3M, UT Austin and Nobel Prize Outreach collaborate to inspire future innovators
Three Nobel Laureates will engage with students in free, two-day virtual event
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ 3M, The University of Texas at Austin and Nobel Prize Outreach proudly announced today a collaboration to inspire the next generation of innovators in a two-day virtual event called The Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative (NPII) on April 21-22. The event will be free and open to the public and is highlighted by the participation of three Nobel Laureates, Elizabeth Blackburn (Physiology/Medicine, 2009), Andrew Fire (Physiology/Medicine, 2006) and Robert Grubbs (Chemistry, 2005).
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Austin ISD could lose state funding if a 44% of students don t come back to campus for at least 13 days.
The Austin Independent School District has spent the last few weeks encouraging families to send students back to school buildings. One of the reasons it s doing so: $30 million is at stake if too many students stay home.
During the first semester, the Texas Education Agency said a district would continue to receive funding as long as it offered in-person learning. That slowly changed with each six-week grading period. The final six-week period has different requirements. Now, under the TEA s formula, Austin ISD needs 44% of enrolled students to be on campus for at least 13 days.
15 Years In, Goodnight Ranch Remains Committed to Affordability, Sustainability and Walkability for Residents
Share Article AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) April 15, 2021 As Austin nears its 200th anniversary and the city continues to grow, Goodnight Ranch, a mixed-use neighborhood in southeast Austin, maintains its promise to provide residents with an affordable, sustainable and walkable community within city limits. When Goodnight Ranch first approached the city to develop the 700-acre ranch and dairy farm, the company anticipated residents would want to live near good schools, have access to the outdoors and experience shorter commutes. As the project began development, the city put together the Imagine Austin plan, which sought to provide Austin residents with places to gather, educate children, take advantage of outdoor spaces and provide employment opportunities, while addressing the issues of affordability, sustaina
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Wednesday s letter can be read here:
Dear Anderson High School Community,
In response to the increased number of positive cases at Anderson High School, and after consultation with Austin Public Health and Dr. Mark Escott, effective Wednesday, April 14, all Junior Varsity (JV), freshman, and off-season athletic activities will be suspended at Anderson High School for two weeks. This includes all practice, play and games across JV, Freshman and off-season sports. These sports can resume practice and play beginning on Wednesday, April 28.
Also effective Wednesday, April 14, all in-season, Varsity players at Anderson High School will be required to provide documentation of a negative COVID-19 test (rapid or non-rapid, PCR) to participate in any athletic activities, including practice and play. Documentation needs to be provided to the head coach of each sport.
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The director of Austin Public Health says the department needs to change its process to reach and vaccinate more people in Austin and Travis County after nearly 3 out of 4 first-dose coronavirus vaccine appointments released Monday went unfilled. In conversations with some of my colleagues across the state of Texas, a lot of us are getting to a point where we re going to have to pivot and change strategies, Stephanie Hayden-Howard told a joint session of the Austin City Council and Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. Because now we re at a point where there is more vaccine that is readily available in our community. So we must be strategic and start [making] those changes.