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TACC to Expand with $20 Million New Building in 2016
Leading computational science center continues growth path AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin has received approval from the UT System Board of Regents to expand its facilities. TACC’s facilities are home to computing, data, and visualization resources as well as expert staff that support cutting-edge scientific…
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UT Austin Architecture Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship
University of Texas at Austin architecture student Jessica Glennie has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious graduate scholarships in the world.
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Tower Shines to Celebrate Campaign for Texas
The Tower will be ablaze in orange tonight (with fireworks at 8:30 p.m.) to celebrate the record-breaking success of The Campaign for Texas, which raised $3.1 billion. Hook ’em!
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New Dual Degree in Social Work and Latin American Studies Addresses Gap in Services for Latinos
AUSTIN, Texas — The School of Social Work and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin are establishing a dual degree program at the graduate level, the first of its kind in the United States.
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UT Austin Students Celebrate Annual Thanks Day to Thank Donors and Raise Awareness for Philanthropy
University of Texas at Austin students will have an opportunity to say “thank you” to the more than 271,000 donors who gave $3.12 billion during the Campaign for Texas at the university’s fifth annual “Thanks Day.”
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Compared with Apes, People’s Gut Bacteria Lack Diversity, Study Finds
[caption id="attachment_49074" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park. Photo: Ian Gilby."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The microbes living in people’s guts are much less diverse than those in humans’ closest relatives, the African apes, an apparently long evolutionary trend that appears to be speeding up in more modern societies, with possible implications for human health,…
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Inhaled Ebola Vaccine May Offer Long-Term Protection from Virus
A potentially breathable, respiratory vaccine in development has been shown to provide long-term protection for non-human primates against the deadly Ebola virus, as reported this week in the online edition of the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.
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Five UT Programs Changing Education
From perfecting the pitch for the next great idea to cultivating the next generation of scientists, these programs extend Longhorn expertise beyond the Forty Acres.
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Massive Geographic Change May Have Triggered Explosion of Animal Life
[caption id=”attachment_49037″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”A new analysis from The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics suggests a deep oceanic gateway, shown in blue, developed between the Pacific and Iapetus oceans immediately before the Cambrian sea level rise and explosion of life in the fossil record, isolating Laurentia from the supercontinent Gondwanaland. Credit: Ian…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Groundbreaking to Commence Construction of New Graduate Business School
The McCombs School of Business will officially break ground on the new 458,000-square-foot graduate business building on Friday, Nov. 7, 2-3 p.m.
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Immigration, Border Security Remain Top Issues in UT/Texas Tribune Poll
AUSTIN, Texas With mid-term elections less than a week away, immigration and border security remain foremost on Texans’ minds when they think about the problems facing the state, according to the latest University of Texas / Texas Tribune Poll.
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Sexualized Body Image Has Negative Effect on Young Adolescent Girls
[caption id="attachment_48991" align="alignright" width="393" caption="Rebecca Bigler, Professor of Psychology"][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas Middle-school girls who value sex appeal differ from their peers in troubling ways, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
