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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.
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UT Austin Ranked No. 30 in World by U.S. News
U.S. News and World Report has ranked The University of Texas at Austin No. 30 in the world in its first-ever Global University Rankings, marking the fourth time this year a prestigious international group has placed UT Austin among the best international universities.
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UT Energy Poll Shows Generation Gap on Vital Energy Issues
A new poll from The University of Texas at Austin reveals markedly different perspectives on energy issues based on the age of voters, a finding that could help determine the outcome of next week’s elections.
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Overweight Children Who Eat Vegetables Are Healthier, Research Finds
Getting children who are overweight to regularly eat even just a helping or two of the right vegetables each day could improve their health in critical ways, a new study in the November edition of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reports.
