Past Contributions

• UT Regents Give Powers Authority to Tackle Conference Realignment

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 19, 2011

  The University of Texas System regents today gave UT President Bill Powers the authority to take any necessary actions regarding conference realignment, another step in the university's possible departure from the Big 12. Full Story 

• For A&M, It Could Be "Lights! Camera! Contagion!"

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 16, 2011

  Texas A&M University System scientists want cinephiles to know that the scenario in the movie Contagion is a very real one — and that if it did come to pass, they'd have a major role to play in solving the problem. Full Story 

• Budget Woes, Calls for Efficiency Imperil Physics Programs

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 16, 2011

  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board wants to eliminate degree programs with low enrollment — like physics. Critics, including many professors, say that could do lasting harm to the state. Full Story 

• The Weekly TribCast: Episode 97

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 14, 2011

  This week on the TribCast, Ross, Reeve, Brandi and Jay talk about the recent GOP debates, the death penalty and the return of the HPV vaccine controversy. Full Story 

• UT President Bill Powers: "We Are a House Divided"

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 14, 2011

  University of Texas President Bill Powers isn't mincing words in his State of the University address. He takes head-on the controversy that has dogged the state's higher education community for several months. Full Story 

• Ronald DePinho: The TT Interview

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 14, 2011

  The fourth president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on federal health care reform, the difficult budget pressures on his institution and others, the critical importance of academic research and the timeline for finding a cure for cancer. Full Story 

• College Rankings a Mixed Bag for Texas Universities

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 13, 2011

  Depending on whom you ask, the University of Texas is either the 45th best university in the country, or the 186th. Texas A&M? Either the 58th or the 178th. College rankings are pervasive, highly variable — and controversial. Full Story 

• DePinho: Opposing HPV Vaccine "Unethical"

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 13, 2011

  The new president of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston calls the political hot potato "one of the great scientific advances in the history of medicine." Full Story 

• Ron Paul Gets Taiwanimated

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 13, 2011

  Last week, Next Media Animation, the Taiwan-based producers of surreal CGI-animated news re-enactments, released a unique take on the life of Rick Perry. This week, they tackled another Texan: U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside. Full Story 

• Audio: Ted Cruz at TribLive

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 12, 2011

  At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama's jobs speech, Social Security, the debt ceiling debate and his chief rival in the GOP primary, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Full Story