Portal:University of Texas at Austin/News/Archive

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Below are items that have appeared in the News section of The University of Texas at Austin Portal.

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• March to April 2006 — Biology professor Eric Pianka is questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after warning of a future disease epidemic due to human population growth. Controversy ensues when talk radio hosts, a number of blogs, Forrest Mims, and William A. Dembski accuse him of advocating bioterrorism and genocidal racism.
• February 2006 — A substance discovered in a student dormitory initially tests positive as ricin. Further investigation by the FBI, however, indicates a false positive.
• March 2006 — The Board of Regents approves an average tuition increase of 4.9% over the next two years.
• February 2006 — William C. Powers, Jr. succeedes Larry Faulkner to become the 28th president of the University.