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Drought and Flood Prediction Gets Boost from New Texas Network and NASA Satellite
A new network of underground sensors in the Texas Hill Country will arm those responsible for managing the state’s finite water supply with vital information for determining the chances of drought and dangerous floods.
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$500,000 Mellon Grant Aims to Boost Minority Faculty Representation
More students from underrepresented minority groups will be encouraged to pursue academic careers thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to The University of Texas at Austin.
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Greece Selects UT Austin Professor as Finance Minister
Dr. Yanis Varoufakis, a visiting professor at UT Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, has been named finance minister of Greece as part of the cabinet of newly-elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and was sworn in on Jan. 27. Varoufakis was elected to the Greek Parliament on Sunday, Jan. 25 as the leading…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Julian Bond to Keynote LBJ School’s Barbara Jordan Forum on Feb. 4
Civil rights activist and former Georgia state Sen. Julian Bond will deliver remarks at the 19th Annual Barbara Jordan Forum at the Lyndon B.
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Black Hole Chokes on a Swallowed Star
A five-year analysis of an event captured by a tiny telescope at McDonald Observatory and followed up by telescopes on the ground and in space has led astronomers to believe they witnessed a giant black hole tear apart a star.
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International Experience Offers Students a Different Worldview
With more than 2,800 Longhorns traveling to more than 80 countries each year, UT Austin ranks #2 in the U.S. for the most students studying abroad. See beautiful images from students’ journeys.
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A 3-D View of the Greenland Ice Sheet Opens Window on Ice History
Scientists using ice-penetrating radar data collected by NASA’s Operation IceBridge and earlier airborne campaigns have built the first comprehensive map of layers deep inside the Greenland Ice Sheet, opening a window on past climate conditions and the ice sheet’s potentially perilous future.
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Tower Shines for New State Leaders
The tower of The University of Texas at Austin will be illuminated in orange Jan. 20 in honor of the swearing in of Gov. Greg Abbott, BBA ’81, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
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Majority of Young Women and Men Prefer Egalitarian Relationships, Study Shows
AUSTIN, Texas The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared equally between partners if that possibility were available to them, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
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Faculty Experts Guide for 2015 Texas Legislative Session
As lawmakers convene to tackle complex issues for the state, experts at The University of Texas at Austin can provide rich commentary and insight based on years of research and work in the field.
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Texas Students Win IBM Watson Competition With App Expanding Access to Social Services
[caption id=”attachment_50010″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”The University of Texas at Austin team flashes the school's "hook 'em horns" sign as they celebrate their first place win in the Watson University Competition. Held at IBM Watson headquarters in NYC, the team worked over the course of a semester to develop a Watson-based app, CallScout, that could improve…
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Annual MLK Day March and Rally Will Begin at UT Austin Campus
The 21st annual community march and rally honoring the life of Martin Luther King Jr. will begin at The University of Texas at Austin and proceed to the Huston-Tillotson University campus where events and entertainment will continue until 3 p.m.
