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Book on Medieval Syrian Shrines Takes Grand Prize at UT Austin Hamilton Book Awards
Stephennie Mulder at UT Austin has been named the $10,000 grand prize winner of the 2015 University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards for her work “The Shrines of the ‘Alids in Medieval Syria: Sunnis, Shi’is, and the Architecture of Coexistence.”
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Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Sees First Light at McDonald Observatory
After several years and a massive team effort, one of the world’s largest telescopes, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at UT Austin’s McDonald Observatory, has opened its giant eye again, achieving “first light” as the world’s third-largest optical telescope.
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Chemistry in Mold Reveals Important Clue for Pharmaceuticals
In a discovery that holds promise for future drug development, scientists have detected for the first time how nature performs an impressive trick to produce key chemicals similar to those in drugs that fight malaria, bacterial infections and cancer.
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UT Professor to Address United Nations on Crimes Against Journalists
UT Austin Professor Rosental Alves will address the United Nations General Assembly as part of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Researchers Build Nanoscale Autonomous Walking Machine from DNA
Researchers at UT Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction across bumpy surfaces and could potentially be used for cancer detection.
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Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy
To mark the opening of the Gabriel García Márquez archive at UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center, international scholars, journalists, filmmakers and former colleagues of García Márquez gathered Oct. 28-30 on campus to discuss his global influence. Look back at highlights from the symposium.
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UT Austin Startup Incubator is Among National Elite
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) at UT Austin has been named one of the top eight startup incubators in the nation by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a leading international entrepreneurship organization.
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Belo Foundation Awards UT Austin $1.5 Million for Journalism Innovation Endowment
The Belo Foundation of Dallas has awarded UT Austin $1.5 million to create the Dallas Morning News Journalism Innovation Endowment, a fund to support digital innovation in the Moody College of Communication School of Journalism.
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Spooky Research: Faculty Experts Explore Halloween Topics
View a collection of ‘spooky’ scholarly work by UT Austin faculty experts who study ghostly folklore, the science of superstition, making sense of the unknown and other eerie topics.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Students Celebrate Thanks Day to Honor Donors
During UT Austin’s sixth annual Thanks Day event, students, faculty members and staffers will honor the 88,000-plus donors who contributed more than $271 million to the university last year.
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Grant Supports Creation of Makerspace in Fine Arts Library
The Hearst Foundations have awarded a $200,000 grant to the Center for Arts and Entertainment Technologies in the College of Fine Arts and the Fine Arts Library at UT Austin to help create a common makerspace.
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Gabriel García Márquez Symposium Marks Opening of Author’s Archive
UT Austin’s LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum, are hosting the symposium “Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy.”
