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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.
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Faculty Experts Address Wildfire’s Impact
As the Hidden Pines fire continues to burn over thousands of acres in Bastrop County, faculty members at UT Austin offer their expertise on tracking the wildfire spread, preserving personal items of victims, and the impacts of fires on landscapes.
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Healing Through Harmony
Meet HARMONY, a first-of-its-kind, two-armed, robotic rehabilitation exoskeleton. Harmony provides a new method of high-quality, data-driven therapy to patients suffering from spinal and neurological injuries, including strokes.
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Longhorn Foundation Launches Campaign to Fully Endow Fred Steinmark Fund
To coincide with the release of the biopic film “My All American,” the Longhorn Foundation for Texas Athletics launches its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to fully endow the Fred Steinmark Fund.
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Famed University of Texas Mascot Bevo XIV Retires After Cancer Diagnosis
Beloved University of Texas mascot BEVO XIV, whose given name is Sunrise Studly, has been diagnosed with Bovine Leukemia Virus and, following a triumph in the AT&T Red River Showdown, is being retired effective immediately.
