Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016-2017 Carnegie Junior Fellows Program.

Each year, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select approximately 10-12 graduating seniors to serve as research assistants in Washington, DC. Selected students are matched with senior associates – academics, former government officials, lawyers and journalists from around the world – to work on a variety of international affairs issues. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for Carnegie publications, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, journalists and government officials.

Junior Fellows spend one year (beginning August 1st) at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC. Positions are full-time and include a salary and benefits package.

Eligible students will be in their senior year or alumni who have graduated within the past academic year and have not yet started graduate studies. A maximum of two students will be selected to represent The University of Texas at Austin in the competition to be selected as a Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellow.

Criteria for selection include outstanding academic achievement, demonstrated leadership ability, excellent communication skills and interest in developing a global perspective on world events. Applicants should have completed a significant amount of course  work in international affairs, political science, economics, history, mathematics, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, native or near-native Arabic, Middle East studies, energy and climate studies, and/or communications. 

Complete application information and appropriate forms are available at https://www.utexas.edu/ugs/recognition/awards/carnegie.

All of the following must be received via email or in person to MAI 202 no later than Dec. 1, 2015:

• Application form

• Essay (one page or less, double-spaced) on why the student would like to become a junior fellow

• One to two page resume

• Two recommendations

• Transcript (official or unofficial) of undergraduate records

• An essay of no more than three typewritten, double-spaced pages on one of ten topics 

For questions regarding the application process, contact Heather Russell at hrussell@austin.utexas.edu.

Nominate a deserving Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences professor for the 2015-16 Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching!

Your nomination helps recognize and promote outstanding teaching at UT.

To nominate a professor, please visit here.

Nomination Deadline: Friday, November 6, 2015 at 11:59 p.m.

Recipients must reflect the purpose of the award, by demonstrating warmth of spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent inquiry and creative thought, as well as respect for and understanding of the permanent values of our culture.

The award amounts to approximately $4,500 annually and the nomination and selection process is done solely by students.

Upcoming UTLA Information Sessions

The Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) program will be hosting two upcoming information sessions at the beginning of November, with UTLA Executive Director Phil Nemy in attendance:

Tuesday, November 3rd at 1:00pm in CMA 5.136

Thursday, November 5th at 3:30pm in BMC 5.102

These sessions will be general in nature and intended for anyone with questions about the program, online application, costs, L.A., etc.

Future UTLA Application Deadlines:

Summer 2016 – October 31, 2015

Fall 2016 – February 15, 2016

Spring 2017 – May 2, 2016

For more information on the Semester in the Los Angeles Program (including a link to the online application), visit here.

Liberal Arts Career Services announces UT Law Week, November 2-5, 2015.

UT Law Week offers a series of presentations, workshops and events culminating in the annual Law Fair. If law school is in your future, or if you’re applying to law schools this year, Law Week is the best way to connect with law school professionals and to learn what you can do to develop a competitive application. Law Week events are open to all majors!

UT LAW WEEK:

11/2 Law School Admissions Panel

Monday, November 2 | CLA 1.302B | 12 – 1:30 pm | Please join us for an Admissions Panel with admissions committee members from The University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California, New York University, Northwestern University, & University of California: Berkeley for what promises to be an engaging panel discussion followed by the opportunity for Q&A.

11/3 Law School Crash Course

Tuesday, November 3 | FAC 18 | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Mark Levy, Assistant Attorney General and Plan II alumnus, will host a crash course on law school. This crash course is an introduction of what every student should expect during their first year as a law student.

11/4 Making the Most of the Law Fair

Wednesday, November 4 | FAC 18 | 12 – 1 pm | Do you want to know how to talk with law schools and ask the right questions at the Law Fair on November 5, 2015? If so, this workshop is for you!

11/4 Meeting the Deans

Wednesday, November 4 | CLA 1.302E | 6 – 7 pm | Emory, George Washington Law, and UCLA Law will host the first “Meet the Deans” workshop.  They will discuss how to craft strong personal statements, choose the best writers for letters of recommendation,and choose the law school that best suits you.

11/5 Law Fair

Thursday, November 5 | Texas Union Ballroom | 10 am – 1 pm

Law Fair is an annual event that brings representatives from 100+ law schools to campus to recruit UT students. UT Law Fair is one of the largest school-sponsored law fairs in the nation! This is a unique opportunity to learn a great deal about many different law schools all in one day. Oftentimes the person at the booth is the same person who will be reading your application down the road! Law Fair is free and open to the public. Business casual dress is recommended. View the list of participating law schools here.

Open to Non-majors with permission from instructor.

Visualization/Digital Representation in Design

Spring 2016

• ARC 351R: 865, 870
• ARC 381R: 1030, 1035
• LAR 381R: 1730, 1725

This course is ideally suited for advanced beginner to intermediate level students who seek an opportunity to hone their skills in a controlled course environment. Lectures, demonstrations, and student projects will focus on the digital translation of spatial experience, including the visualization techniques associated with rendering texture, character and environment.  The course is open to graduate and undergraduate students in the school of architecture in addition to qualified undergraduate non-majors in architecture. (Non-majors will require permission from the instructor)

Note for Bridging Discipline Students:
The course is also open to qualified students as part of the Bridging Disciplines Program at the University of Texas at Austin.  RTF students with substantial modeling experience will not be challenged by the level of software immersion. The course is ideally suited for those with intermediate level experience or those interested in producing dimensionally accurate building and landscape models and their physical environments.

 This course presents a sequence of digital visualization techniques that enable students to model three dimensional environments and motion with digital media.  The founding principle of the course is to present students the underlying data structures and software environments that dictate representation choices. In other words, course participants are not trained in particular software but encouraged to embrace the infinite flexibility of digital models and data structures in the representation of the built environment.  All demonstrations and laboratory sessions will be conducted on the Windows platform and using Windows computers.  Course participants should anticipate using the following programs, AutoCAD, 3D Max, Rhino, Form Z, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and have computers that meet the School of Architecture Design Student computer requirements.  Course participants are also expected to have and utilize two active back up devices for coursework.