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Federal Grant to Help UT Austin Researcher Study Student Word-Problem Solving
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a four-year, $3 million grant to a College of Education faculty member at UT Austin to study ways to help students better solve word-problems in math.
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Researchers Discover First Sensor of Earth’s Magnetic Field in an Animal
Researchers have identified the first sensor of the Earth’s magnetic field in an animal, finding in the brain of a tiny worm a big clue to a long-held mystery about how animals’ internal compasses work.
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UT Austin Will Reopen at 7 a.m.
The university will officially reopen at 7 a.m. today, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, and resume normal operations.
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UT Austin Continues to Monitor Weather
The university continues to monitor the weather with our regional partners.
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UT Austin to Close at 5 p.m. Due to Tropical Storm Bill
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, UT Austin will close at 5 p.m. on June 16.
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Meeting Global Air Quality Guidelines Could Prevent 2.1 Million Deaths Per Year
Cockrell School of Engineering professor Joshua S. Apte and a team of environmental engineering and public health researchers developed a global model of how changes in outdoor air pollution could lead to changes in the rates of health problems such as heart attack, stroke and lung cancer.
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UT Game Changers: Karl Gebhardt, Black Holes and Dark Energy
Astrophysics professor Karl Gebhardt addresses some big issues in his work. Big, as in galactic.
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UT Austin President Commissions Academic Program Review of Athletics
Gregory L. Fenves, president of UT Austin, is commissioning a complete and independent review of the Texas Athletics Student Services division, which provides all student-athletes with academic guidance and resources.
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New Honeycomb-Inspired Design Delivers Superior Protection from Impact
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a groundbreaking new energy-absorbing structure to better withstand blunt and ballistic impact.
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Researchers Build World’s Thinnest Light Bulb from Graphene
Researchers have demonstrated—for the first time—a visible light source using graphene, an atomically thin form of carbon. This new type of light source could form the basis of faster communications devices and computer displays that are thin, flexible and transparent.
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Statement from UT Austin on Chronicle of Higher Education Story
Read the full statement from UT Austin on recent Chronicle of Higher Education story.
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Houston Endowment’s $8.2 Million Grant Champions Student Success at UT Austin
In an effort to provide greater access to higher education, Houston Endowment awarded UT Austin’s University Leadership Network (ULN) $8.2 million to help economically disadvantaged Houston-area students achieve academic success and graduate in four years.
