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UT Center for Health Communication Awarded State Health Services Contract to Fight Opioid Epidemic
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has awarded the UT Austin Center for Health Communication a contract to develop effective messaging to promote the new Texas Prescription Monitoring Program.
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UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center Acquires Dean F. Echenberg War Poetry Collection
The Harry Ransom Center is now home to the Dean F. Echenberg War Poetry Collection.
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Texas OnCourse: Preparing Students for College & Careers
Texas OnCourse, a new statewide initiative developed by UT Austin ensures that students, families and educators have the resources they need to help every student chart a course to success after high school.
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Finding the Equation to End Hunger
Joy Youwakim, a senior majoring in economics, believes improving agriculture is key to changing the future. She hopes her equations could eventually help end hunger.
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UT Austin, Fenves Thank Donors for One of Top Fundraising Years Ever
UT Austin received the third highest total fundraising in its history last year and the highest ever total during a non-capital campaign year, President Gregory L. Fenves announced Friday.
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Positively React to Public’s Response to Hurricane Harvey, Divided on Influence of Climate Change on Storm’s Severity
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastating floods across southeast Texas, Texans give especially high marks to neighbors and fellow Texans for responding to the crisis.
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UT Austin Receives National Recognition for Excellence in Student Voter Engagement
UT Austin led the nation with the most-improved undergraduate student voting rate for the 2106 election, winning a champion award from the ALL IN Challenge, a nonpartisan organization that promotes civic engagement.
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Book on the Death Penalty Takes Grand Prize at Hamilton Book Awards
“Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment” by Jordan Stieiker and his sister Carol Steiker has been named the $10,000 grand prize winner of the 2017 University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards.
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Cracking the Code: Why Flu Pandemics Come At the End of Flu Season
Using supercomputer simulations, biologists may have solved a lonstanding mystery about the timing of global flu outrbreaks
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Remain Divided on Trump’s Job Performance but Approve of His Handling of Harvey
Texas voters remain divided on his job performance, but give him high marks for his handling of Hurricane Harvey.
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Future of Texas is Focus of New Research Challenge
Planet Texas 2050: Planning for a Resilient Texas, a university-wide, interdisciplinary research challenge, will examine the issues of extreme weather events, population growth and aging infrastructure facing Texas.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Conference Coming to UT Austin
The Securities and Exchange Commission is partnering with the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Growth and Renewal at the McCombs School of Business to bring policy dialogue to Austin.




