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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.
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Campus Sexual Assault Survey Details Prevalence at UT Austin and 26 Other U.S. Universities
A survey of sexual assault and misconduct at 27 university campuses across the nation shows that 23.1 percent of female undergraduates at the universities surveyed, and 18.5 percent of female undergraduates at UT Austin, reported being the victim of sexual assault by force or incapacitation since the time of their enrollment.
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Bouncing Back and Back and Back and Back
Natural structures have long inspired human innovations. The bee honeycomb structure, for example, has been applied to products as varied as car bumpers and athletic helmets to absorb impact. The only drawback to the honeycomb has been its inability to maintain its unique structure after just one hit. The material buckles and doesn’t bounce back.
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Inauguration of the 29th President: Gregory L. Fenves
In a ceremony filled with the presidential emblems, sweeping views of the Forty Acres and music from university and community ensembles, Gregory L. Fenves was formally inaugurated as the 29th president of The University of Texas at Austin on Sept. 17.
