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Jeb Mason ’99 thought his federal government duties might slow down as the George W. Bush presidential administration drew to a close last fall. But as the nation’s financial crisis grew graver, it became clear there would be no downturn for his responsibilities.

Leakage of hydrochloric acid inside a sealed box at the J. Lindsay Embrey Engineering Building on the ��Ʒ������ campus resulted in the temporary evacuation of about 15 people from the building Tuesday morning.

Seniors in the Dallas Independent School District may find an education at a nationally recognized, private university is more affordable than they thought — as ��Ʒ������ Mustang Scholars.

When marketing to seniors, attitude is more important than age.

A feature story on some of the artifacts in the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Student music composer Jason blogs about a semester in Paris, a moveable feast of lasting impressions.

��Ʒ������ Professor Jason McKenna, also a senior research geophysicist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, has received the U.S. Department of Defense’s highest award for civilian career employees.

Mercedes Olivera column: 'But José Bowen's decision to strip classrooms of computers and encourage professors to "teach naked" – without high-tech presentations – has made him a household name in some quarters.'

Now in its sixth year, ��Ʒ������ Outdoor Adventures provide opportunities for education, leadership and fun.

��Ʒ������ banking expert Scott MacDonald talks about how small businesses have felt the pinch as banks have been extra careful in the wake of the financial industry’s near meltdown.

Robert Bobo blogs from Hawaii about bowl activities.

Physicists have been searching for dark matter — the substance that makes up most of the universe — for decades. Now an international collaboration of physicists working in an abandoned mine in Minnesota have announced there's a chance they may have spotted a glimpse of the subatomic particles.

From a Latin Grammy-nominated musician’s interpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites, to a natty poetry professor’s guide to the pursuit of happiness, ��Ʒ������ faculty produced a wide variety of books and music CDs in 2009 that just might fill the 11th hour gaps in a holiday gift list.

��Ʒ������ is home to the oldest mass-produced Christmas card – dating back more than 160 years.

��Ʒ������ University’s Cox School of Business recently was recognized as one of the top M.B.A. programs offering the best value for veterans and military personnel using the new GI Bill.

Bush Presidential Library Director Alan C. Lowe will speak at graduation ceremonies on Saturday.

��Ʒ������'s June Jones has been named Conference USA Coach of the Year by The Sporting News, the news outlet announced today.

The Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, has been named recipient of the 2010 Perkins Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Alumni/ae Council of Perkins School of Theology, ��Ʒ������ University.

Bernard Weinstein of ��Ʒ������'s Maguire Energy Institute writes about the Barnett Shale and the potential for natural gas.

The Guildhall at ��Ʒ������ University has announced the upcoming debut of a student-designed game based on the 1995 Mel Gibson film 'Braveheart,' created in cooperation with Paramount Pictures.

Feature story about the whole football program, including Peruna and the Spirit Squad, going to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.

DeGolyer Library provides resources for new book that reveals what it was like to work for Stanley Marcus.

��Ʒ������ Environmental Society President Andrea Fernandez talks about the campus becoming "red, blue and green all over."

H1N1 flu shots are now available on campus for students, faculty and staff.

��Ʒ������ alumna Jennifer Boswell Pickens spent three years tracking down every living first lady, a score of White House staffers, and hundreds of rare photographs for her first book, Christmas at the White House.

The Meadows Museum at ��Ʒ������ University has announced that Juliette McCullough is the recipient of the 2008 Moss/Chumley Artist Award.

Peruna was the star when Fort Worth civic leaders gathered to raise money for the Star-Telegram Goodfellow Fund.

New high-energy particle research by a team working with data from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory further heightens the uncertainty about the exact nature of a key theoretical component of modern physics -- the massive fundamental particle called the Higgs boson.

��Ʒ������’s new Hunter and Stephanie Hunt Institute will attack world poverty through innovation.

��Ʒ������’s new Hunter and Stephanie Hunt Institute will develop low-cost solutions for the global poor.

On December 3, 2009, KERA radio's Shelley Kofler talked with ��Ʒ������ political science professor Cal Jillson about how Houston Mayor Bill White's candidacy could change the race for governor.

The ��Ʒ������ Lettermen's Association recently honored ��Ʒ������ Trustee David B. Miller with its prestigious Silver Anniversary Mustang Award.

A limited supply of H1N1 vaccine is now available to ��Ʒ������ students. H1N1 vaccination clinics for students will be offered in the west wing of the Health Center.

The Mustangs will play Nevada in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24, their first bowl in 25 years.

Feature story about The Guildhall at ��Ʒ������ and the emergence of the highly profitable game industry.

��Ʒ������'s Jose Bowen, Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, talks about making a decent living in the arts.

On December 4, 2009, Guildhall at ��Ʒ������ executive director Peter Raad was interviewed about game development in academia by Visualize This! for the Intel Software Network.

The Mustangs will play in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24, their first bowl in 25 years.

��Ʒ������ Inclement Weather Policy for 2009-2010.

��Ʒ������ Environmental Society President Andrea Fernandez talks about the campus becoming "red, blue and green all over."

��Ʒ������ Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about Houston mayor's ability to kindle Democrats' hopes for success in Texas in 2010.

Eva Oberdorster, a lecturer and environmental toxicologist in Department of Biological Sciences in ��Ʒ������'s Dedman College, talks about potential concerns with nanotechnology.

Parent Steve Weeks shares his enthusiasm for author Charles Dickens with ��Ʒ������'s DeGolyer Library.

��Ʒ������ head football coach June Jones has received a two-year contract extension as he prepared the Mustangs for the season finale against the Tulane University Green Wave on Saturday.

The Mustangs are headed to their first bowl game since 1984, and Coach Jones' contract is extended.

50 years ago this week, ��Ʒ������ football star Don Meredith joined the Dallas Cowboys and history was made.

David Chard, dean of ��Ʒ������'s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, talks about a report by The National Council on Teacher Quality that is critical of teacher education in Texas.

Hamilton Scholars program encourages students to pursue graduate school through research with faculty.

��Ʒ������ Philosophy Professor Jean Kazez writes about the ethics of menu choices in a letter to The New York Times.

��Ʒ������ Marketing Professor Daniel Howard talks about Donald Trump putting his name on a vitamin and health products business.

Steven Dennis, executive-in-residence at ��Ʒ������ University's JC Penney Center for Retail Excellence, says retailers' price cuts may be deep this holiday season but not as broad as some might expect.

Students blog about their visit to one of the world's most historic regions as part of ��Ʒ������-in-Moscow.

Political novelist and satirist Christopher Buckley answered questions from ��Ʒ������ and high school students on November 17 at the Turner Construction Student Forum of the ��Ʒ������’s Tate Lecture Series.

The ��Ʒ������ Cross Country team continued to pick up national respect, as the team received multiple posteason honors from the U.S. Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday.

Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, was cleared to race against able-bodied athletes in the Beijing Olympics a year and a half ago. Now, however, a new study by researchers Peter Weyand and Matthew Bundle argues that his prosthetic legs may give him an unfair advantage after all.

Former First Lady Laura Bush unveils plans for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to human performance researchers Peter Weyand of ��Ʒ������ University and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming.

Simmons Luminary Awards honored former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, Tincy Miller and Terry J. Flowers.

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins shared his path to leadership – from shy first-year engineering student to Texas’ first African-American district attorney – with students attending the President’s Leadership Summit on November 11, 2009.

��Ʒ������’s tree-lined campus recently was one of two universities nationwide to receive the Professional Grounds Management Society’s highest award, the Grand Award.

��Ʒ������ graduate Kathie Featherston is the star in the hit no-budget horror film, "Paranormal Activity," which unfolds in a claustrophobic suburban home.

Profile of Al Armendariz, ��Ʒ������ associate professor of environmental and civil engineering and President Barack Obama's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6.

The ��Ʒ������ Cross Country team won the NCAA South Regional Championship on Saturday in Waco.

Video games are the fastest growing entertainment industry. In just the last year, the number of colleges and universities offering gaming degrees increased by 27-percent. One of the leaders in the movement is right here in North Texas.

��Ʒ������ Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson talks about how the abortion issue is splitting Democrats as party leaders struggle for votes on health care reform.

��Ʒ������ President R. Gerald Turner and University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan, co-chairs of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, write to USA Today about funding for college athletics.

��Ʒ������ University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) won three Frederick H. Teahan Awards at the PRSSA National Conference held last week in San Diego.

Don Henley talks about the appointment of ��Ʒ������ Engineering Professor Al Armendariz to head the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6, which includes Texas, the nation's largest producer of industrial air pollution, and four other southwestern states.

Bernard Weinstein, associate director of the Maguire Energy Instite at ��Ʒ������, writes in The Wall Street Journal about the potential for natural gas.

As the debate over healthcare heats up, ��Ʒ������’s political, ethical and religious experts are ready to offer opinion and analysis, from the management of a compromise to the moral and ethical issues involved.

At least 10 contenders have announced they want to be the next governor of Texas, and no one knows the candidates, the issues - or public opinion - better than ��Ʒ������ Political Science Professor Cal Jillson.

As President Obama grapples with a wide range issues and Republican opposition, we have professors who've been monitoring the situation and can offer expert commentary and analysis.

Former President and Mrs. Bush outlined the focus of their institute during speeches Thursday.

Gary Keith Brubaker, a lecturer in game study at The Guildhall at ��Ʒ������ in Texas, said historical games always have to try to balance accuracy and fun.

Celebrated scholar James Guthrie joins the ��Ʒ������ faculty and the George W. Bush Institute.

As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two ��Ʒ������ professors are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and suffering associated with chronic asthma.

��Ʒ������ professors talk about the likelihood of the current recession stretching into 2010.

��Ʒ������ Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about how the White House handles terrorism as it relates to the United States.

Rick Halperin, director of ��Ʒ������'s Human Rights Education Program, talks to KERA Radio about "How does the Holocaust continue to affect us today?"

Paleontology student Timothy Myers turns up new evidence on the ancient climate of the now tropical Congo Basin.

Deadlines and dates for alternative breaks for Winter 2009 and Spring 2010.

Brian Bruce, an adjunct professor and Director of the ENCAP Investments & LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center in ��Ʒ������'s Cox School of Business, talks about rebuilding your retirement portfolio in the current economic climate.

The Dallas 100™ Awards, presented by the ��Ʒ������ Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, recognizes the fastest growing, privately held companies in the Dallas area.

Students learned about the rapidly evolving world of social media and their place in it at the third annual Digital Threads, presented by Meadows School of the Arts on November 5-6, 2009.

��Ʒ������ has been recognized as one of the 100 best places to work in Dallas-Fort Worth by The Dallas Morning News.

��Ʒ������'s Cox School of Business graduate programs were all ranked in the top 20 nationally.

Liudmila Georgievskaya won first prize in the 2009 Liszt-Garrison Festival and International Piano Competition.

��Ʒ������'s two new mustangs, given to the University earlier this fall by the National Wild Horse Foundation with the support of Madeleine and T. Boone Pickens, will participate in their first official University duties at this weekend's ��Ʒ������ football game against Rice.

Al Armendariz appointed by President Barack Obama to lead the Region 6 EPA office

On Election Day 2009, Texans voted to modify the state's constitution - but that doesn't mean all voters were sure what they were approving, says ��Ʒ������ Political Science Professor Cal Jillson.

��Ʒ������ bestows its highest honor upon a minister, a businessman and founder of a non-profit.

For the second year, ��Ʒ������’s data mining team captured the national championship at the 2009 SAS Data Mining Shootout by solving a real-world business problem.

The first half of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra concert Sunday afternoon was again an impressive showcase for ��Ʒ������ University's student orchestra.

For three decades, from the late 1960s, a small but distinguished collection of modern sculptures used to welcome students to classes, studios and rehearsals at ��Ʒ������ University's Owen Fine Arts Center.

��Ʒ������ will share the blueprint for generating geothermal electricity using water from oil and gas wells.