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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.”
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“Eurozone and the Americas” Conference Will Explore Recent Dramatic Events in Europe
The LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin will host “The Eurozone and the Americas: Debt and Democracy,” a two-day conference with policy experts and political leaders from Europe and North and South America.
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Singapore Selects UT Austin for $3 Million Research Project
The Construction Industry Institute (CII), a research consortium based in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin, has signed a $3 million agreement with Singapore to help improve the productivity of the country’s energy and chemicals industry.
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Extinct Species of Pig-Snouted Turtle Unearthed in Utah
Researchers have discovered a species of extinct pig-nose turtle that lived alongside dinosaurs and fills a gap in understanding the evolution of turtles.
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Gabriel García Márquez Archive Opens for Research on Oct. 21
The archive of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) opens Oct. 21 for research at UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center.
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Keeping It Simple: Engineering Students Invent Device to Improve Physical Therapy
In 2014 the Seton Brain and Spine Recovery Center needed to help physical therapy patients perform exercises correctly. Professor James Sulzer and his team of undergraduates invented a newly patented device already being tested today by Seton Hospitals and UT Athletics.
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Researchers Receive $15 Million for Biofuel Crop Study
A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study a native prairie grass, including how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy amid global climate change.
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3 out of 4 Believe Climate Change Is Occurring; Views of Key Energy Issues Are Shaped by Partisan Politics
More than 3 out of 4 Americans (76 percent) now believe that climate change is occurring, up from 68 percent just one year ago, according to the latest UT Energy Poll.
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BEVO XIV, Famed University of Texas Mascot, Peacefully Passes Away
University of Texas at Austin mascot BEVO XIV, recently diagnosed with Bovine Leukemia Virus, passed away in his sleep on Oct. 16.
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Academy of Distinguished Teachers Honors 2015 Inductees
Faculty and university leadership convened to celebrate and honor the 2015 inductees into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UT Austin. The academy recognizes significant contributions to improving the quality and depth of the student experience at UT Austin.
