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U.S.-Born Children of Undocumented Parents Report Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
U.S.-born children of undocumented parents experience elevated levels of anxiety, and if their parents were detained or deported, those children are more likely to report depressive symptoms, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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New Protein Booster May Lead to Better DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy
Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate how cells function, a finding that might help advance an experimental approach to improving public health: DNA vaccines, which could be more efficient, less expensive and easier to store than traditional vaccines.
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UT Austin Delays Opening Due to Winter Weather
Due to potential winter weather, The University of Texas at Austin will officially close at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2015, and delay opening until 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Classes will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday. Shuttle buses will begin operating at 12:45 p.m.
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Orange Tower Honors President’s Award Winners
The Tower will glow orange March 4 to celebrate recipients of the Civitatis Award, Arno Nowotny Medal and the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Awards. Hook ’em!
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Second Class of Provost’s Teaching Fellows Helps Expand Innovative Teaching
Twenty faculty members named as Provost’s Teaching Fellows will help UT Austin remain a leader in higher education.
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Tower Shines for Texas Independence Day
The Tower will shine with entirely orange lights March 2 in recognition of Texas Independence Day.
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Tower Shines for Swimming & Diving Big 12 Wins
The Tower will shine orange Saturday, February 28, in honor of the Texas Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams’ Big 12 championships.
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Lebermann Foundation Creates UT Endowments for Medical School, Liberal Arts
The Lebermann Foundation of Austin has committed $1.5 million to create two endowments at The University of Texas at Austin honoring the parents of former Austin civic leader Lowell Lebermann.
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Explore UT Offers Art, Culture, Engineering and Science to Texans of All Ages
The university will host more than 50,000 visitors, from young children to parents of college-bound students, for Explore UT, an annual event with more than 400 free activities on March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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UT Austin Humanities Institute Awards Grants to Local Nonprofit Professionals
The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded three 2015 Community Sabbatical Research Grants, which provide paid flexible leave time, faculty consultants and access to the university libraries to three staff members of nonprofit organizations based in Central Texas.
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Media Advisory: Cockrell School to Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for Engineering Education and Research Center
The Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin will celebrate the groundbreaking of the Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC), a 430,000-square-foot facility that will serve as a meeting and learning space for more than 7,700 Texas Engineering students and 80 student organizations.
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UT Austin Delays Opening Due to Potential Winter Weather
Due to the potential of winter weather, The University of Texas at Austin will delay opening until 10 a.m., with classes beginning at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.
