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Dr. Robert Prentice, Jack Abramoff and Dr. Minette Drumwright speak during a talk hosted by the McCombs School of Business. Abramoff, who is currently on probation, owes $44 million in restitution.
Wednesday evening, an audience at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center was confronted with a rare dilemma. If the speaker is an ex-convict, do you clap when they take the stage?
Ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff was invited to UT to launch the McCombs School of Business’ “Ethics Unwrapped” speakers series, and spoke to audience members about the dilemmas of legality and morality in the lobbying industry in an event titled “You Don’t Know Jack”.
UT is not being a nice neighbor right now. In case you missed it in Thursday’s Daily Texan, the University is trying to buy out Players, a generations-old, alumni-owned business that students frequent.
The Super Bowl capped off this Sunday and the New York Giants are world champions. Now football fans everywhere are panicking and wondering, what am I supposed to watch until football starts up again in August?
Well calm down NFL fanatics, here is a list of great sporting events, month by month, you can check out to hold you over until opening kickoff 2012.
February
Feb. 6-12 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
As construction continues on the new 3.4-mile Circuit of the Americas racetrack being built outside of Austin, promoters are still working to inform Austinites of the sport.
AT&T Cotton Bowl, Jan. 6th, 8 p.m. EST, FOX
Dr. Jerry Brand, professor of molecular cell and developmental biology, gives a talk about new biofuels derived from algae Monday afternoon at the AT&T Conference Center. Brand explained algae could become a new sustainable resource instead of fossil fuels within the next 20 years.
Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff
Jerry Brand’s algae collection, with nearly 2,800 specimens in all, is more than just pond scum. The diverse range of organisms is part of a growing multi-hundred billion dollar industry, used to produce anything from supplements to ice cream thickener to dental impressions and most recently, alternative biofuel, he said.
After the death of his father from heart failure and diabetes, David Bales began advocating responsible stem cell research for the health benefits which it promotes. He is now the chairman of Texans for Stem Cell Research, a charitable pro-life foundation which encourages adult stem cell research.
Texans for Stem Cell Research sponsored a speech by Dr. Emerson Perin, an expert in heart treatment through stem cell therapy at the AT&T Conference Center on Tuesday.
Neither of Texas’ two quarterbacks had committed a turnover in their first four games. Coming into Saturday, the Longhorns were still unbeaten.
But both of those things changed Saturday.
An award-winning UT professor known for his enthusiasm in the classroom has authored a book he hopes will inspire others to reach their goals through effective communication techniques.
Last week, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget took the first steps in keeping the Internet fair and open.
The office finally signed what is commonly known as the net neutrality rules. Net neutrality goes something like this: The Internet is an open medium and you connect to it via Internet service providers (ISPs) such as AT&T and Verizon.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA on grounds that it would raise prices for consumers.
The government contends that the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T would reduce competition.
At a news conference, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the combination would result in “tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products for mobile wireless services.”
Chase Martinez | Daily Texan Staff
Epsilon Beta alumni pour out of the Austin Convention Center after the 43rd Southwest Regional Conference ended.
Families explore the booths at Austin Space Day at the AT&T Conference Center. The event included a planetarium and a lecture from a former space shuttle astronaut.
Austin Space Day attendees help make obleck at the AT&T Conference Center. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid that acts like a liquid if poured, but a solid when pressure is applied.
With a new race track on the way from Formula 1, the UT Formula Society of Automotive Engineers wants to build an automotive research facility to produce innovative vehicle designs and alternative fuel sources.
UT researchers presented a project joining the future of computational technologies and plant science.
Computational technology will play a critical role in the plant sciences that affect crop development in the future, a UT scientist said in a talk Tuesday.
More than 3.2 million people can watch a documentary this summer about one of the first African-Americans to attend UT and who became a world-renowned opera singer.
Microsoft Vice President Dan Reed regaled a full audience with stories of close friendships and portable cassette players at the AT&T Conference Center Tuesday night.
Reed, vice president of technology policy and strategy at Microsoft, addressed the megatrends of today as part of the Austin Forum, a monthly speaker series. Reed provided a helpful analogy to put things in perspective for his audience.
The lights glowed Thursday night as author and sports journalist Buzz Bissinger took the stage to offer critical commentary on today’s high school and college sports programs.
Bissinger wrote the book “Friday Night Lights,” a precursor to the successful movie and television drama. In a talk at the AT&T Conference Center on Thursday night, he discussed the role of sports and society, specifically what he called an excessive reverence for athletics in universities and high schools.
The challenges and opportunities in cancer research in Texas are progressing with the establishment of a new cancer research institute, a topic addressed by a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist in his presentation at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on Tuesday.
Alfred Gilman addressed the need for a stronger science base in Texas and how that will influence cancer research and
prevention.
Hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors listened intently Friday as Dan Street, founder of a company that attempts to connect people with their neighborhood, showed off his new spin on social connections and technology in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center’s amphitheater.
NPR Reporter Roxana Saberi said she never thought much about life in prison until four men came to her Tehran apartment in January 2009 and arrested her on spying charges.
Saberi spoke about her three-month imprisonment by Iranian authorities on charges of espionage as part of a conference Saturday on human rights in Iran. She was researching a book when arrested, but said politically motivated arrests are the norm in Iran.
After internally assessing its response on Sept. 28 — the day mathematics sophomore Colton Tooley fired 11 rounds of his AK-47 on campus before taking his own life — the University’s Emergency Preparedness department reported about 53,000 students and staff received text message alerts.
However, in many cases users did not receive the text alerts for up to 45 minutes after they were sent. UT officials said congested wireless traffic contributed to the delay.
