je.st

Home › austin

Tag: austin

Foundation donates $50 million for medical school at University of Texas at Austin

2013-01-31 17:19:00| American School & University

The Dell Medical School plans to enroll its first class in 2016 Schoolhouse Beat read more

Tags: at school university medical

Austin (Texas) Board votes to create 3 single-sex schools

2013-01-29 16:30:00| American School & University

The schools, two for boys only, and one for girls only, would open in 2014-15 Schoolhouse Beat read more

Tags: board create schools texas

Nike eyed Austin, Vancouver until Oregon special session

2013-01-13 07:05:22| Footwear - Topix.net

Nike is running out of room at its headquarters near Beaverton. Early in 2012 the company formed Project Impact and looked for a site to house a major expansion.

Tags: special session oregon austin

Keeping a growing Austin green and weird is no easy task

2013-01-11 20:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: A few months ago, an Austin writer took to the pages of the New York Times to fret about the fate of his city. Austin, it seems, is getting too big for its famously weird britches. Not too long ago, an older gentleman fond of wearing high heels and a thong in public ran for mayor three times, Richard Parker wrote. Now, Austin has a Grand Prix racing track, restaurants teeming with celebrities, and yuppies crowding out families. [I]n the wake of the Armstrong debacle, its hard not to think that...

Tags: is no easy green