University of Texas of the Permian Basin News

Members of the Comanche Trails District of the Buffalo Trail Council Boy Scouts of America, which includes Ector County and Andrews County, participated in a flag retirement ceremony on Sunday at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Higher education board recognizes university for freshman program in Odessa. November 01, 2009 6:50 AM ODESSA AMERICAN It's just another feather in the cap of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Odessa Man Charged with Kidnapping and Sexual Assault Found Competent to Stand Trial 10/27/09 The attorney for 24-year old Dwayne Dale Billings confirmed that there will be a hearing for a change of venue.

Within many classrooms at one local junior high school, the snakes, snails and puppy dog tails don't have their usual interaction with sugar, spice and everything nice - at least not in most core-curriculum classrooms.

ODESSA Nikki Pinkerton of Odessa and Matt Koffel of Sabinsville, Pa., plan to marry Nov.

The 2009 Permian Basin Fair & Exposition awarded $34,000 in educational scholarships during its annual event, Sept.

A one-man show Tuesday night at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin is scheduled to bring a little spotlight back to one of the world's most renowned historical figures, Charles Darwin.

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Spanish Literary Club met for the monthly meeting Oct.

The Permian Basin Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants presented an $8,500 check to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin at its annual Shrimp Boil.

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning icons of investigative reporting, spent some time Thursday evening at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin bringing some of their thoughts and experiences to hundreds of people in attendance.

A taco and a hamburger: seemingly different on the outside, but essentially the same.

Soldiers, thousands of them, goose-stepped in perfect unison through Beijing's Tiananmen Square recently, flanked by a sea of red flags amid thousands of military and civilian onlookers.

The City of Midland Health and SeniorServices Department will provide H1N1 vaccine to children ages two and three of Midland.

The music was blaring and the free hot dogs, pencils, notepads, pens and arm bands were being passed out in front of the Parker Ranch House at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

The two reporters who broke the story on the Watergate break-in that eventually led to President Richard Nixon's resignation will be the guest speakers at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin's gymnasium later this month, according to UTPB spokeswoman Iris Foster.

The man whose name rests atop the organizational chart of the vast University of Texas System came to the Permian Basin last Tuesday with a ground-level message - the importance of higher education.

The fight against breast cancer is a constant battle. But the number of deaths is dropping.

He's got some unique boots adorned with little human-organ-shaped ornaments - they were a gift from a former Texas governor.

A Midland technology company has received a $2 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, which includes an approximately $84,000 allotment for a partnership between the company and researchers at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, officials announced Friday.

Texas should be prepared for cutbacks after the state legislature reconvenes in 2011, State Sen.