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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.
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Landscape Rating System Publicly Available
Today, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) announced its acquisition of the SITES rating system developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and the United States Botanic Garden.
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Spend Your Summer Reading the Books UT Professors Love
We have the perfect summer book list for every type of reader. Selected by some of UT’s finest professors, this list includes more than 50 books students will read together as part of a campus-wide book club that helps introduce freshmen to UT.
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UT Austin Texas Health Catalyst to Speed Development of Health Products
New initiative will utilize top experts from throughout the region and country to ensure that the campus’s best health-focused research is transformed into new drugs, devices and health products to benefit patients, health care providers and the public.
