District Attorney Unveils Multipart Strategy to Curb Gun Violence

Instruments of peace

"...Gun Diversion Programs for those arrested on firearms charges. Researchers at the University of Chicago have evaluated PLGDPs in..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...ASO developed its metrics around 2015 based on peer-reviewed research and input from Humane Society urban wildlife biologists. They..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...Determined, April conducted heavy research (a "part-time job" she calls it) trying to find..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: The Death Cult of the Gun

Slate study shows an estimated 90 U.S. deaths per day result from gun violence

"...main reason there is no single source collecting this data in real time is surely because it is an..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...has become a surprisingly versatile locus for cross-disciplinary experimentation, data collection, and curriculum development adaptable across grade levels. Nonetheless,..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

AISD Going Out on a Limb

Single-sex schools aren't all they're cracked up to be

"...the education of thousands of kids, the predominance of research says single-sex education will bring no gain...."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...divided on the rate of incidence due to the data deriving from identified concussions. The Centers for Disease Control..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Then There's This: Honk If You Prefer Walking

Young people are changing transportation trends as city rushes to catch up

"...is indeed dead, as the authors of a new research study declared last week, you wouldn't know it by..."

May 24, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

AISD: We Know What Boys Are Like

Proposal would turn Pearce and Garcia middle schools into single-sex academies

"..."The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling." She had found no research supporting the idea that girls and boys learn differently...."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Our Bodies, Our Cars

Time to walk the walk on making cities healthy

"...Presenters cited data showing a clear association, although not always causation, between..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin@COP15

Local participants, activists in Denmark for U.N. climate summit

"...she shared in a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize). Parme­san's research focuses on the current impacts on wildlife and their..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Sunset Staff: Scrap TTC, Overhaul TxDoT

Legislature's Sunset Commission staff make their sweeping recommendations for state transportation agencies

"...TxDoT. It would also be given the job of researching transportation, meaning it would no longer be up to..."

June 3, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...committee considered an application from the Institute for Creation Research, a California-based fundamentalist school with a branch in Dallas,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

Climate Change Crusader Heats Up Renewable Energy Fair

Q&A with Rick Piltz, formerly with the U.S. government's Climate Change Science Program

"...U.S. government's Climate Change Science Program, which coordinates the research efforts of multiple federal agencies. In March 2005, he..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

"...know how students are doing, so let's use the data we have in a better way. Instead, we are..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature

Worldwide Radio Wrestling!

HD format hopes to body-slam satellite radio to an industry draw

"...consumers. Widely read analyst Sean Ross of Edison Media Research recently wrote about his disappointment with the initial HD..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

Enviro group criticizes USDA for lax oversight of food supply

"...Austin's Boggy Creek Farm Tuesday morning, Texas Public Interest Research Group released a new report, "Raising Risk: Field Testing..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Charters Still Not So Hot

Despite their fans, charter schools clearly underperforming in Texas, nationally

"...in meeting state accountability standards. Way behind. In Texas, researchers found that just 66% of charters met state accountability..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Climbing the Family Tree

Virginia Wood finds that with the help of U.S. census records, finding the roots of her family is possible.

"...literacy and levels of education were added. This expanded data provides more clues for genealogists as well. Once a..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Communication Breakdown

The city's plan to implement a radio system is turning into a long, high-dollar project

"...911 RDMT Coalition (RDMT stands for Radio, Dispatch, Mobile data, Transportation management)...."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...this irony: Less than one week after an AISD research analyst admitted to county prosecutors that he altered district..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

"...reused. We are going to go home to compile data on the cost of recycling versus the cost of..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

Perry Wears Egg

Agriculture Commissioner Takes It on the Chin

"...K.R. Summy and J.R. Raulston of the agency's Weslaco research station, released a report which concluded that the malathion..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

AI Goes Mainstream at SXSW

Panels delve into the good and not-so-good of artificial intelligence

"...Feeling & The Human Body panel, also thinks scientific research is an area where AI could benefit humanity. Khan,..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature by Benton Graham

As ICE Sweeps Reach Austin, Area Schools Prepare for Potential of Campus Arrests

State police will team with federal agencies in immigration arrests

"...households include an unauthorized immigrant, according to the Pew Research Center. Roughly one in three of Austin ISD’s 74,000..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Why Should We Support a VATRE?

"...to be adversarial, but when I look at the data for African American students, I must ask the question:..."

Oct. 22, 2024 Postmarks

AISD Trustees Tense Over New Literacy Approach

Will curriculum changes constrain how teachers teach?

"...discussion began with Assistant Superintendent Mary Ann Maxwell presenting data suggesting that the district is doing better at teaching..."

Oct. 18, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texas Has Kicked 1.3M Kids Off Medicaid, Most Often for Incomplete Applications

The state has the rest of April to process another 195,000 pending cases

"...The latest public data from Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that,..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Study Estimates 64,500 Pregnancies After Rape in States Where Abortion Is Banned

Plus, more than half a million rapes total

"...the study – UT professor Kari White, along with researchers Samuel Dickman and David Himmelstein – combined reports and..."

Jan. 30, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

How Much of the Colorado Should We Leave Up to Elon Musk’s Discretion?

Tesla uses a massive amount of water while the Boring Co. attempts to dump its wastewater into the river

"...the cars and the people living there. In a research note upon the factory's opening, Deutsche Bank auto sector..."

Aug. 11, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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