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New Cystic Fibrosis Research Takes Aim at Deadly Pathogen
A new method of testing the most common cause of life-threatening infection in people with cystic fibrosis could improve efforts to study and combat the illness.
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East Antarctica Melting Could be Explained by Oceanic Gateways
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) in the Jackson School of Geosciences have discovered two seafloor gateways that could allow warm ocean water to reach the base of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica’s largest and most rapidly thinning glacier. The discovery, reported in the March 16 edition of the journal Nature…
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Design Institute for Health Brings Creativity to Health Ecosystem
Two veterans of the pioneering IDEO design firm will lead the Design Institute for Health.
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CO2 Increase Can Intensify Future Droughts in Tropics, Study Suggests
AUSTIN, Texas A new study suggests that increases in atmospheric CO2 could intensify extreme droughts in tropical and subtropical regions such as Australia, the southwest and central United States, and southern Amazonia at much a faster rate than previously anticipated, explains University of Texas at Austin professor Rong Fu in a commentary in the March…
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Statement by Dean of Students on Fraternity Issues
The following is a statement by The University of Texas at Austin Dean of Students Soncia Reagins-Lilly:
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New Tobacco Cessation Protocol Could Save Texas Millions of Dollars
The University of Texas at Austin has partnered with Baylor Scott and White Health and the Department of State Health Services to launch the first of multiple trainings that introduce physicians to eTobacco, a newly designed tobacco cessation protocol that connects a patient’s electronic medical records with a state-funded tobacco cessation program called Quitline.
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Statement by President Bill Powers on UT Fraternity Issues
The following is a statement from UT Austin President Bill Powers: Many of you have read that the president of the University of Oklahoma, David Boren, has expelled two students and cut ties to OU’s chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity after a racist chant by its members was captured on video. This…
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Pieces of Pi
Scientists and mathematicians at UT Austin have reasons to celebrate pi year round, not just on Pi Day, March 14.
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US News Ranks Four Schools, 50 Programs at UT Austin Among the Nation’s Best
Graduate schools in engineering, law, education and nursing are ranked among the Top 15 in the nation, and the university’s accounting program is No. 1 in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2016 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.”
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Five Great UT Artistic Landmarks
You can’t go far without seeing extraordinary art on the Forty Acres. Take a close look at five important pieces of campus art and the settings in which they reside.
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This Semester I’m Working On … Researching Autism and Parental Stress
This new series explores what Longhorns are passionately pursuing during their time on campus. First up, psychology major and student researcher Kassandra Martinez.
