Tucked away on the second floor of McGilvrey Hall is the office of geology assistant professor Elizabeth Herndon. The room appears like any other scientist’s work area would with stacks of papers, samples...

As runners were perched at the starting line of an Austin, Texas marathon last month, they held in their hands tall cans of Budweiser, Austin’s own Hops & Grain Brew and longnecks of Bud Light. Everything...