Do Aibos Dream of Electric Corner Kicks?

Gearing up for RoboCup VII

"...is ticking for Dr. Peter Stone. Can this assistant professor of computer science at the University of Texas lead..."

April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Notes of a Football Addict (Vol. V)

Paying tribute to Blanda, and more

"...Before prying into the heart of what's gone wrong in the State of Texas football,..."

Oct. 7, 2010 Sports Post by John Razook

Austin Lyric Opera: Pittsburgh Opera's Kevin Patterson takes the reins

Kevin Patterson of Pittsburgh Opera has been hired to serve as Austin Lyric Opera's new general director

"...Opera has a new face. Last week, the board of trustees announced that Kevin Patterson of Pittsburgh Opera would..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Werewolf

Brian McGreevy wants to ruin your workday

"...What with the saturation of glittery-torsoed vampires and Jane Austen-chomping zombies in contemporary novels,..."

April 6, 2012 Books Feature by Sarah Smith

The Art of Football

Who in the NFL is playing in an artistic manner this season, and who is not

"...a unit in my English class at St. Edward’s University called “What Is Art For?” In this section we..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Of Mercy and Mississippi

On the Bookshelf

"...first novel by Houston writer Kathleen Cambor, The Book of Mercy (Farrar Straus Giroux, $22 hard), centers around the..."

July 18, 1997 Books Review

Downtown Austin Is Getting a Fresh Coat of Museums

"...In January of this year, the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) officially..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

The Spatial Engineer of the Invisible City

He is everywhere. He is unavoidable. He is Tha' Subliminal Kid.

"...a universe," DJ Spooky writes in the liner notes of his 1996 Songs of a Dead Dreamer. It's both..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...as much the direct catalyst for the recent flood of punk books as for the equivalent avalanche of archival..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...job indeed -- one that thrusts the nine members of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees into..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Can a Veteran Oil Man Clean Up the Railroad Commission’s Mess?

Bill Burch is running to raise awareness of groundwater contamination

"...Running for statewide office as a Democrat is never an easy task in..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...I keep Patrick Rosal’s collection of frenzied-cool poetry Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive on the..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows...

"...Dr. John Fernstrom, a nutritionist at the University of Pittsburgh, says flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG) is..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Your City Manager Semifinalists (Updated)

"...has returned from their closed-door discussions with a list of eight city manager semifinalists. The "internal" candidates are no..."

Jan. 3, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Will Shill for Nukes

At UT and elsewhere, academic scientists are only too happy to lend their names and reputations to the nuclear power industry

"...Austin American-Statesman published an op-ed article by Sheldon Landsberger, professor of nuclear engineering at UT. Headlined "Funds for nuclear..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Listening to the Bones

Bones tell a story at world's largest body farm

"...in 24 hours or less. This is the kind of information we need to get in the hands of..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Farmer's Daughter, Global Scholar

Food historian Rachel Laudan takes the long view

"...As a spin-off of a distinguished academic career in history of science..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Mr. Smarty Pants

Texhoma's pointless Dalmations; dancing about economics; and more fun facts.

"...Dancer Gene Kelly had an economics degree from the University of Pittsburgh...."

April 21, 2000 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The AggreGAYtor: September 19

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Garry Kasparov thinks Putin’s ploy is to exploit older..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...You are holding a relic. Its pages smell of newsprint and flop over at the corners. The ink..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Read Local!

Also out this summer

"...Einstein's Wife, and Other Myths by Alberto A. Martínez (University of Pittsburgh Press, May 28): History and science collide..."

May 27, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Luminous

"...The pulse of drums prompts a ripple of chimes punctuated by the..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mister Smarty Pants Knows

"...Dr. William A. Cassidy of the University of Pittsburgh was asked by the National..."

April 24, 1998 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Verde Report: Austin FC Is the Wake-Up Call Its Texas Rivals Needed

FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo open their checkbooks to sweeten their rosters

"...league's 27th franchise and its third in the state of Texas, many in the Lone Star State hoped the..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

SXSWedu Putting Education in Innovation

Education conference announces keynote from littleBits founder

"...to launch, with the announcement that Ayah Bdeir, founder of modular electronics education firm littleBits, will deliver one of..."

Jan. 13, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness

Results of new study suggest environmental factors have more influence on behavior than government would like us to believe

"...Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have hammered another nail into..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Column by Jordan Smith

Why Sarah Elaine Smith Writes the Way She Does

The author of Marilou Is Everywhere tells the full story

"...girl mystery and delicately nudged it to the corner of the frame to focus instead on a girl left..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

'The NFL Beat': Browns Face Tough Decision at QB

RG3 looms large in the 2012 draft

"...in Cleveland more times than I can count. One of the things I enjoy about touring is getting to..."

Feb. 18, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Page Two

Never mind the consipracy theorists, the death of literacy, and the Democrats' chronic foot-shooting – 'Page Two' needs a break.

"...on tribal totems, ritualistic beliefs, admonishments, and superstitions, all of which begin with the notion that the "other" –..."

July 15, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Exhibitionism

The Mystery of Irma Vep: Summer Camp

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Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Review

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