1910 Society Newsletter - issue 3

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for collaboration and the advancement of his research afforded by the fellowship. His research is dedicated to providing doctors new tools for earlier identification and treatment of cardiovascular disease using combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging for detecting and treating atherosclerotic plaques.

“A DONATION IS NOT JUST A

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FINANCIAL GIFT, BUT IT IS AN INSPIRATION TO ME TO SELFLESSLY SERVE OTHERS IN RETURN” -Jimmy Su, Powers Fellow, 2010-2011

Meeting the Great and Small Challenges of our Time

He says, “By obtaining [this] funding, my lab was able to allocate

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was also able to participate in a business plan venture this past

additional funds towards further research collaborations. During this past year, we were able to conduct our first in-vivo animal experiments down at UT Health Science Center in Houston. I year involving the Office of Technology Commercialization, and

In the fall of 2009, a new fellowship program was created in the Graduate

other students in engineering and business here at UT.”

School to support the recruitment and retention of ambitious and successful graduate scholars. The William C. Powers, Jr. Graduate Fellowship program

The Time is Now

“HAVING THIS SUPPORT FROM THE

In a recent speech, President Powers said, “the public

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research university of the future must solve global

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problems, expand knowledge, and improve lives through society.” Graduate programs and our students are critical to

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ensuring that we embody that future and that UT Austin is

-Simeon Floyd, Powers Fellow, 2009-2010

the premier public research university in the country.

A privately funded challenge grant of $250,000 has been provided to the

As 1910 Society members, you are the most loyal

Graduate School to expand this important program. Partnering with the

supporters of graduate education at UT Austin and I am

original donor, Dr. Steven Ungerleider, the goal is to raise an additional

grateful for your past contributions.

$250,000 by June 1, 2012. The fellowships will be used to support the strategic academic priorities outlined by the President and the Academic Deans. The focus will be on recruiting the best students to UT Austin and providing dissertation support to students in their final year.

I invite all members and friends of the 1910 Society to accept the challenge available through the Powers Fellowship Challenge Grant with a gift today. Every gift will be matched - up to $250,000 - and your support will be

The Powers Graduate Fellowships are among the most prestigious

dedicated to the recruitment and retention of outstanding

fellowships awarded by the Graduate School, providing a financial package

graduate students. Help us reach our goal of $500,000 by

totaling $36,000 over a nine month period. Students who receive one of

June 1, 2012.

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NEWS Recent Awards ABHIJAT JOSHI: Alumni Award Joshi, an alumnus of the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin and Bollywood’s hottest

2011 Outstanding Graduate Advisor CONGRATULATIONS 1910 SOCIETY MEMBER PETER WARD

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INCE OPENING ITS DOORS IN 1970, THE LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS has built its’ national reputation by emphasizing both the theoretical and practical skills needed by government policy advisors and practitioners. Initially offering only

a masters degree, the Ph.D. program was introduced in 1992 and underwent a significant re-view in 2008. At that time, Peter Ward, C.B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in U.S.-Mexico Relations and Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology, was asked to assume the responsibilities of Graduate Adviser for the program.

screenwriter, is the Graduate School’s

Excited by the challenge of revitalizing the doctoral

Outstanding Graduate Alumnus for 2011.

program, Ward has done a fantastic job by all accounts.

Read http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/

And as a result, he was awarded the 2011 Outstanding

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Graduate Adviser award from the Graduate School. The honor left him both surprised and touched.

MILLI REDDY: Granof Award

“The reason why I was so delighted to receive it was

Millidhashni Reddy, a

on [the students’] behalf. It really was an affirmation of

College of Pharmacy doctoral candidate, won the $10,000 Michael H. Granof Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Reddy, a Fulbright scholar, is completing her dissertation, which assesses the cost of care and health outcomes in patients with HIV and drugresistant tuberculosis in South Africa. Read http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/news/ student-winners2011.html

everything that they had been working towards over the Photo by Marsha Miller, UT Austin

last two years…This was just a great thing for them and

for those of my colleagues who have been especially supportive along the way.“ It was the Ph.D. students who championed Ward’s nomination for the award. They stated, “The impacts of Peter’s embracing of the leadership role were tangible and visible immediately. His care and attention have changed the morale and demeanor of the students in the program. Doctoral students now feel valued by the school, supported in our efforts to achieve academic endeavors, and able to accomplish the expectations the university has for us.”

As graduate adviser, Ward has worked to strengthen multiple areas of the program. He has sought to foster a strong sense of community among the various

“HE IS, IN SHORT, THE MODEL OF WHAT A

cohorts principally through a revitalized weekly

FACULTY ADVISER AND

In Memoriam

lunchtime colloquium where LBJ School faculty

MENTOR OUGHT TO BE”

LAUREN JEAN EDWARDS BEHR

accolades are delivered, and top faculty from across

and students present their research, kudos and

The Graduate School

campus share policy aspects and research methods

is deeply saddened

from their own disciplines. He has created an area of

by the passing of Lauren Edwards, our

-Robert Hutchings, Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs

offices and carrels exclusively for the students – which they affectionately refer to as “Ph.D. Alley”.

Communications

Ward’s other efforts have included stronger individual relationships with each Ph.D. student

Graduate Research

and being a staunch advocate for the resources and skills needed by the students to achieve

Assistant from Fall, 2008 – December, 2010. Lauren contributed her writing talents to our Web site, blog and 100 year anniversary book. She lost her battle with cancer in April, 2011 and will be greatly missed. Read the full GradNews blog post about Lauren: http://blogs.utexas.edu/ gradnews/2011/04/25/in-memoriam-laurenedwards-behr/ Joshi’s photo by Chris Parker. Photo courtesy of Milli Reddy.

Edward’s photo by Lynn Margason.

their goals. By finding ways to use existing resources from the LBJ School and the Graduate School and by engaging more faculty and the School’s research centers, Ward has secured opportunities for Ph.D. students to work as teaching and research assistants, provided more competitive fellowship packages and funded travel to conferences.

Ward finds academic research an important addition to the practical training needed for policy development in government and uses his own work in low-income self-help housing in Latin America and in what he calls “informal homestead subdivisions” here in Texas to help train the students.

For more information about Dr. Ward, please visit http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/directory/faculty/peter-ward

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THANK YOU 1910 Society Member Spotlight: Dr. David Braddock

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HEN DR. DAVID BRADDOCK GRAD-

Department of Disability and Human Development

uated from The University of Texas at

there. In 1999, he received the prestigious University

Austin in 1973 with his Ph.D. jointly in Scholar Award from U of I President James Stukel.

Special Education and Educational Administration, he was armed with three University of Texas degrees. He had received his B.A. in 1967 and his M.A. in 1970,

Photo courtesy of D.Braddock

both in Government.

Turner Endowed Chair and Professor in Psychiatry and campus Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.

uate work at UT in seven

The CU Board of Regents recently honored him with

different academic depart-

one of the University’s highest honors, the 2011

ments,

I

Thomas Jefferson Award.

sense

of

strong

attachment

to

the UT Graduate School, which embraces all these disciplines,” said Braddock.

For this reason, Dr. Braddock joined the 1910 Society.

He insists that high-quality graduate education at UT must continue to be strengthened. “The University of Texas at Austin is the single most important asset for the future of the State of Texas and for its rapidly growing population. But Texas is dramatically underfunding UT’s Graduate School. This is done at great per-

Braddock transformed his unique academic experiences il for this generation of Texans, for future generations of into a life of working for greater opportunity for people Texans, and for America’s competitiveness in general with disabilities in our society. He was strongly because UT is one of America’s national treasures.” influenced by faculty such as Emmette Redford and Wilfred Webb in the Government Department, as well as Jasper Harvey and Laurence Haskew in the College of Education, who both served on his dissertation committee.

Time spent working at the Austin State School

“EMBRACE UT PASSIONATELY AND ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER ACADEMICALLY AND IN RESEARCH, BUT ALSO ENGAGE EARLY AND

acquainted him with people with cognitive disabilities

OFTEN IN YOUR TRAINING WITH

who endured extremely oppressive conditions on a

THE WORLD OF WORK”

daily basis led him to ask, “Don’t these citizens have unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of

to support graduate student fellowships

of Medicine for the past 10 years as the Coleman-

“Having completed grad-

a

contributions are dedicated

Braddock has been at the University of Colorado School

Associate Vice President. He also directs the multi-

feel

100% of 1910 Society

-Dr. David Braddock

MOST RECENT MEMBERS Dr. Barbara Altman Dr. & Mrs. Ernest and Sarah Butler Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson Ms. Bretna Hackert Mr. W. Hurley Admiral Bob Inman Ms. Margaret Kahn Mr. Mark Kittridge Ms. Rekha Patel Mr. David West

SPECIAL THANKS TO Mr. Michael Abrams Mr. James Brady Mr. Nicholas Classen Dr. David Falconer Dr. Roberto A. Galván Mr. & Ms. Jay and Jan Gilden Mr. Michael Haney Dr. Jacqueline Jones Dr. Kent Kelley Mr. George McGlamery Dr. James Mellard Dr. Ennis Ogawa Dr. Garrett Okamoto Dr. Maria Reyes Ms. Jennifer Schaeffer Ms. Miriam Sims Dr. Michael Sklar Ms. Marolyn Stubblefield Dr. Steven Ungerleider Ms. Maumi Villarreal

a publication of

happiness, to which all Americans are entitled?”

Then, UT arranged a year-long internship in Washing-

June 2011

ton D.C. in governmental affairs at a national disability association that made him want to be a part of a quiet

Victoria E. Rodríguez

revolution that articulated and fought for the rights

VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

John Dalton

of people with disabilities throughout our society. UT

ASSISTANT DEAN

had taught him about the potential of an America that

Kathleen Mabley

would provide opportunities for all its citizens, thus

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Jonathan Duffy

fulfilling its destiny.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

María Ramírez-Romo de Vivar

Braddock has made great strides in this area. As a professor of public health at the University of Illinois at

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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Christopher Villalobos

Chicago, he was instrumental in establishing the nation’s

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first Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies and launched

Send address changes and questions to Jonathan Duffy, jpduffy@austin.utexas.edu or (512) 232-3631. 1 University Station G0400, Main Building, Room 101, Austin, Texas 78712. The information herein is subject to change © 2011.

and led a highly regarded Institute and academic

If you are interested in becoming a 1910 Society member or finding out more about estate planning to support graduate students, please contact Jonathan Duffy at (512) 232-3631.

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ERRATA | In vol. 1, number 2, (pg. 4) in the section titled “Barbara Conrad: When I Rise,” alumna Icy Simpson’s name was incorrectly cited.

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Colleges and Units Receiving Sponsored Research Funds 2009-2010

College of Natural Sciences

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Research Funds Facts Last year, more than $644 million was awarded to the university in sponsored research. Graduate students work alongside senior researchers, doing cutting-edge, original,

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and publishable research, while they contribute new ideas

School of Nursing

$5,100,000

and new perspectives, bringing creative young minds and

LBJ School of Public Affairs

$4,300,000

College of Communication

$3,400,000

Graduate School

$2,000,000

Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies

$400,000

School of Information

$383,000

McCombs School of Business

$194,000

School of Architecture

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School of Law

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College of Fine Arts

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Other

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high energy to the intellectual pursuits that will improve our society.