)

Exxon Funding University Studies to Suit Corporate Need (2003-12-06)

UT-licensed nanotech firm raises $30 million (2003-12-02)

UT spin off- Molecular Imprints doubling in size (2003-11-24)

Failed biotech park in San Antonio funded mainly by UT (2003-11-24)

Groups criticize UT's ties to private prisons (2003-11-14)

Student Government Resolution against Taco Bell (2003-10-06)

UT to get supercomputer for TeraGrid (2003-10-06)

UT patents lure investors (2003-10-03)
- UT Watch responds

Exxon to bring historical archives to University (2003-10-02)

Exxon donates archives to UT (2003-09-30)

Industry Partnerships at Ontario's Universities Help Companies, Not Students, Report Says (2003-09-26)

UT joins team for computer development (2003-09-26)

Biotech firm with UT ties to get boost from federal regulators (2003-09-18)

Plan presented to boost local economy (2003-09-17)

UT researcher pushing for more wireless businesses (2003-09-14)

UT and Simon pair up for gift cards (2003-09-05)

Curtain rises on UT film institute (2003-09-05)

Boise Cascade Turns Green (2003-09-03)

UT team plans computer chip prototype of faster unit by year 2005 (2003-08-29)

Grid may put Austin on map (2003-08-04)

Bevo's Grill feeding off UT's fame, lawsuit says (2003-08-27)

Moot Corp director to open Nasdaq session (2003-08-21)

Oil giant considers UT to hold its archives (2003-08-21)

Optive developing grid computing (2003-08-04)

Viewpoint: Sweet, a UT golf course! (NOT.) (2003-07-21)

IBM in Austin (2003-07-13)

Universities seek to eliminate intellectual property right barriers (2003-07-11)

UT spins off another company (2003-07-09)

FSU loses patent claim (2003-07-07)

UT seeks to profit from the knowledge factory (2003-07-06)

Perry slices $81 million before approving budget (2003-06-25)

UT-D Gets $300-Million in Deal With Texas Instruments and State (2003-07-02)

Is corporate funding steering research institutions off track? (2002-02-05)

Texas Instruments plans chip factory near UT-Dallas (2003-06-28)

UT to sell Erwin naming rights to a corporation (2003-06-28)

Group aims high for tech (2003-05-05)

Former Sematech CEO to head UTD engineering school (2003-03-28)

Forum shows whats news with nanotech (2003-06-16)

Bid to Keep Sematech Invokes National Security (2003-06-15)

Nanotechnology research field 'growing' at UT (2003-06-13)

Freeport-McMoran Admits Funding Indonesian Military (2003-06-10)

Sematech Intends to Stay (2003-06-04)

Faulkner Strengthens Ties Between Economic Development and Education (2003-06-04)

Money for Sematech Could Come from State (2003-06-03)

UT seeking to sell naming rights to Erwin Center (2003-05-27)

Academia for Sale (Standards Included) (2003-05-17)

Kozmetsky gives $6 million to foster "global economic development" (2003-04-17)


Diversity

Chinese students accuse Yale of discrimination (2005-10-20)

No Boys Allowed (2005-10-19)

Texas' diversity lures college recruiters (2005-10-15)

A Diversity Candidate in Every Pool (2005-10-14)

UT tries to make students of color comfortable (2005-10-10)

UT, A&M's diversity efforts questioned (2005-10-03)

Flagship university of Texas seeks to boost diversity (2005-10-03)

Report: UT not meeting needs of Asian-Americans (2005-09-26)

What Black Applicants Want (2005-09-26)

Teetering on the Family Friendly Edge": Discrimination Against Mothers in Academia (2005-09-25)

Minority student enrollment up at University of Texas (2005-09-21)

Faux Family Friendly? (2005-09-15)

UT President should reflect diversity (2005-09-14)

Vice provost aims to open doors for minorities at UT (2005-09-12)

'CULTURE OF ARROGANCE' (2005-09-13)

Transfer students flock to UT-Austin (2005-08-30)

Hispanic enrollment could double by 2015 (2005-07-22)

Colleges see rise in illegal aliens (2005-07-22)

Some groups say UT diversity still needs work (2005-07-01)

UT student victim of a hate crime (2005-06-09)

Filling the Racial Gap in Academia (2005-05-31)

Future of Top 10 Percent rule for college admissions secure for now (2005-05-29)

Senate panel to vote again on top 10 percent (2005-05-24)

NAACP releases manual of racial profiling at Texas colleges and universities (2005-05-22)

Minority and rural Senators kill Top Ten cap proposal (2005-05-22)

House looks to cap Top Ten to the dismay of many (2005-05-13)

Canned Hunts: Women Students at the University of Texas (2005-05-04)

Time to revisit campus statue debate (2005-04-08)

Scrap It or Cap It? What to Do With Texas' Top Ten Percent Law. (2005-04-08)

Top Ten bills voted out of committee (2005-04-05)
- UT Watch responds

Bill mandates diverse faculty (2005-04-05)

Top Ten debate shaping up (2005-04-04)

Faulkner supports cap on top 10 percent rule (2005-03-31)

UT Watch: Top 10 percent law vital for all Texans (2005-03-28)

Burying Books in Alabama (2005-03-26)

UT lacks diversity, USC professor says (2005-03-09)

Texas black colleges feel budget pinch (2005-03-08)

Lawmakers debate future of 10% law (2005-03-01)

Legislators discussing cap, repeal of state's top 10 statute (2005-02-27)

Rep. Dutton: Freshman class must be as diverse as football team (2005-02-22)

What would work better that the top 10 percent rule? (2005-02-25)

Top 10 percent may hurt minorities, report says (2005-02-24)

Many question top 10 percent rule (2005-02-20)

University of Houston to automatically admit applicants in top 20 percent (2005-02-19)

Viewpoint: 10 percent admissions rule needs to be scrapped (2005-02-17)

Sen. Jeff Wentworth wants to repeal Top Ten % law (2005-02-16)

Black enrollment: a new challenge (2004-12-06)

Editorial: Diversity Stymied (2004-11-29)

Enrollment decline by foreign grad students raises alarm bells (2004-11-04)

Grad School's International Glow Is Dimmed by Security Concerns (2004-10-27)

Professor in midst of discrimination lawsuit against UT (2004-10-28)

Women seeking tenure face discrimination (2004-10-22)

VIEWPOINT: Improving faculty diversity (2004-10-21)

Diversity post apt to be empty till 2005 (2004-10-12)

Chuck D talks rap, race, rage, reality (2004-09-29)

Texas educators want more Hispanics to earn diplomas (2004-09-29)

Blueprint for success; Educators want more Hispanics to earn diplomas (2004-09-28)

UT taking baby steps toward equality (2004-09-27)

Minority enrollment sees small jump (2004-09-24)

Colleges seeking multicultural growth hire new coordinators (2004-09-20)

UT Law School ranked numero uno for Hispanic students (2004-09-16)

UT student body slightly more diverse than 10 years ago (2004-09-15)

Diversity site requested (2004-09-10)

MLK vandalism in retrospect (2004-09-02)

Surveillance Video of MLK Vandalism (2004-08-23)

Texan calls on UT community to discuss, implement diversity proposals (2004-08-20)
- UT Watch responds

MLK Statue vandalized AGAIN! (2004-08-18)
- UT Watch responds

Report: Hispanics less likely to graduate (2004-07-15)

Texas not meeting college enrollment goal for Hispanics (2004-07-15)

Courting Minorities, Kerry Promises Expanded College Access (2004-07-13)

Get YCT out of my paper (2004-06-25)

Top Colleges Take More Blacks, but Which Ones? (2004-06-24)

Race-based admission decisions pass first-year mark (2004-06-23)

Opinion: Timing of Faulkner's statement on diversity does disservice to students (2004-06-15)

Diversity Plan Shaped in Texas Is Under Attack (2004-06-13)

Viewpoint: In lawsuits, another side to UT diversity (2004-06-02)

Gov. Perry says top 10 percent admissions law should be revised (2004-05-26)

UT, A&M noted for minority gap (2004-05-11)

Viewpoint: Using race in scholarships (2004-04-20)
- UT Watch responds

Diversity's False Solace; It's Still the Rich Who Get into Top Schools (2004-04-11)

Faulkner yet to respond to race report (2004-03-11)

More black students apply for UT admission (2004-02-16)

UT System considers racial report's input (2004-02-04)

Diversity task force findings seen before (2004-01-30)

'Resegregation' first-day topic of diversity symposium (2004-01-30)

Supporting the diversity report (2004-01-27)

UT's Report of the Task Force on Racial Respect and Fairness (pdf) (2004-01-22)

UT task force releases report on race relations (2004-01-21)

More than 100 female students and workers arrested at Yale (2003-12-14)

Texas at center of debate over race, admissions (2003-12-14)

Structural gender bias: Earning tenure hard for moms (2003-12-04)

UT still awaiting UT System approval of admissions proposal (2003-12-09)

Watch for regents decision on race over break (2003-12-09)

Task force delays report on race issue (2003-12-05)

Race may affect aid, recruiting (2003-11-26)

Really? UT not diverse (2003-11-25)

Grad school wants to use race in admissions (2003-11-12)

Opinion: The many merits of a diversity course (2003-10-22)

SG supports diversity resolution (2003-10-22)

Experts say minority enrollment on the rise (2003-10-10)

Post Hopwood-era recruiters focusing on minorities (2003-10-03)

Students want more proactive administration for diversity (2003-10-02)

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst wants review of college admission law (2003-09-26)

Affirmative action on hold at UT (2003-09-10)

Legal action attacking affirmative action unlikely (2003-09-02)

Court decision could affect UT financial aid (2003-09-02)

GLBT Center Finds a New Home (2003-08-29)

U. of Michigan Alters Admissions Use of Race (2003-08-29)

UT to include race in admissions selection (2003-08-18)

Editorial: UT must encourage diversity (2003-08-15)

Campuses can decide on affirmative action now (2003-08-08)

Regents will respond to Court ruling (2003-08-06)

International students may be deported (2003-07-22)

Ward Connerly not giving up on affirmative action (2003-07-09)

Affirmative action discussed in closed session (2003-07-08)

New admissions policy in two weeks (2003-07-03)

Opinion: Add college admissions to Legislature's 'to do' list (2003-07-02)

Green light given to new statues (2003-06-30)

GLBT students seek resource center (2003-06-30)

UC regent to push for race-data ban in Michigan (2003-06-29)

Minority students being used in high stakes world of testing (2003-06-29)

University putting race back into admissions factor (2003-06-28)

Supreme Court strikes down Texas sodomy statute (2003-06-26)

Private donors give scholarship money marked for minorities (2003-06-25)

Supreme Court ruling affects universities across the nation (2003-06-25)

No More Hopwood! (2003-06-24)

Viewpoint: Split decision best for society (2003-06-24)

Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies' (2003-06-20)

High court upholds race as factor in college admissions (2003-06-23)

Texas Losing Ground in Educating Non-White Population (2003-06-12)

GLBTA starts Awareness Week in silence (2003-04-10)

UT Faculty lacks diversity (2003-04-10)

Bill addresses multicultural requirement (2003-04-07)

High court justices debate affirmative action (2003-04-02)

Friends of Affirmative Action (2003-04-01)

ID checks of Asians, black students are at higher rates than population (2003-02-25)

Faulkner gets grilled about race relations on campus (2003-02-18)

Groups Support University of Michigan Affirmative Action Case (2003-02-18)

Flaws Seen in Campus Policies Replacing Affirmative Action (2003-02-13)

For Hispanics, Barriers Can Complicate College (2003-02-10)

Student set to file complaint with UTPD for racial profiling (2003-02-07)

UT promises new sexual conduct code (2003-02-06)

Resolution opposing 10 percent rule passes (2003-02-05)

Decline of affirmative action a concern (2003-02-03)

The New Calculus of Diversity on Campus (2003-01-31)

Black Guide to Harvard Covers History and Tips (2003-01-31)

SG resolution opposes the 10 percent rule (2003-01-28)

Graduate schools hoping to improve minority enrollment with 10 percent rule (2003-01-30)

Student groups ask for minority statues on campus (2003-01-30)

UT proposes racial discrimination policy (2003-01-29)

Some Institutions back race admissions (2003-01-27)

UT diversity questioned at rally over King statue (2003-01-23)

Question of Isolating Minority Faculty at UT and Other US Universities (2002-10-29)

Further proof of race and gender discrimination at UT (2002-10-22)

Female Faculty still not treated as equals (2002-10-15)

UT practices discrimination against gays in new ways (2002-09-30)

National Security Advisor opposes Bush on Affirmative Action (2003-01-17)

US President opposes affirmative action (2003-01-15)

Resolution calls for repeal of sodomy law (2003-01-15)

Affirmative Action Faces a New Wave of Anger (2003-01-05)

ACTION ALERT: Support student government bill AR20! (2002-12-09)

Other thoughts on diversity (2002-12-06)

Effects of Hopwood at Rice (2002-12-06)

Affirmative Action's effects on UT's Law School (2002-12-03)

Those rejected to Michigan Law School to fight Affirmative Action (2002-12-02)


Finances

UT gets smaller piece (2006-01-30)

Congress Balances the Budget on Student's Backs (2006-01-18)

Congress May Cut Student Aid - AGAIN (2006-01-18)

The Abandonment of Community Colleges (2006-01-16)

Size of UFCU's "Initial Gift" Misleading (subscription) (2005-10-20)

Taxpayer support for colleges sinks (2005-10-18)

Famed professor, university at odds over large donation (2005-10-10)

Fitch Rates Texas A&M $20MM PUF Note Installment 'AAA/F1+' (2005-09-30)

Amer. U's Prez's Expenses Examined (2005-08-03)

Raise for Harvard's President Led Board Member to Quit (2005-08-02)

Harvard Corp. Board Member's Letter of Resignation (2005-08-02)

UH seeking $600 million image boost (2005-07-30)

House Passes Tuition Revenue Bonds (2005-07-25)

UT Competes for Bush Library (2005-07-24)

Deadline looms for vote on school bills (2005-07-16)

UT-Austin wouldn't get bond reimbursement under special session legislation (2005-07-13)

Money over matter: PCL lost a periodicals desk but gains a coffee shop (2005-07-11)

Rep. Doggett: Bush's plan cuts grant funding (2005-07-01)

Other Bills in the Wings at Special Session (2005-06-27)

Congressional testimony on why higher education funding should be cut (2005-04-19)

American Enterprise "scholar": Slash Higher Ed funding (2005-06-20)
- UT Watch responds

UT athletic budget leaps by 57% (2005-06-19)

Low on funds? UT to build $800 million medical facility in Austin (2005-06-22)

Registrar set to disconnect telephone registration "TEX" (2005-06-21)

Border projects take a hit (2005-05-30)

Must Texas Starve Its Colleges? (2005-05-07)

Committee approves state budget (2005-03-30)

14-hour flat rate may cost University (2005-03-29)

Carlos Guerra: Texas must invest now in training its health-care workforce (2005-03-29)

Coaches' Pay Surge Roils Colleges: $230,000 to Train Runners (2005-03-29)

UT student services funds stagnating (2005-03-25)

Lawmakers inclined to boost UT-Austin's budget (2005-03-26)

Biotech money wanted for education programs (2005-03-12)

UT's aid increases below national average (2005-03-07)

UT Austin has annual economic impact of $7.4 billion on state economy, study finds (2005-03-04)

UT System explains unspent funds but not why libraries are still closed (2005-03-01)

$115 million left over in UT System fund (2005-02-28)

Legislature could halt, reverse progress at UT-Brownsville (2005-02-27)

Sleepless in the Falls (2005-02-25)

Top endowments (2004-12-27)

UT System not lagging funds? (2005-02-17)

Spending, enrollment up for 2004 (2005-02-16)

University endowments see high rate of return (2005-01-25)

UT excellence suffering (2005-01-27)

Texas colleges facing the budget ax (2005-01-19)

UT may face reduced state funding (2005-01-19)

Bush proposes modest Pell Grant award increase (2005-01-18)

Legislature hasn't kept pace with enrollment, UT System says (2005-01-12)

Legislative budget cuts loom for UT (2004-12-10)

SG Passes Rez calling on increased state appropriations (2004-12-06)
- C125 supports increased state appropriations (Recommendation 7)

UT oil, gas leases earn $73.5 million (2004-11-22)

Top pay for college presidents up again (2004-11-15)

Dick Armey's forces defeat state taxes to support higher ed. (2004-11-12)

UT regents approve construction, renovations (2004-11-05)

Regents to consider hotel, East Mall revamp (2004-11-02)

Board approves 3 construction plans for UT (2004-11-01)
- UT Watch responds

Auditor faults cash controls at UT Health Science Center (2004-10-15)

UT buys parking lot, planning on building hotel (2004-10-14)

UT Regents to discuss purchase of 2 hospitals, investment disclosure (2004-10-11)
- UT Watch responds

Commission says UT doesn't give students well-balanced education (2004-10-01)

"We're Texas" fund bigger than expected (2004-09-30)

Some News on the UT Charter School (2004-09-24)

Cramped campus life (2004-09-22)

Private money will no longer supplement chancellors' salaries in Missouri (2004-09-16)
- UT Watch responds

Budget crunch includes work-study (2004-09-15)

Salary hikes included in new budget; Faulkner sees fattest increase (2004-09-14)

UT meets 'goals' with budget increase (2004-09-13)

Below the budget storm clouds, plans form for a UTMB campus (2004-09-10)

Housing fees up 5 percent from last year (2004-08-27)

Regents boost system budget by 8.7 percent (2004-08-13)

A student and her money are soon to part: How to manage finances when in college (2004-08-16)

Deloitte and Touche to perform UT audit (2004-07-21)

New Wet Lab building lacks classroom space (2004-03-31)

Quorum Report: HIGHER ED ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE GETS CLOSER TO SETTING STANDARDS (2004-03-23)

UT System wants $7 billion for expansion (2004-03-12)

Texas' colleges lag in excellence, resources and organization (2004-03-05)

Funding cuts threaten Texas' universities with mediocrity (2004-02-28)

Reaction to Texas' absence from top universities list is muted (2004-02-28)

"Best practices" yield savings at UT (2004-01-23)
- UT Watch responds

UTSA plans $108 mil. in building projects (2003-12-09)

The arms race in big business college athletics (2003-12-07)

UT planning on building a hotel (2003-12-02)

Anonymous Donor Gives $50-Million to UT Southwestern Medical Center (2003-11-14)

Tuition, schmuition! Let's get ready for some arena football (2003-11-12)

Hidden Costs of High Public Pay (2003-11-10)

Mall developer Simon will pay $130 million to lease UT land (2003-11-06)

UT seeks flexibility in fund raising (2003-10-23)

University fund raising pt 1 (2003-10-22)

Regents to see $12.3M pool plan (2003-10-08)

Audit shows UTSA mismanagement (2003-10-06)

Firing 500 staffers makes trash pile up (2003-10-02)

Jackson gift now totals $272 million (2003-09-25)

$232 million gift to UT geosciences (2003-09-25)

Baton Rogue sees UT as model to link research to private sector (2003-09-24)

Underfunding hurts popular department (2003-09-19)

Strategic budget cuts hit CMAS Books (2003-09-12)

As State Colleges Cut Classes, Students Struggle to Finish (2003-08-24)

Universities in Decline (2003-08-26)

UGL early voting ends due to budget woes (2003-09-10)

Interim report calls for 5-year graduation limit (2003-09-09)

University assessing expenditure options limited by tight budget (2003-08-28)

UT to build biomed site at J.J. Pickle campus (2003-08-25)

UT revives plan to build hotel, conference center (2003-08-21)

UT gets $4.5M grant for drug abuse research (2003-08-20)

A&M administrative salaries rising less than UT's (2003-08-17)

Despite $70 million gain, UT cuts $14.2 million (2003-08-12)

Regents to decide on budget (2003-08-08)

UT approves $1.4B budget for Austin campus (2003-08-08)

Faulkner getting a raise (2003-08-08)

Regents approve $7.8B budget (2003-08-08)

Budget Crisis? - UT Budget set to increase 8% (2003-08-07)

UT system administrative salaries on rise (2003-08-05)

UT's Houston health center criticized (2003-07-29)

Writing Center reducing hours and benefits (2003-07-24)

Legislators question UT administrative costs (2003-07-24)

Faulkner: UT won't buy Motorola site (2003-07-22)

Donor applauds UT after receiving honor (2003-07-21)

UT unlikely to purchase extra land (2003-07-18)

UT's 'anonymous' benefactor receives top honor from alumni group (2003-07-16)

UGL computer lab will close at midnight in fall (2003-07-15)

Think Fast: UTA supercomputer (2003-07-10)

Lawmakers shouldn't make cuts (2003-04-06)

Reasons why the faculty should not trust the administration (2001-05-02)

Is UT Making Unnecessary Cuts? (2003-03-07)

When It Goes Wrong at a Charter School (2003-03-05)

Senators criticize Yudof on funding (2003-03-08)

Flat-broke UT spends another $15 million (2003-03-10)

UT looks to expand campus to East Austin (2003-03-05)

Budget cuts could worsen class overcrowding (2003-02-25)

Budget forces business school to cut classes (2003-02-20)

New cuts mean less jobs (2003-02-20)

Justifying a Liberal Arts Education in Hard Times (2003-02-19)


Labor

Donate to the NYU Strike Hardship Fund (2006-01-26)

Academic Labor Rights May Hang in the Balance (2005-10-27)

Sweatshop panel urges UW use of union labor (2005-10-18)

Professor who took down Jim Wright denied tenure at UT (2005-10-14)

New Approach to Tenure (2005-10-03)

Judge Backs Universities on Same-Sex Benefits (2005-09-30)

Quick Takes: U. of Maryland Speech Policy Upheld, Fla. Board Sides With Faculty Union (2005-09-13)

UT Central Receiving to privatize, cut jobs (2005-07-14)

Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are Fighting Aramark's Union-Busting (2005-06-21)

Cents and Sensibility: Students fight and win on living wage at campuses nationwide (2005-06-23)

UT staff deserves a pay raise (2005-06-23)

Georgetown Hunger Stike for Living Wage Ends (2005-03-24)

UT employees may attain direct TRS representation (2005-03-23)

Rallying for rights (2005-01-19)

Finding a voice for custodians (2004-12-07)

Student group encourages Taco Bell boycott (2004-10-28)

Decision bars unionizing of grad students (2004-09-29)

Faculty council shelves grievance policy (2004-09-28)

Cutting needed bus services saves some money (2004-09-27)

Associate Professor to study how to retain science teachers (2004-09-24)

Shuttle bus drivers torn over final contract (2004-09-21)

Viewpoint: Texas neglects employees (2004-09-21)

Shuttle contract resolved (2004-09-14)

UT institutes new staff grievance policy (2004-09-02)

Professor alters faculty grievance policy (2004-09-03)

New overtime laws won't apply to currently ineligible UT workers (2004-08-26)

Bus drivers continue contract negotiation (2004-07-27)

Labor Board Says Graduate Students at Private Universities Have No Right to Unionize (2004-07-26)

Fired shuttle bus drivers get their jobs back (2004-05-06)

Shuttle drivers will strike only as last resort (2004-04-30)

Sweatshop Universities: Contingent Faculty and the New Academic Labor System (2004-04-23)

Will Universities Lock Out Students? (2004-04-23)

A reminder from a UT shuttle driver (2004-04-15)

Union workers, UT students protest firing of 2 shuttle bus drivers (2004-04-13)

2 bus drivers fired after going to rally (2004-04-12)

Bus drivers' rally attendance stirs conflict (2004-04-06)

UT Shuttle Worker Update 4/2004 (2004-04-05)

Yo No Quiero Taco Bell: Farmworker Struggles and the Legacy of César Chavez (2004-03-31)

UT staff may face higher insurance costs for first time since 2001 (2004-03-23)

Group seeks student support of shuttle workers' struggle (2004-03-11)

Letter from a UT shuttle bus driver to Capital Metro (2004-03-10)

Shuttle Bus Drivers Reject Latest Offer (2004-03-05)

SG Bus Driver Support Resolution (2004-03-03)

SG resolution supports bus drivers (2004-03-03)

More Privatization: Jester Store to be replaced with burger joint (2004-03-01)

Bus Drivers Back Books not Bombs (2004-03-01)

Faulkner plans raises for UT staff in next year's budget (2004-02-20)

Students unite to support UT shuttle drivers (2004-02-20)

UT bus drivers seek pay comparable to other drivers' (2004-02-19)

Shuttle union members feel too many obstacles out of their control to reach agreement (2004-02-18)

Bus driver union wants UT to help better their wages, benefits (2004-02-17)

Bus drivers go to UT community (2004-02-10)

Text from UT Shuttle Drivers Brochure (2004-02-09)

Pictures from UT Shuttle Drivers Informational Picket (2004-02-09)

UT should support shuttle bus drivers (2004-02-09)

UT shuttle bus drivers demand raises (2004-01-27)

UT Bus drivers earn significantly less than other drivers (2004-01-20)

Class Struggle 101 at Universities (2003-10-22)
- UT Watch responds

AFL-CIO president, union workers arrested at rally for Yale strikers (2003-09-13)

Teaching assistant posts dwindling (2003-09-04)

Yale workers strike (2003-08-28)

Medical training may be intensified (2003-08-25)

UT Prop shop employees cut (2003-08-11)

UTA in time of transitions (2003-08-08)

UT System is clarifying benefits for workers weighing retirement (2003-07-24)

Grad students don't receive pay raises (2003-07-07)

Official UT layoff count reaches 120 (2003-07-07)

Departments begin to lay off staff members (2003-07-02)

UT evaluates faculty hiring procedures (2003-07-01)

UT employees take retirement incentive (2003-07-01)

Faculty raises halted at least until January (2003-06-10)

Part time employees to receive raise (2003-06-27)

Regents raise insurance rates for UT employees (2003-06-17)

Most UT Staff will not get a raise this year (2003-05-23)

Graduate Students look to Unite (2003-05-05)

UT: Those who don't take $16,000 now might be laid off in August (2003-04-29)

Layoffs may be necessary, UT officials say (2003-04-28)

Cutbacks Imperil Health Coverage for States' Poor (2003-04-28)

State workers demand better cure for budget (2003-04-10)

State workers live in limbo (2003-04-01)

5,000 Yale Workers Plan to Go on Strike (2003-03-01)


Military

UT Not in the Bomb Business: UC & Co. Win Los Alamos Contract (2005-12-21)

Secrecy, security problems at Lockheed-run Sandia; Is UT-Lockheed team going to better manage Los Alamos? (2005-12-07)

Justices Hear Military Recruiting Case (2005-12-06)

Survey: Lab workers feel vulnerable (2005-11-28)

U.S. alters nuclear weapons policy (2005-11-28)

UTSA opens biodefense lab (2005-11-15)

More nukes, more plutonium pits to soon come out of Los Alamos (2005-11-09)

UT-Lockheed recruit for Los Alamos (2005-10-29)

Los Alamos Alliance storefront handout material (2005-10-12)
- UT Watch responds

Army in Worst Recruiting Slump in Decades (2005-10-04)

GMU student arrested for protesting military recruitment (2005-09-30)

Student Government or Student Humor? (2005-09-21)

UTMB virus lab preparing for Rita (2005-09-21)

Group to ask CU regents for hearing on Lockheed bid (2005-09-07)

How UT Learned to Love the Bomb (2005-09-08)

UT-Lockheed Martin bid team makes push for Los Alamos (2005-08-31)

UTSA Receives Grant for Potential Bioweapon Research (2005-08-30)

CU-Boulder prof fired by Lockheed? (2005-08-30)

UTMB biologist quits over anthrax-lotion claims, scientific misconduct (2005-08-24)

Head of LockMart/UT Los Alamos bid wants to scrap the NPT (2005-08-16)

Los Alamos Mishaps May Cost UC, Help UT (2005-08-15)

Mishaps at Los Alamos Fuel Criticism (2005-08-11)

Carnegie Mellon Uni's Robot Soldier (2005-08-10)

Academic R&D Doubled During Past Decade (2005-07-29)

UT's Los Alamos bid includes a network of other universities (2005-07-27)

Lab official says academic network larger than UT's proposal (2005-07-24)

University of Washington gives up on bioterror lab (2005-07-22)

Renewal at Los Alamos Weapons Lab Resurrects Deeper Debate (2005-07-22)

Los Alamos official casts aspersion on UT's "Academic Alliance" (2005-07-22)

DoD proposes to tighten rules on foreign scientists (2005-07-22)

Texan: Deconstructing Los Alamos (2005-07-21)

UT submits proposal bid for Los Alamos, nuke watchdogs also bid (2005-07-20)

The Economist on Nuclear Labs (2005-07-07)

Power and Money in Los Alamos Contract (2005-07-17)

UC and Los Alamos: A hasty union that's endured (2005-07-11)

U.S. nuclear demands show hyprocrisy (2005-07-08)

Read "Sustaining the Nuclear Enterprise," the report by LANL, SNL scientists calling for new nukes (pdf) (2005-05-20)

LANL & Sandia Scientists back new US nuclear weapons (2005-06-29)
- UT Watch responds

Professors question MIT's treatment of missile defense critic (2005-06-20)

U.S. Rep. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., pushes his nuke budget (2005-06-15)

UC given 8 month extension at Los Alamos (2005-06-11)

NNSA officials answer questions about management of Los Alamos (2005-06-13)

Federal government ready to pay for Los Alamos land (2005-06-11)

UT gets $$$ from defense budget (2005-06-09)

Whistleblower at Los Alamos brutally beaten (2005-06-07)

Scientific productivity down at Sandia under LockMart? (2005-06-06)

Los Alamos fears brain drain (2005-06-04)

Beaker blast injures two Los Alamos workers (2005-06-01)

Remember Los Alamos! (2005-06-01)

University of California is ready to bid for Los Alamos Lab (2005-05-27)

Los Alamos RFP now online (2005-05-19)

UC, UT Vie For Weapons Lab Contract (2005-05-21)

A look at Los Alamos bidders (2005-05-20)

Lockheed May Have Edge Over Bechtel, Northrop in Los Alamos Bid (2005-05-20)

Former UT Watch member testifies to UT Board of Regents against Los Alamos bid (2005-04-28)

UT, flip flopping on their decision, to re-enter Los Alamos bid (2005-05-12)

Rep.: Why Not Close Los Alamos? (2005-05-10)

DOE studies environmental impact of Los Alamos (2005-05-10)

UTMB's biosafety lab may not be as open as promised (2005-05-08)

UT Watch joins panel on Los Alamos (2005-05-05)

Protesters Occupy University of Hawaii Admin Building (2005-05-04)

UT Expenses on LANL Bid (pdf) (2005-05-03)

UT Developing Rail Gun Tech for US Military (2005-04-29)

UT System reopens talks on bid for Los Alamos (2005-04-28)

Manufacturing the Homeland Security Campus and Cadre (2005-04-08)

Senator: Sandia could be model for Los Alamos Lab (2005-04-08)

System's relationship with Sandia formalized (2005-04-07)

Sandia and University of Texas System to sign memorandum of understanding (2005-04-06)

VIEWPOINT: Los Alamos lab bid redux (2005-04-05)

Regents To Discuss Renewed Bid on Los Alamos (2005-04-05)

UT System to reexamine Los Alamos (2005-04-04)

LANL Competition Shifts (2005-04-02)

UTexas, Lockheed teaming up for LANL race? (2005-03-31)

Army hits Panhandle beach as part of recruiting drive (2005-03-26)

Doubts Raised on Bids for LANL (2005-02-25)

UC to bid on Berkeley lab, undecided on Los Alamos (2005-01-21)

Three Boston University Researchers Exposed to Tularemia Last Year (2005-01-21)

UT Says No Nukes (2005-01-20)

Making Los Alamos Attractive (2005-01-15)

UT will not bid for Los Alamos (2005-01-18)

Criteria for Los Alamos salary increase (2004-12-10)

Texas A&M will definitely not bid on Los Alamos (2004-12-10)

LANL manager will NOT have to deal with environmental cleanup (2004-12-10)

AusChron: Los Alamos Up For Grabs (2004-12-09)

Congress Axes Funding for New Nukes (2004-12-06)

LANL draft RFP online (2004-12-02)

UT System needs 'true vision' (2004-12-02)
- Los Alamos draft RFP released Wednesday

Nuclear Weapons Programs Went on the Congressional Chopping Block (2004-11-23)

Democracy in the Decision for Los Alamos (2004-11-21)

4 UW students arrested protesting military recruitment (2004-11-19)

Governor pushes UC to bid for lab contract (2004-11-18)

Carnegie Military University: How the Pentagon Funds Universities to Contribute to War (2004-11-19)

Energy secretary will leave amid Los Alamos controversy (2004-11-16)

New Mexico Governor backs UC for Los Alamos management (2004-11-15)

CIA: Al Qaeda targeted members of Congress with ties to nuclear labs (2004-11-12)

UT physicists weigh in on Los Alamos (2004-11-12)

Texas A&M bid for Idaho National Laboratory fails (2004-11-10)

LANL work resuming but was shutdown worth it? (2004-11-08)

Atomic Energy head says U.S. pursues split policy on nuclear arms (2004-11-06)

Institutional Interests: How Los Alamos is driving the development of new nuclear weapons (2004-11-05)

The 2004 Election And The New Mexico-Texas Nuclear Corridor (2004-11-03)

Aggies express interest in Idaho research lab (2004-11-02)

Official: Safety issues remain at Los Alamos (2004-10-30)

Hermit Came to Los Alamos to Introduce Physics Theories (2004-10-30)

Hermit Found Living in Cave on LANL Property (2004-10-29)

UC Lecturers, Librarians Urge Regents Not To Bid (2004-10-28)
- One lecturer's reasoning

New Mexico Senator promises Fair Los Alamos competition (2004-10-27)

Los Alamos whistle-blowers share hopes for congressional hearing (2004-10-27)
- POGO helps whistleblowers

Professor discusses early history of Los Alamos lab at UT Watch forum (2004-10-26)

Work resumes at Lab, but questions remain (2004-10-25)

Delving into Los Alamos (2004-10-25)

Bidding for management of nuclear weapons labs (pdf) (2004-10-23)
- Read the UT Nuke Free FAQ on Los Alamos

Los Alamos must take on 'Other missions' (2004-10-22)

Two plead guilty in Los Alamos scandal (2004-10-21)

Official: Los Alamos Managers Wanted Fraud Report Held (2004-10-18)
- Read up on Los Alamos

Offensive Biology: Is Bio-Defense A Bust? (2004-10-18)
- More information on biodefense

Anthrax slip-ups raise fears about planned biolabs, including UTMB's new BSL-4 in Galveston (2004-10-14)

SG Launches Los Alamos Online Forum (2004-10-14)

Los Alamos Director keeps Lab moving (2004-10-14)

Los Alamos reorganizes management (2004-10-13)

Kerry proposes government research into alternative fuels at Los Alamos, Sandia (2004-10-11)

UT Students Sell the CIA (2004-10-10)

Government Sets Bid Timeline for Los Alamos (2004-10-06)

UT's Los Alamos bid on track (2004-10-05)

Rep. orders review of nuclear reactor safety for university research (2004-10-01)

"Bunker Busters": Sources of Confusion in the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Debate (2004-09-29)

Los Alamos a terrorist target? (2004-09-27)

UT Quiet About Los Alamos (2004-09-24)

UC Regents told Los Alamos not compatible with academia (2004-09-23)

UC Regents meet on Los Alamos (2004-09-23)

NPR: Los Alamos shutdown costing $200 million in American taxpayer money (2004-09-22)

UC Regents advised to seek Los Alamos contract (2004-09-22)

Los Alamos to remove lab's nuclear materials (2004-09-18)

Los Alamos fires, disciplines employees (2004-09-16)

Suffering Effects of 50's A-Bomb Tests (2004-09-05)

Proposed $760 million cleanup deal for non-radioactive waste is reached at Los Alamos (2004-09-03)
- UT Watch responds (pdf)

Texas A&M backs off interest in Los Alamos nuclear lab (2004-09-01)

Audit finds big safety risks from delays in stabilizing plutonium at Los Alamos (2004-08-23)
- UT Watch responds (pdf)

Los Alamos lab waste reportedly found in the Rio Grande (2004-08-23)
- UT Watch responds (pdf)

DOE Nuclear Weapons Data Found Missing (2004-08-19)

The University of Texas at Austin makes gains in federally financed research and development (2004-08-20)
- UT Watch responds

UC's Los Alamos lab lags in handling of radioactive materials (2004-08-20)

Los Alamos Nukes are still unstable (2004-08-19)

UT Not Cooling Off? (2004-08-14)

UC Proposal to Improve Security at Los Alamos Quashed by NNSA (2004-08-13)

Nuclear Weapons Complex Monitoring Begins (2004-08-17)

Uranium Reactors on Campus Raise Security Concerns (2004-08-17)

Los Alamos Has "Immense" Plutonium Inventory Discrepancy, 150 Bombs Worth (2004-08-11)
- UT Watch responds

LA Times commentary: Pity the Los Alamos whistleblowers (2004-08-12)

Los Alamos honey pot not looking so sweet anymore, UT officials say (2004-08-12)

UT System's interest in Los Alamos cooling (2004-08-11)

Senator suggests 'missing' disks may not be missing (2004-08-11)

UC alone didn't ruin Los Alamos (2004-08-10)

3 more Los Alamos employees on investigatory leave (2004-08-10)

Star-Telegram coverage of anti-Los Alamos events (2004-08-10)

Lockheed Martin won't bid to run Los Alamos, citing the substantial costs (2004-08-07)

Research at Los Alamos won't resume for 2 months (2004-08-05)

'Musical Chairs' at Los Alamos (2004-08-08)

Remembering Hiroshima at Los Alamos (2004-08-06)

Group protests Los Alamos on 59th anniv. of Hiroshima bombing (2004-08-06)

Los Alamos Lab Puts 4 More Scientists on Leave (2004-08-05)

UTNukeFree.org to Host Forums and Workshops on UT, A&M Campuses regarding Los Alamos (2004-08-04)

LA Times: UC should quit Los Alamos (2004-08-02)

California group to protest nuclear labs (2004-08-03)

Los Alamos lapses go back decades (2004-08-01)

Los Alamos lab's security appears great on paper (2004-07-31)

Work restart at Los Alamos lab grinds along slowly (2004-07-30)

Congress continues to fund University XXI (2004-07-30)

UTSA facility to study bacteria with uses as biological weapons (2004-07-27)

Texas plan to grab Los Alamos (2004-07-27)

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Los Alamos deal 'visionary' (2004-07-26)
- UT Watch responds

A&M System asks UT to be its 'special friend' in Los Alamos bid (2004-07-26)

Austin Chronicle: Los Alamos chain reaction (2004-07-22)

UTSA prepares BSL-3 lab to study bio agents on campus (2004-07-21)

Texas A&M joins Los Alamos bidders (2004-07-21)

Los Alamos Scandal Raises Many Questions (2004-07-20)

Daily Californian Editorial: Lab Stewardship Becoming an Embarrassment to UC (2004-07-20)

Los Alamos: 20 more disks gone? (2004-07-20)

ALBQ Tribune: Tales of chemicals in eyes and imminent electrocution at LANL (2004-07-19)

LA Times: Secret information at Los Alamos repeatedly sent over the Internet. (2004-07-19)

UT System ignores Los Alamos opposition (2004-07-19)

Yudof's speech supporting Los Alamos management and wild tangents on science (2004-07-19)
- UT Watch responds

Viewpoint: Nuked in passing ... (2004-07-19)
- UT Watch responds

UT regents hear opposition to possible bid for Los Alamos (2004-07-19)

UT weighs bid on lab contract (2004-07-17)

UT involvement with Los Alamos discussed (2004-07-16)

List of potential Los Alamos managers posted (.doc) (2004-07-16)

UC Halts Los Alamos' Classified Work After Security Lapse (2004-07-16)

Projet on Gov't Oversight: select quotes from Los Alamos hearings (2004-07-15)

Los Alamos loses data, some call for UC's immediate removal as manager (2004-07-15)

LANL security flaw may help UT (2004-07-14)

Private companies likely to bid on Los Alamos lab (2004-07-14)

Hazwaste: Los Alamos contaminants spoiling Rio Grande watershed; cleanup effort launched (2004-07-09)

Classified data missing at Los Alamos leads to concerns (2004-07-12)

Los Alamos Task Force Member Roster obtained (2004-07-02)

Incident changes Los Alamos deal (2004-07-01)

Regents consider Los Alamos bid despite continued opposition (2004-07-01)

UT takes next step in bidding for Los Alamos (2004-06-30)
- UT Watch responds

Nuclear 'key' missing at Los Alamos (2004-06-28)

DoE opens bidding process for Los Alamos (2004-06-29)