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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.
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#HiddenUT: Ghosts in the Library
Two executioners watch over the Tarlton Law Library, but don’t worry they’re not enforcing rules. Read about these macabre artifacts.
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Dark Tower = Energy Savings
The Tower will be dark on Oct. 24 to mark Longhorn Lights Out, a campus-wide energy-saving initiative that has saved 54,000 kWh of electricity since April 2013.
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Florida Lizards Evolve Rapidly, Within 15 Years and 20 Generations
[caption id="attachment_48874" align="alignright" width="240" caption="The left hind foot of the green anole after evolution. Toe pad measurements were taken on the expanded scales at the end of the longest toe. Credit: Yoel Stuart/U. of Texas at Austin"][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas Scientists working on islands in Florida have documented the rapid evolution of a native lizard species…
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Childhood Sports Participation Influences Adult Creativity
The kind of sports participation you engage in during childhood influences your level of creativity later in life, according to research findings from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education.
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Sesquicentennial Exhibition Brings to Life Lewis Carroll’s Book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, presents the exhibition “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s classic work. The exhibition runs from Feb. 10 through July 6, 2015.
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UT/Texas Tribune Poll: Double-Digit Leads Favor Republicans in Statewide Races
Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans continue to hold double-digit leads in major statewide races in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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New Book Offers Behind-the-Scenes Look at Acclaimed Richard Linklater Film “Boyhood”
A new book from the University of Texas Press presents more than 200 images taken over 12 years on the set of director Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed new film, Boyhood.
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UT Austin to Lead $58 Million Effort to Study Potential New Energy Source
[caption id="attachment_48816" align="alignright" width="197" caption="Found near the ocean floor and beneath Arctic permafrost, methane hydrate is an icy substance that burns when lit and holds vast amounts of potential energy. Image: USGS"][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze deposits of…
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Congolese Refugee “Women at Risk” in U.S. Need Trauma-Related Services
The U.S. government must do more to address the needs of Congolese refugee “women at risk” through trauma-related services and social support, according to a report by the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) at The University of Texas at Austin and the Department of Sociology and Social Work at North Carolina Agricultural…
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Tower Shines for McCombs Investment Team
Congratulations to a team of McCombs School stock pitchers who brought home the top prize from a competition at Michigan. The Tower will glow orange Oct. 21 to mark the championship.
