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Wearable Electronic Health Patches May Now Be Cheaper and Easier to Make
Cockrell School of Engineering researchers have invented a method for making inexpensive and high-performing wearable electronic patches that monitor the body’s vital signs for health and performance tracking.
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UT Austin Named a Leading Healthy Campus in the U.S.
UT Austin was named a winner of the inaugural 2015 Active Minds Healthy Campus Award, which recognizes the university as one of the healthiest campuses in the nation.
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UT Austin Honored with 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
UT Austin has received the 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award (HEED) from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine for the fourth consecutive year.
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UT Austin Receives $2.4M to Study Social Lives’ Link to Health in Seniors
UT Austin will receive a $2.4 million grant over the next five years from the National Institute on Aging to study how social interactions improve the health of older adults.
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High-tech Drilling: Improving the Energy Industry
“You can be an environmentalist and join the oil and gas industry.”
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Coy Wilcox Named Director of UT Austin’s Petroleum Extension (PETEX™)
Coy Wilcox has been named director for the Petroleum Extension (PETEX™), a component of the Texas Extended Campus at UT Austin.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Forums to Discuss Campus Carry at UT Austin
UT Austin’s Campus Carry Policy Working Group is holding two public forums to gather comments about campus carry legislation (SB 11).
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$3.8 Million Investment from NSF Boosts Hazards Engineering Research at UT Austin
NSF selects the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin to house one of seven state-of-the-art, experimental natural hazards research facilities.
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New Cathode Material Creates Possibilities for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team have identified a new cathode material, presenting a significant advancement in the race to develop a commercially viable sodium-ion battery.
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Graduation, Student Retention, Diversity Rates Climb at UT Austin
The four-year graduation rate is now 57.7 percent — the highest on record and an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. More than 500 additional undergrad students graduated on time this year when compared with five years ago.
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Atlas Knowledge forges trans-Atlantic partnership with University of Texas at Austin
International learning technology solutions provider Atlas Knowledge has announced a new partnership with the prestigious Petroleum Extension (PETEX™) at UT Austin that brings both organizations’ world-class training provision to a global audience.
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Girls Serve Significantly Longer Sentences Than Boys in the Juvenile Justice System, Study Shows
Females in the Texas juvenile justice system are often at greater risk of serving longer sentences and having a mental health need than their male counterparts, according to new research from UT Austin.
