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Jefferson Davis Statue to be Relocated to Educational Exhibit at History Center
The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis will be relocated from the Main Mall at UT Austin to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, where it will become part of a new educational exhibit, university President Gregory L. Fenves announced Aug. 13.
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Just the Start of the Tour at The Ransom Center
The End of the Tour, a new film recounting the final days of David Foster Wallace’s promotional tour for his groundbreaking novel Infinite Jest, is one of the most-buzzed-about indie films to hit theaters this summer. And it has UT Austin connections you may not be aware of.
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Computer Scientists Find Mass Extinctions Can Accelerate Evolution
A computer science team at UT Austin has found that robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs. Beyond its implications for artificial intelligence, the research supports the idea that mass extinctions actually speed up evolution by unleashing new creativity…
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Summer Break: Longhorns Put Their Horns Up Across the Globe While Studying Abroad
As summer comes to a close and students are returning to the Forty Acres, we’re looking back at how some Longhorns spent time studying abroad. In 78 countries across the globe, these students experienced an adventure-filled summer.
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University of Texas, Japan Collaborate on Next-Generation Energy Efficient Data Center
Partnering with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which acts as a Japanese government agency, UT Austin will begin using alternative energy sources to power some of its high-performance computers.
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Task Force Releases Report on Statuary on UT Austin Campus
The Task Force on Historical Representation of Statuary at UT Austin delivered its report to President Gregory L. Fenves on Aug. 10.
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Scientists Pioneer Method to Track Water Flowing Through Glaciers
New technique pioneered by UT Austin scientists is an essential step to understanding the future of the world’s largest glaciers as climate changes.
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Genders Differ Dramatically in Evolved Mate Preferences
Men’s and women’s ideas of the perfect mate differ significantly due to evolutionary pressures, according to a cross-cultural study on multiple mate preferences by psychologists at UT Austin.
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Halliburton Partners With McCombs School to Teach Business Education Across Disciplines
Halliburton has donated $1 million to renew support of the Texas Business Foundations Summer Institute at the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin. The grant will fund the Summer Institute through 2020.
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NEH Grant Will Transform Study of Early Books
A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant will make many of the first books printed in the Americas available for the first time in digital full-text format, thanks to innovations in optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
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Med School Rising
Since October 2014, eight construction cranes have towered over the UT’s most intense construction effort in decades: the creation of Dell Medical School and the medical district that will surround it. Get a view from the top.
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Tower Turns Orange for LHN Filming
The university Tower will be lit Thursday, July 30 to support a Longhorn Network filming crew.
