The Lead: Austin Elections Debrief
Good morning. That dense fog advisory is still in effect, so stay safe on the roads. Here’s some stories KUT News has been working on.Prop 15 Loss Leaves Groups Scrambling“Nonprofits that help people...
View ArticleLawsuit Aims to Stop Certification of Medical School Vote
Travis County voters passed Central Health Proposition 1 this week, which increases property taxes to help bring a medical school to Austin.But a group of citizens is trying to stop the vote from being...
View ArticleUT-Austin Med School Plans Proceed After Election
Despite its glowing reputation, Austin has faced a gap when compared with other major metropolitan areas: the lack of a medical school and the cutting-edge research it can provide.
View ArticleUT's New Medical School Now Has a Name: Dell
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation announced a ten year commitment to turn Austin in a center of health care excellence. The foundation is donating $50 million to the University of Texas’s new...
View ArticlePowers: UT Ready to Begin Search for Medical School Dean
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers told the UT Board of Regents on Wednesday that his school is ready to begin searching for a medical school dean.A UT-Austin medical school, expected...
View ArticleUT-Austin Seeks Dean For New Medical School
Eighteen people will make up a search committee for the University of Texas at Austin's Dell Medical School's founding dean.Like most search committees, the one for the inaugural medical school dean is...
View ArticleFirst Look at UT Medical School: New Hospital on Red River, Erwin Center...
Update: The full University of Texas System Board of Regents has voted to move forward with a plan for the future of its flagship campus – including the medical school. The plan passed without...
View ArticleBill Powers: First UT Medical School Class in 2016
The first University of Texas medical student class could be here as early as fall 2016. The UT Board of Regents unanimously approved plans for the school at a meeting earlier today.Though construction...
View ArticleNow Hiring: Inaugural Dean for UT's New Medical School
Calling all big shots: University of Texas administrators have begun the search for the inaugural dean of the Dell Medical School, hoping to fill the office by early next year.UT released a 21-page...
View ArticleHow Central Health, Seton & UT's Medical School Want to Change Health Care...
Launching a new medical school is a major undertaking. But launching the University of Texas’ new medical school – in tandem with a new model of treating the sick and preventing illness – is even...
View ArticleInterview: Bill Powers on Funding, Philanthropy & UT’s New Med School
University of Texas at Austin President William Powers Jr. takes on another role this October: chairman of the elite Association of American Universities, a prominent pedestal from which to shape the...
View ArticleHow Race & Ethnicity Could Help Shape UT's Medical School Curriculum
When the University of Texas’ new Dell Medical School opens its doors in 2016, it will be the first new medical school at a leading research university in over fifty years. And its creation offers...
View ArticleUT Names Dean for Dell Medical School
The Dell Medical School has a dean.Ending a months-long search, UT President Bill Powers announced this morning that Dr. S. Claiborne “Clay” Johnston has been named inaugural dean of the Dell Medical...
View ArticleTop Morning Stories September 20, 2011
It's Flu Shot Time Again...The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department is offering free flu shots for people who are uninsured, underinsured or on Medicare. Some of the flu clinics...
View ArticleTop Morning Stories 2/10/12: A Smoke-Free UT, Inmate Health Care, New Hurdle...
UT to Go Tobacco-Free?Smoking is already banned in practically all indoor spaces on the UT campus, but to earn a sizeable grant, that ban could soon extend outdoors too.
View ArticleUT Pledges $25 Million Annually for Medical School
This morning, the University of Texas Board of Regents proposed approximately $25 million in annual funding for an Austin medical school, plus an extra $5 million for the first eight years, dependent...
View ArticleThree Big Questions About an Austin Medical School
Last month, hopes for a vote on urban rail were dashed.Despite years of discussion, preliminary routes, and an estimate of the cost, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell shot down the idea, saying plans...
View ArticleWill You Pay More to Help Build a Medical School?
The Central Health Board of Managers voted unanimously last night to ask voters whether they want to pay five cents more in property taxes per $100 of taxable value.The funds would help develop a...
View ArticleEconomist: Medical School Could Bring 15K Jobs to Austin
Austin economist Jon Hockenyos says bringing a medical school and teaching hospital to Austin could add about 15,000 permanent jobs to the community.Hockenyos says nearly 7,000 of those jobs would be...
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