New Data Shows Slightly Fewer Unhoused Austinites

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) releases new report

"...Responding to calls for updated data, the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) released a report..."

May 21, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

SXSW Interactive: Big Data & the Presidency

Think your Facebook feed and Twitterisms don’t matter? Think again.

"...First things first: big data will not choose the next president. The electorate will...."

March 13, 2016 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Abortions Decrease in Texas After HB 2, Data Shows

DSHS finally releases 2014 abortion stats after ACLU request

"...accusations of a department-wide strategic cover-up of key abortion data lodged by the ACLU of Texas, the Department of..."

June 30, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Crowdsourcing Medical Data Through Gaming

UT’s Simulation and Game Applications Lab helps researchers reach further

"...also have the potential to change the way we research and solve problems, in fields such as health care..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by felix morgan

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...to give educators and administrators easy access to student data. Districts and states could input around 400 different data..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Questions About San Marcos Convention Center Research

"...to Iraq for reasons based on bad information, questionable research, and biased reasoning just take a look at the..."

July 15, 2004 Postmarks

Data Riches

A data nerd's dream come true, the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project's latest report is out

"...Passion drives community action, but good data can help...."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

ACLU to State Health Department: Stop Hiding Abortion Data

ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of shielding valuable statistics on the state's abortion rates from the public

"...Depart­ment of State Health Services with intentionally concealing abortion data from 2014 – an especially important timetable, as it..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Data, Dollars, and Defending Austin ISD at the Capitol

Highlights from the AISD Board of Trustees' first meeting in 2023

"...Effort for Equity. A representative from American Insti­tutes for Research (AIR), a research nonprofit hired by the district to..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

APD to Collect More Data

APD will change policy to require numbers for all stop-and-searches

"...The Austin Police Department will begin tracking data on instances in which an officer pulls a driver..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water

Making equity flow

"...department, they're taking concrete steps. Austin Water is using research from a UT-Austin School of Archi­tec­ture study, "Mak­ing Equity..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Uncontrolled Experiments

AISD says charters and single-sex academies will lift all students' boats – and attacks any research that says otherwise

"...Data, facts, research...."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Some (Re)Assembly Required

From mapping to extrapolating, recontextualizing the data we've been given

"...But the same doesn't go for information in our data-choked age, right?..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...getting into the market – in All About Games. Data, Trends, and What's Next for 2024. Rohit Bhargava, author..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

When Is Austin Not “Austin”?

Debate flares over research on Black Austin diaspora

"...essay on the FiveThirtyEight politics site responding to recent research reflecting the decline in Austin’s African-American population, even while..."

Jan. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Hunting for Housing

Landlord lawsuit and housing research frame housing crisis

"...took presidential office. According to the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Seattle took action in 1989, Chicago in..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Forks Over Knives

This documentary presents evidence that a whole-foods diet can prevent the occurrence of cancer, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes.

"...Director Fulkerson focuses chiefly on the findings of two researchers: Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., a surgeon (and Olympic gold..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nursing-Home Families Want Answers as COVID Comes Back

Still seeking safety as the data remains unclear

"...to report their COVID-19 cases and deaths. Yet clear data about how well specific nursing facilities have responded to..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...employed by UT's Charles A. Dana Center for educational research, where she has been for the past six years,..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Common Law

How does HIPAA affect nonprofit organizations?

"...the ability of my nonprofit organization to collect evaluation data from other programs?..."

July 23, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

Listening to the Bones

Bones tell a story at world's largest body farm

"...Texas State announced it will open a forensic anthropology research facility – more commonly known as a "body farm"..."

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

Status Quo Kills Neurons, So Train Your Brain

Niki Weber on why your brain needs negative feedback

"...business success – and she has a motherlode of data to support that theory...."

March 11, 2013 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Volunteers (and Smart Phones) Needed for Bicycle Study

Researchers want you to gather data for them

"...Researchers from Texas A&M’s Texas Transportation Institute and the UT..."

May 13, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Abortions in Texas Fell By Half After Ban, Study Finds

Displaced patients strain capacity in neighboring states

"...extreme abortion ban, Senate Bill 8, according to new research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP)...."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Aeronauts

Ballooning adventure never drops its baffling meet-cute ballast

"...the air. Their ascent was astounding, providing essential scientific data that raised the study of meteorology and weather forecasting,..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rep. Donna Howard on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”

"...toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: The Best of Times …

Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness

"...of government by anti-science demagogues, public support for scientific research and environmental protection remains strong...."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Study: Less Contraception, More Medicaid Births After Planned Parenthood Ban

Where contraception access is strained, Medicaid births rise

"...contraception and more taxpayer funded births, according to new research...."

Feb. 3, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Legal Abortion Rate Drops Post-HB 2

The rate of legal abortion fell 13% since House Bill 2 took effect

"...Newly released data, collected directly from Texas abortion providers, shows what many..."

July 23, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Central Health Responds

"...is already being implemented, was informed by months of research, data analysis, and community input, and will drive our..."

May 3, 2022 Postmarks

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